Roseville mag jan 2016

january 2016

THIS ISSUE Travel through Scotland’s history Dusty baker releases syrah Waist training: is it healthy?

Say no to sugar this year

WARM UP YOUR WINTER

LOCAL BARKEEPS SHARE RECIPES FOR THE PERFECT COCKTAILS

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8 A WARMER WINTER

Roseville area mixologists share their favorite flavored cibations.

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20 LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

Clark’s has all the gear and expertise to celebrate the snow.

-by Mike Hill

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24 STICK TO IT

Follow this advice to meet your goals in 2016.

On the cover: ASR Lounge Photo by Kim Palaferri

ASR Lounge features specialty drinks like the First Date, Basil & Blue and Zangria.

-by Chris Palkowski, MD

health

25 SELF-CARE 101

Make time for you in the new year.

-by Shawn Monsen

dining

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Explore a world of culinary delicacies at Land Ocean.

-by Eileen Wilson

JANUARY 2016 VOLUME 02 ISSUE 01

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32 BAKER FAMILY WINES PLACER Major league manager Dusty Baker releases rookie vintage.

40 ‘WAIST TRAINING’ CRAZE

Garments that reshape the body are popular, but controversial.

-by Gus Thomson

-by Jorden P. Hales

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33 SWEET NOT SOUR

Meyer Lemons from Placer County are a sweet addition to winter recipes.

42 SHADOWS OF ROGUERY AND GENIUS Explore Scotland’s edgy twilight of history and culture.

-by Carol Arnold

-by Scott Thomas Anderson

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34 ENJOY THE GAME

Here’s a quick and easy hot wings recipe for the big game.

48 THE MUSICAL ROAD LESS TRAVELED Acoustic Den’s focus is squarely on quality of music.

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35 SAY NO TO SUGAR

50 MADE BY THE HANDS OF A CRAFTSMAN

Help for kicking the sugar habit in the new year.

Location and unique details highlight this Castle Creek home.

-by Paula Hendricks

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38 A NEW FACE FOR HYATT PLACE

Renovations make this hotel the perfect destination for business or pleasure.

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52 RECENT TRANSACTIONS Check out home sales in Roseville neighborhoods.

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oseville Magazine takes a tour of our local bars and restaurants in search of Roseville’s unique libations. From the Moscow Mule to Amnesia local mixologists serve up drinks that are quickly becoming local favorites.

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Oscar Vargas, bar manager at ASR, mixes up specialty drinks for customers like the bar’s signature cocktail, the Zangria.

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LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW! clark’s in Roseville has a history of helping customers by mike hill

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t’s been said that no two snow flakes are alike. That in itself blows the scientific mind, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could say that about all snow based equipment companies across the board in sales, service, products and price? Let me do the footwork for you, and spotlight one very, very different “snowflake.“ Nestled in a nondescript strip mall located at 212 Harding Boulevard in Roseville, sits Clark’s Snow Sports. This family business of 26 years is often found quite by accident. I’m always looking for cool, off the path places that need their story told so in I go and meet self described “snow farmer” Steve Clark.

I have to ask, “what’s a snow farmer?” Clark explains.”Well, we are just like food farmers because we depend on the weather for a good season. No rain, no food, no snow, no business.” Makes sense. Clark is the youngest of seven The inventory of Clark’s in Roseville on Harding Boulevard. (Photos by Mike Hill)

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kids growing up in a Southern California beach area where skateboarding, surfing and snow skiing go hand in hand. Clark’s grandfather had early roots with White Stag and Dad with P.F. McMullin, both snow skiing apparel companies. Steve’s Father’s advice to him was if you want do something fun and make money, go into the “snow” business. Around the same time a revolution in snow sports was happening. A group of surfers and skateboarders got the idea of making a board that would be like a surf board but smaller and a skate board but bigger with no wheels which would be able to “snow surf.” A new sport was born and Clark was on the cutting edge.

Fast forward to 1989 when Clark took his father’s advice and moved his young family to Sacramento to get away from the LA “rat race” and closer to where the really

good snow in California was located.

He opened a little snowboard shop on Sunrise Boulevard to cater to the “new kids” on the slopes — the snowboarders. At first this group of winter rogues were considered a danger to the established skiers at the resorts.

They didn’t know or care about “ski etiquette”, they talked funny, with slang that was carried over from surfing or skateboarding, and they dressed the way they wanted with no regard to the elements. In other words Clark’s customer base.

