Archive for August, 2009
State Fair is Here!
Just a reminder that the State Fair is in town through Labor Day. Don’t miss MC Hammer…or the embarrassingly huge corn dogs.
“Follow the Chef” @ Grange
Grange is located right across the street from Wednesday’s farmers’ market at Cesar Chavez Plaza and Chef Michael Tuohy takes full advantage of this resource.
The way the lunch works is, you meet at Grange at 11am and Chef Michael walks your group across the street to the market. “Follow the Chef” is not just a clever name, you literally follow the chef. (more…)
The Amusing Bike Racks of Sacramento
Sacramento is a cycling kinda town. We hardly have any hills, we host the Amgen Tour of California, we have the American River Bike Trail and we have a bunch of cool things to chain your bike to. Check out these bike racks I’ve seen around town.
Hot Italian (16th & N)
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Sacramento Film & Music Festival
I had the pleasure of going to the Sacramento Film & Music Festival last night. We’re like 9 days in to the 10 day festival so I apologize for not giving you the heads up earlier.
They are showing a whole bunch of great movies and I was lucky enough to go see Paper Heart…I think it’s even like 3 weeks before the movie legitimately opens.
Lots of good things happen at the Crest Theatre, but I think you really experience the full power of the grand old movie palace when you’re at a film festival watching a quirky independent film filled with bittersweet moments, indie music and Michael Cera in a hoodie. I’m not saying it’s an amazing movie, but just that it’s the kind of movie the Crest exists for.
Normally when an actor just plays the same character over and over again in every movie I get sick of it, but for some reason I still like Michael Cera. I don’t know if that’s just his real personality or if the folks behind Arrested Development created it for him and he just rolled with it, but it’s highly amusing. The one thing he’s added since AD is the hoodie which, I feel, really enhances the character.
The other thing I notice about this kind of movie is that all these hip indie kids find a way to wear a whole bunch of layers even if they are in LA in the summer. The girl in this movie wears about 10 layers in every scene. I suppose it’s a good look, but man, I’d sweat through every one of those things. Yeah, I now a lot of the movie takes place in cold places, but still that’s a lot of layering.
Anyhow, the movie was pretty good and there are a lot more good movies playing the rest of the weekend and probably at next year’s festival too. Again, sorry for the late notice.
