Description and review of Melting Pot, a popular fondue restaurant located near the Memorial Auditorium in Downtown Sacramento. My daughter and I recently enjoyed dinner at Melting Pot on my birthday. It was also Dine Downtown Week and a three-course fondue dinner was being offered for $40.00 per person. It had been a while since […]
Tower Cafe – Sacramento Restaurants
Description and review of Tower Cafe International Restaurant & Bakery, located in the Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento. Tower Cafe is a long-time favorite of Sacramentans – and for good reason. Opened since 1990, the restaurant serves a variety of cuisines for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. Without fail, the breakfast and brunch crowd form […]
Polanco Cantina – Sacramento Restaurants
Description and review of Polanco Cantina, a recently opened upscale Mexican restaurant located across from the Golden 1 Center in the Sacramento Downtown Commons (DOCO). Prior to taking in a show at the DOCO movie theater, my daughter and I stopped by Polanco Cantina for lunch. Polanco Cantina opened in October 2019, and I was […]
Interview With Playwright Ginger Rutland
Interview with Playwright Ginger Rutland about her play, When We Were Colored, A Mother’s Story. Ginger Rutland adapted her mother’s memoir, When We Were Colored, A Mother’s Story, into a play with the same title. The play premiered in Sacramento in Spring 2019 at the Sacramento Theatre Company (STC). After attending a talk by Ginger […]
California State Railroad Museum
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 […]