On the ground floor of this new snow sport revolution, Clark’s listened and learned what their clientele needed. The best in affordable snowboard products, service and repair tuneups, apparel and gear, plus outstanding customer service.

In 1999 Clark’s opened the Roseville location and has been the best-kept secret in the snow sport world. Always evolving with a hand on the pulse of the industry, Clark and his 20 associates offer rentals for snowboards, cross country snow shoes, and skis at discount prices. They also have great specials for lift tickets at Sugar Bowl, Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows and Sierra at Tahoe. It’s truly the snowboarders and skiers Holiday gift headquarters.

Stop by either location and register to win a $100 Clark’s Gift Certificate and two lift tickets at Sierra at Tahoe. The contest drawing will be Jan 31. Visit Clark’s at ClarksSnowSports.com

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Exceptional Dental Care From People Who Care What you need to know about selecting your next floor covering.

By Donnie Gupton Precision Flooring is celebrating its 30th year of business and has been a leader in helping homeowners find the flooring solution that best suits their needs. With our years of experience we have learned a thing or two and below we will share some of that with you.

1. Lifestyle is most important – There are thousands of flooring options, some better than others. How you and your family live on the floor will be a major factor on which floor you select. There is no perfect floor but being educated and having expectations set properly is a huge key to the overall experience.

Dogs and kids add a lot of traffic and will require a more durable floor.

Families that take their shoes off before entering their home experience longer last flooring. A single individual might be able to make any floor work with their lifestyle. It’s pretty simple the more the traffic that faster the floor wears. Make sure you know all the preventive maintenance tips.

2. Hardwood still rules – Hardwood flooring is still king of the industry.

Hardwood flooring is very durable but there is a lot to know. Should I buy solid or engineered? Is engineered hardwood real hardwood? What species of wood is right for me? Is hardness of the wood everything? What types of finishes are available? What types of textures should I consider for my family and home? All of these are great questions and there are a ton more to know.

The trends in the hardwood world are always changing. Here are a few of the top trends. Wider is better. A lot of wide plank flooring is on the market today. Board length is becoming more important and the lengths keep getting longer. Consumers are more ok with natural characteristics of hardwood than ever before. Knots and mineral streaks are now a thing of beauty.

Matte finishes are being purchased more and more. The lower the sheen the less imperfection you see.

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Knowing all your options and being educated about hardwood is extremely important before purchase. Not all options are good for every lifestyle and can leave you unhappy if you don’t know what you are buying.

3. Carpet is getting softer – Carpet is carpet, but now carpet manufacturers are seeing how soft they can make them. With nylon fibers like Stainmaster Tru soft and Tactesse Nylon you have plenty of comfortable options.

Even your low pile carpets feel softer to the touch.

Just like every other part of the industry, durability and longevity is always at the premium. Carpet has made great strides with these characteristics as well. Solution died nylons are making carpets more stain resistant than ever.

4. Is that Laminate? Laminate is one of the more durable flooring options you can put in your home. You need to make sure you know the AC rating on your laminate so you have an idea of durability. As durable as it is, laminate is not a lifetime product and it is not easy to repair at all.

The new designs available are incredible now, as it is becoming more and more difficult to tell the difference between hardwood and premium laminates. The best laminates have the least pattern repeat from box to box.

Formaldehyde is a dangerous compound to bring in to your home and laminates are notorious for having a high count of formaldehyde. As a consumer, make sure you are buying CARB compliant laminate.

5. Luxury Vinyl is the new player in town. Vinyl flooring has always been a great product for the home, it is one of the most moisture resistant floors that you can buy. Until a few years ago vinyl tiles and planks did not exist in the residential market because of vinyl’s natural tendency to shrink. With new technologies this no longer a concern.

The vinyl tiles and planks are some of the best looking alternative flooring options on the market. The luxury vinyl tiles are warmer underfoot, softer, quieter and easier to install than stone or ceramic tiles.

The planks provide a nice hardwood look and the visuals continue to improve. Like hardwood you will see a lot of wide plank options. You get the look of wood with the moisture resistance of vinyl.

6. Is this all we know? There are a ton of flooring options out there. This is just scratching the surface of information available.

Precision Flooring offers hardwood, carpet, laminate, vinyl, cork, bamboo, rubber and water proof products. Our consultants are equipped with specialized knowledge on how to select the best flooring for your home & lifestyle.

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STICK TO IT A

s usually happens this time of year, there’s a good chance we’ll make resolutions to improve some aspect of our lives. And if you’re like most of us, you may get discouraged and abandon that resolution by March. It’s happened to all of us.

