Description and review of The Ito Sisters – An American Story, a feature-length documentary about the lives of three Japanese Nisei sisters who were born on a farm in the Sacramento Delta. A friend and I attended the last film screened during the 14th Annual Sacramento Japanese Film Festival (July 20-22) at the Crest Theatre. […]
Sacramento Rankings (U.S. & World)
Description of two recent reports by Resonance Consultancy Ltd. ranking Sacramento as a place to live and visit in the U.S. and the world. Resonance Consultancy Ltd. (self-described as an adviser on “tourism, real estate and economic development” based in Vancouver, British Columbia) recently released two reports – The 2018 “50 America’s Best Large Cities” […]
Travel & Leisure Magazine Survey
Did you see the recent (April 21st) Sacramento Bee headline about a Travel & Leisure magazine America’s Favorite Places survey? The headline read “Sacramento is No. 2 city for ugliest people”. Wow! Well, it caught my eye and I thought that I would look into the survey a bit more (without buying the magazine). Travel […]
Do you Lyft or Uber?
(Last Updated 7/3/18) Ridesharing – Do you Lyft or Uber? Various friends periodically mention to me that they utilize Lyft and/or Uber ridesharing services. I have yet to give it a try – but I envision needing to do so at some point this year. Your experiences and insights would be helpful. Since I had […]
Random Acts of Kindness
(UPDATED 1/14/17) What is the connection between Random Acts of Kindness and A.J. Bumps carrot casserole? Read on to find out. A.J. Bumps – The Restaurant Over the years restaurants (some of which were more like institutions after serving multiple generations) have come and gone in Sacramento – some greatly mourned by long-time patrons. I […]