Description of Scribner Bend Vineyards, a family-owned winery located on River Road along the Sacramento River. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon when a friend and I headed out to Scribner Bend Vineyards to taste some wine and eat some chili. I had not been there previously, and the chili cook-off event ($10 members/$15 nonmembers) […]
Drake’s Barn – West Sacramento
Description of a recent visit to Drake’s Barn, a West Sacramento beer garden that opened in late 2018. Friends from the Bay Area were visiting for several days, and I suggested one weekend afternoon that we check out Drake’s Barn in West Sacramento. Drake’s Barn opened in the October 2018, and I had not yet […]
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 […]
Sacramento’s Rose Gardens – Sacramento Historic Rose Garden
Description of and background on the Sacramento Historic Rose Garden – located within the Old City Cemetery. The Sacramento Historic Rose Garden is located on approximately two acres within the Old City Cemetery. The Gold-Rush era cemetery is located at 1000 Broadway. I was unable to attend the annual Sacramento Historic Rose Garden Open Garden […]
Old Sacramento Waterfront Revitalization
(Last UPDATED 12/27/19) Description of the actions taken by the Sacramento City Council to fund Old Sacramento Waterfront revitalization, including project status updates. (Original Post) The Sacramento City Council, at a Special Meeting on April 30, approved funding that will get the ball rolling for the revitalization of the Old Sacramento Waterfront – finally. Improvements […]