So how can we make it easier to stick to our resolutions?

I’ve asked one of my colleagues, an expert in behavioral science, to share some excellent tips that are designed to help set a positive tone, overcome obstacles and reach our goals for 2016.

Sheri Pruitt, PhD., is a Roseville-based licensed clinical psychologist and the director for Behavioral Science Integration for Kaiser Permanente. She is especially knowledgeable about the role that behavior plays in health outcomes.

We have the best of intentions when we make resolutions, whether we commit ourselves to lose weight, be more financially responsible, be a better partner to a loved one — or any number of changes we want to accomplish.

But if we don’t deliberately plan to change our behavior before we set out to make the resolutions, Sheri says, we are destined for failure. Specifically, we need three essential elements to get results: information, motivation, and strategy.

So here’s Sheri’s best advice. It’s called the SMART method, and it’s proven to be successful in changing any behavior, not just a New Year’s resolution. We’ll use the SMART method to illustrate a simple example of a resolution: walk 30 minutes a day, five days a week.

S: Set a measurable, obtainable goal. Let’s say you haven’t

walked for the purpose of exercise in years, but a family member gave you a comfortable pair of walking shoes as a holiday gift this month, and you’re motivated to take steps to better health. At this point you can set some goals, such as, waking up a little earlier and putting on

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Chris Palkowski, MD physician-in-chief Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center

your new shoes, and a warm jacket, to walk 30 minutes a day, Monday through Friday. That sounds achievable, right? If it doesn’t, then lower your expectations and set a smaller goal.

M: Monitor your progress. This is when you keep track of your new initiative. You can place a calendar somewhere prominent, such as on the refrigerator door, to write down the number of minutes you walk each day, and you can even use a pedometer if you’d like to track the distance covered, too. Keep putting entries in the calendar, even if you don’t walk a full 30 minutes. And if you didn’t walk at all, put a zero for that day. But do keep track.

A: Arrange your world for success. Make sure you have everything you need for your daily walk. Set the alarm clock the night before? Check. Set aside your warm clothes?

Check. Have a raincoat or umbrella handy? Check.

R: Recruit support. When you’re trying to make behavior

changes, it’s extremely important to enlist someone to be your accountability partner. It doesn’t have to be someone you’ll walk with, but it needs to be someone who will support you and check in with you about your daily progress. If you’re serious about making a change, the people around you need to know.

T: Treat yourself. This one’s fun! When a behavior is

rewarded, it’s likely to be repeated. So come up with a small treat for yourself — nothing too elaborate or expensive, but something that’s easily obtainable and thoroughly enjoyable. You can even say to yourself, “Great job!” The important thing to remember is that you must intentionally celebrate your success.

The SMART strategy is simple, if we stick to it, and it can make the difference between success and failure.

Oh, speaking of failure. Here’s one more tip for what Sheri calls “behavioral drift.” In other words, what happens if we slip off course and revert to our old ways? That’s easy; just have a backup plan in case you’re thrown off track.

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SELF-CARE 101 I

t should come as no surprise to any of us that our country’s number one New Year’s resolution is to lose weight. As soon as the alarm clock sounds on the first Monday of the year, we swear to give up carbs, vow to count calories, and promise to hit the gym in hopes of dropping pounds to become slim and trim by summer.

But realistically, only a mere fraction of us will see these resolutions through.

Perhaps, instead of leaning towards the dramatic and likely unachievable, we should focus on the completely attainable general wellness and overall well-being. As 2016 kicks off, make a vow to yourself to: take care of yourself, make time for yourself, and to contribute to your own health.

We often forget that wellness goes much further than our weight or our appearance. It’s a combination of our physical health, attitude and daily contentment. Some contributing factors are inherited (thanks Mom and Dad) but many are at the mercy of our own behavior and habits. Stress is one factor that can negatively affect each of these areas and stress management is entirely within our control. There are many easy and affordable things we can do to reduce the stress and improve our health.

Here are a couple of my favorites: TURN UP THE MUSIC

Music is a proven de-stresser. Crank up your favorite tunes when you get home from work and in no time you’ll feel your shoulders relax and the stress begin to melt away.

EXERCISE

Taking a walk is underrated. Not only does it connect you with nature (a proven stress reliever in and of itself), but who can resist a chance to behold our California sunsets?

Plus, even a leisurely walk has the power to boost your endorphins and your mood!

