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How to Celebrate your Valentine in Sacramento

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Peace Out Chocolates

Happy Valentine’s Day.  The sun is shinning, the sky is blue and my mom gave me these chocolates to celebrate.  I have no plans in particular, but I am eager to see what lovebirds will be wandering Old Sacramento this evening.  Did I tell you I work in a sock store now?  That’s right guys, Sock City in Old Sacramento!  But what I’m even more curious about is how Ammon and Rayla will be celebrating Valentine’s Day?  I’m positive we’re all curious so I promise to get and post that story by tonight.  In the mean time, I took the liberty of googling “Valentine’s Day Sacramento 2012” and here’s what I found:

Sacramento365.com is featuring at least 8 events this evening from Vivian Lee at Harlow’s to Laugh’s Unlimited’s  Sacramento Love Ball and Punchline Comedy Club’s Cupid’s Comedy Allstars.  Courtyard Marriott and Hyatt Regency in Sactown are even hosting formal dinners just for you and your sweetheart.  Sigh “Ah love”.

The Legal Services of California had their 9th Annual Valentine Run this morning.

CBS Sacramento lists your Best Bets for Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts and Open Table makes dinner-for-two reservations easy with a list of top restaurants and reservation options.

So whether you’re in the mood for flowers & chocolate, dinner & music, running, or just laughing like crazy, Good Morning Susan’s got you covered.  If you don’t want to spend any money, I suggest snuggling up with a good chick flick or action film -if it’s your man’s turn to pick.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Denio’s in Roseville

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Denio’s is a Famers Market & Swap Meet in Roseville, California.  Open Friday through Sunday it’s the perfect place to pick up white tees for that summer-time tie-dye party.  Oh and did I mention they sell only the best hand-dipped corndogs in the world?!  I’ve always loved corndogs but never truly loved until I tried one here.  I took these pictures months ago on a family day trip which turned out to be an absolute blast.  We drank from a coconut and lost track of the stand selling friendship bracelets with Brazilian flag beads…I will find that stand again and look for Panama.  Speaking of tie-dye, I’m feeling a party coming up in the near future.  Stay tuned for pics and how-tos on Dying techniques…cause I don’t really know that much, but I like getting color on my hands.

Also I’m going back to BYU Fall 2012 which means…(drum roll) BYU Student Living edition is coming back!  And I promise it’ll be faaaar better than those kindergarten posts from 2010.  We all know I’m a Cali-girl now.

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Banana Fest

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Banana display

There were a lot of produce festivals in California this summer and Banana Fest was one of them.  My friend, Yu, sent me the link to this event after she’d heard about my trip to Tomato Fest; so we laughed and decided to go.

It happened in William Land Park and admission was a few dollars -of course this included a stamp and bananas all around.  There were lots of carnival style games for kids and a children’s theatre too.  I saw booths with art dedicated to the banana, jewelry, local businesses, banana hats; a regular community fair.

Banana stamps!

Feeling hungry, we stopped by each food stand to peruse the possibilities.  Among the usual nachos, and burritos we found a nice assortment of banana desserts like banana kabobs, and even tamales emphacizing banana leaf wrappings.  We settled on sharing some banana cookie pies after devouring a giant burrito and a plateful of nachos.

There was entertainment too and I thought the whole event was well planned.  We sat down for the end of a cooking competition and listened to a high school drumline, and professional saxophonist.

I enjoy community events whether they be centered around bananas or tomatoes.  It’s always a good and inexpensive time.  Thanks to Yu for finding this gem!

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First The Nibblers, then onward to Crepeville!

