Description and review of the California State Railroad Museum plus Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. A friend and I recently spent an enjoyable afternoon visiting the California State Railroad Museum. The museum is widely acknowledged as a world-class specialty museum. You don’t have to be a fan of “all things railroad” to […]
Sacramento Name Changes
Description of name changes to well-known, major locations in Sacramento. How long before we get used to, and start to think and use, the “new” names? A person who left and returned to Sacramento after a few years (or less!) might become confused in a conversation with a Sacramentan who has stayed in place. For […]
Sacramento Bee California Priorities
Description of the 2nd Annual Sacramento Bee California Priorities forum. On the agenda: Housing, Proposition 13 and Transportation. Last week I attended the 2nd Annual California Priorities event held by the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento’s last mainstream newspaper. I had also attended the inaugural event in 2018. The Sacramento Bee Influencer Series of opinion articles, and […]
T.H.A.I. – Sacramento Restaurants
Follow-up description and review of T.H.A.I., an upscale Thai restaurant located on H Street in East Sacramento. A friend and I recently stopped by T.H.A.I. after a neighborhood association meeting for a bite to eat. Although the weather has been getting cooler, the evening was fairly mild and several people were dining on the front […]
2019 Greenest Cities in America
Description of the WalletHub 2019 Greenest Cities in America list. Where did Sacramento, CA rank on the list of 100 largest cities? WalletHub compared the largest 100 cities in the United States across 26 key indicators to determine the ranking (highest-lowest) of cities – and Sacramento placed #8 on the list. Not only that – […]