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mental benefits of yoga and can keep you in your ‘zen’ state of mind.

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Massage is a scientifically proven de-stresser. The power of human touch through massage counteracts stress hormones, decreasing their levels in your body, making for a pleasant experience and a can’t-be-beat stressbuster! When you get home, you’ll be in a better mood and will sleep better, too.

At Zen Spa in Roseville, the Spa Combo gives you the advantages of massage combined with the benefits of a facial. For just $89, you’ll get a one-hour Swedish massage and one-hour Classic facial – that’s two hours of ‘me’ time and relaxation.

Or, take advantage of Zen Spa’s gift card special– purchase 5 gifts cards and receive a 6th card FREE. Use your free gift card to keep your promise to take care of yourself!

Regardless of which path you choose on the road to selfcare, our team of certified massage therapists, estheticians and fitness partners are always available to share their knowledge along with tips you can use at home to improve your overall wellness and reduce stress.

Zen Spa offers high quality massage therapy and spa services by certified, experienced professionals. No contracts or membership fees, just affordable, consistent service. For more information or to book an appointment, call (916) 774-1500 or visit zenroseville.com. To learn more about the offerings at BodyHeat Hot Pilates & Yoga, call (916) 782-1012 or visit body heatyoga.com

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AN OCEAN OF POSSIBILITIES Land Ocean is Roseville’s new ‘foodie’ stop

By Eileen Wilson

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he restaurateur who landed a big catch in Folsom has done it again, but this time at the Roseville Galleria.

Land Ocean opened its new South Placer hub Sept. 1 of last year, and what was meant to be a “soft opening” turned out to be something closer to a tidal wave — an instant success from day one.

Owner Mark Platt had been involved as a partner in area restaurants, but decided to strike out on his own, opening Land Ocean in Folsom, as well as Sienna in El Dorado Hills. Roseville’s Land Ocean is his newest creation.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in this community, and I love Roseville,” Platt said.

I took my foodie friend, Nancy Silva Sutton, on a dining adventure that began with a trio of cocktails – the Jalapeno Martini, a bestseller created by infusing vodka with fresh jalapeno and lime. Drink number two was the New Fashioned, Land Ocean’s take on the Old Fashioned — a bullet of rye poured over a frozen sphere of orange wedges, cherries, soda water and bitters. The drink is a hit, especially with the gentlemen. The final drink was the Special K Martini, a pomegranate concoction that goes down like candy.

The establishment serves serious portions that range from pub-style food to upscale fare, like the beef Wellington appetizer and a nut-encrusted sea bass, both of which we enjoyed immensely.

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Above, Roseville’s Land Ocean looks to recreate the feel of the original restaurant in Folsom. At right, Land Ocean’s “mixologist” Shamara Brown prepares a cocktail for a customer at the new Galleria location. (Photos by Matthew Whitley)

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LAND OCEAN 1151 Galleria Boulevard, Suite 241 in Roseville Landoceanrestaurants.com

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Especially surprising was the Wellington’s tender bits of beef suspended in a decadent sauce and surrounded by delectable flakey pastry. The dish is served with a dash of brandy peppercorn sauce and béarnaise sauce.

Entrees come with a starch and vegetable rather than a la carte, like many area restaurants.

The sea bass was heavily crusted for a honeyed macadamia flavor and was served with a generous portion of coconut flavored rice and cruciferous veggies. Between the appetizer and entrée we sampled the Caprese salad with rotisserie chicken, an oversized salad that includes traditional tomatoes topped with fresh mozzarella, plenty of greens, asparagus, bacon, onions and croutons, and a large portion of chicken. The salad alone was plenty of food for two, and even made a delicious lunch the following day.

In addition to artful entrees, there are burger options at Land Ocean, and any beef pattie can be substituted with buffalo, a leaner alternative.

Land Ocean Manager, Mark Fucci said they have a ‘Fit Selection’ menu.

“We change the Fit specials every two weeks and the selections are always under 450 calories,” he noted.

Land Ocean’s weekend brunches have been popular and they feature crab cakes with bearnaise sauce, vegetable frittatas, crème brulee French toast and $8 bottomless mimosas.

“We have some really fun dishes and we serve over 300 brunches each weekend,” Fucci said.

The holiday season brought exceptional crowds to the restaurant, but not to worry. The place is outfitted with special noise-reducing ceiling treatments that keep a quiet ambiance — no amplified voices here. Music speakers can also be adjusted for each individual table.

