(Last UPDATED 1/19/2020) Description of an entertaining and fun evening on an Underground After Hours Tour in Old Sacramento. Plus, who was Mary McCormick? Mystery solved. Approximately 30 members of the Renaissance Society met in Old Sacramento on Halloween Eve to take a Sacramento History Museum Underground After Hours Tour. The outing was one of […]
Nests – Patterns from Nature
Description of Nests – Patterns from Nature, an Environmental Art Exhibit in the Filoli Garden and Nature Preserve created by W. Gary Smith A friend and I recently hiked around the beautiful grounds of Filoli, located in Woodside, California. The historic house and its gardens are always a pleasure to visit. We were particularly […]
Wide Open Walls 2019 Mural Festival
Description and review of Wide Open Walls 2019, Sacramento’s 3rd Annual Mural Festival. Wide Open Walls 2019, Sacramento’s 3rd Annual Mural Festival, kicked off on August 8th and ended on August 18th. Fret not – you may have missed out on witnessing the artist’s works-in-progress and other activities – but that does not mean that […]
Sac Open Studios 2019
Description of Sac Open Studios 2019 – the 14th Annual Sacramento Open Studios Tour featuring over 250 artists. It’s September 2nd – time to pick up your Sac Open Studios 2019 Guide for the Sacramento region’s largest open studios tour. The event will take place over two weekends – September 14-15 and September 21-22. I […]
Sacramento Waterfront Days
Description of the inaugural Waterfront Days held this past Memorial Day weekend in Old Sacramento. Over the Memorial Day weekend I dropped by Old Sacramento to check out the inaugural “Waterfront Days” event. I have missed spending the Memorial Day weekend in Old Sacramento at the long-running annual Sacramento Music Festival, and I was glad […]