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Concert in the Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza

Every Friday, summer night, Sacramento puts on their free Concert in the Park series at Cesar Chavez Plaza.  It’s the perfect place to start off the weekend by dancing to the sounds of local music groups like funk band, the Nibblers.  We rocked out a little ourselves with friends, Matt & Kaylonnie too.  Here’s a listen to what we partied to that night -It’s ok to get up and dance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM0sP00qII

After jamming to the Nibblers, we left in search of food: onward to Crepeville!  I had an apple cheese crepe, but sadly didn’t take any pictures.  You can follow us on our adventure there though.  We even crashed a high school graduation…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSy1rpwSWN4&feature=channel_video_title

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Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

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the Syncopated Sea-Monkeys

Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, about a month ago…was excellent.  Ammon’s band played so we got free companion passes: Rayla, Helaman, and I had a blast.  Jazz Jubilee is pretty much a festival of music glory located in Old Sacramento (which is a cool spot all its own).  Bands come from all around, jazz and blues groups, but this year there were some sweet tribute bands and other genres.  We saw Johnny Cash and Santana tributes; Ammon and Rayla saw more jazz than I did, but I loved my Jubilee experience.  The crowds, the high school jazz groups, my magical pass that got me into any show: all definite pluses.

masquerading

My favorite stop of the afternoon was Evangeline’s.  It’s this costume, practical joke, miscellaneous everything shop in Old Sac.  One time I bought an anklet there for 75 cents, and then saw the same one in San Francisco for $3.75!  Yeah…I’m a winner.  But anyway after exploring the mysterious open door to Evangeline’s costume mansion, Ammon, Rayla, and I broke down and bought masks to wear for the night.  Loved the purple jewels, the feathers, and of course the attention.  Especially when people joked, “Who are those mysterious girls?”  -not to Ammon of course.

I wish I had made myself get out of bed Monday morning when they went for a final Memorial Day round of awesome, but I have this horrible habit of getting to bed late and sleeping in, so…yeah didn’t happen; but I do have a youtube clip from my final night at Jazz Jubilee; “living proof that Rayla does know how to dance”.  You can pay the big bucks for a day pass into any show at Jubilee, or buy a couple tickets; if we didn’t have passes, we’d definitely go for dancing right outside the tent for Free:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdGXKo6JjfI&feature=channel_video_title

Rhythm Vandals: Tribute to Santana

I love California.  The sunshine makes it feel like a party everyday, minus 90 degree muggy weather at the capital…gotta relive that adventure since my camera freaked out on me and I had to delete all of my pictures, but next time, promise!

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post: an aspiring world record collection of pachyderms.

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“Look up!”

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I found these murals off of Franklin Boulevard.  The first one said “Look up!” so I did and took a picture.

"Look Up!"

Looking

The second one I took right outside of Gunther’s.  I looked behind me and realized that it was a mural of the barn-like shed across the street!  “Look up!” had the same idea, cool huh?

Look behind you

the lighting's not real great, but you get the idea

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Old City Art Gallery

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"a rainbow painted sedan."

After ice-cream we decided to take a walk down Franklin Boulevard.  I have no idea if this street holds any significance to anyone, but for us, it was the next stop from Gunther’s.  The street wasn’t too busy.  We found ourselves in a part-neighborhood, part-urban area with cats in every yard.  A boxer stared longingly from his living room window sporting the cone of shame…poor dog.

their new site is: oldcityart.com

Walking by an empty lot, Ammon spotted a rainbow painted sedan, and right above the back tire read “Old City Studio.com”.  We continued walking and ran right into an “Old City” sign, and suddenly, the Old City Art Gallery, what luck!

We’d arrived in the middle of the set-up for last Saturday’s Natomas Charter High School show.  The owner was super nice and let us walk around while they continued to set-up.  The art was great.  I didn’t take any photos, because I was worried about artist permission, but I should have just asked, I bet they would have said yes.

Local art show every Second Saturday on Franklin Blvd!

It was a neat little gallery, the owner said they have a free show every second Saturday.  Totally want to check it out in June.  The Old City Gallery facebook page says the 2nd Saturday shows last from 5:30-10pm and they include live music!  Yep, I’m definitely putting this one on my calendar.

It’s always fun to find a gem like the Old City Art Gallery; and to think if we hadn’t walked down Franklin that night.  If you have any leads or ideas on other cool places to visit in Sacramento totally leave a comment!    Next on our California Edition adventures: the West Sacramento Farmers Market; blog post coming soon!

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