“It’s not loud in here at all. And we’ve paid attention to every detail to provide a special experience, down to tinting the LED lighting to give the room an amber glow,” Platt said. “We call ourselves ‘polished casual’.”

Land Ocean offers patio seating with heaters, a stunning fire feature, valet parking, and the Fit Selection that’s perfect for your New Year’s health resolutions.

From top, one of Land Ocean’s signature cocktails is Special K, pictured here, along with a “New Fashioned,” with the cherries, orange and bitters that are frozen and then topped with a bullet rye whiskey. Roseville’s Sierra Kokenis enjoys lunch at Land Ocean with 17-month-old son James and friends Charisse and Tobe Cagle of El Dorado Hills. Blackened salmon and a signature Jalapeno martini at Land Ocean. (Photos by Matthew Whitley)

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BAKER FAMILY WINES PLACER major league manager's Granite Bay vineyard makes limited release by gus thomson

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or one famous Placer County vintner, the release of that first sweet, fruity syrah was the precursor of a much bigger splash.

When your name is Dusty Baker and you’re hired as new manager of the Washington Nationals baseball team, the rookie vintage of vino coming from Granite Bay is dropped a little further down the batting order.

But for the Baker brand and Placer County’s growing wine industry, the limited release is still a big step forward.

Baker’s Baker Family Wines released its $60 a bottle syrah last month. San Francisco Treasure Island Urban Winery is in partnership to stock it at its Treasure Island winery and tasting room in San Francisco.

The jury’s still out on how the 2013 Legacy Syrah stacks up to the much lauded syrah from the Auburn vineyard of racing champion Scott Pruett. But Baker — and Placer County wines — are getting some extra exposure with the surprise pick of the former San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds manager to helm the high-profile Nationals.

Baker’s been a Placer County resident for the past eight years and established his vineyard soon after the move to Granite Bay. The Granite Bay area has become an enclave over the past three decades for celebrities of all sorts, offering large lots to build large homes and plenty of privacy behind gated walls, particularly in the Los Lagos subdivision.

Dusty Baker and winemaker Chik Brenneman discuss grapes. The two are working together on small, high quality lots of wine at the Baker family vineyard in Granite Bay. (Courtesy Photo)

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SWEET NOT SOUR PlacerGROWN Meyer Lemon

By Carol Arnold

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he Meyer lemon is out to change everything you thought you knew about lemons, particularly when it comes to taste. With a thinner peel, less acid and a more floral scent than other lemon varieties, Meyer lemons are the perfect sweet addition to any winter recipe. Typically in season from November until March, they are now available at local stores and year-round PlacerGROWN farmers’ markets.

Even sweeter than their flavor, however, are the many health benefits available for those who select this delicious treat. Lemons are known for containing vitamin C, a water soluble vitamin/antioxidant found in many fruits and vegetables, which means they help protect against inflammatory diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and some cancers.

A hybrid between a conventional lemon and a mandarin orange, there are many diverse ways to incorporate the Meyer lemon into your diet, including cocktails, fruit salads, lemonade, marmalades, sorbets or granitas, with fish, and of course combined with other locally sourced PlacerGROWN ingredients. You can also try this sweet fruit in the Meyer Lemon Shaum Torte recipe provided by local chefs Joanne Neft and Laura Kenny in their book, The Art of Real Food.

SELECTION AND STORAGE

When selecting a Meyer lemon, be sure to ask your local farmer for a heavier fruit as opposed to a lighter one, as its weight indicates a higher juice content. Store the fruits in a plastic storage bag to prevent them from losing moisture.

Place the lemons in a crisper to store them for up to four weeks as the cold from the refrigerator slows the enzyme reactions that cause ripening.

MEYER LEMON SHAUM TORTE

Serves 8; Recipe courtesy of The Art of Real Food by Joanne Neft and Laura Kenny Ingredients 4 large farm-fresh eggs, separated ½ teaspoon cream of tartar 1 ½ cups sugar 1/3 cup Meyer lemon juice 1 tablespoon Meyer lemon zest 1 cup whipping cream Directions 1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Make a meringue by beating egg whites until bubbly; add cream of tartar. Continue to beat until slightly firm. Gradually add 1 cup sugar. Beat until stiff and glossy.

3. Spread meringue in a well buttered nine-inch glass pie pan. Bake 20 minutes. Increase temperature to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. and bake 40 minutes.

Set aside to cool.

4. To make filling, beat egg yolks until lemon colored. Add remaining ½ cup sugar, lemon juice and zest.

Cook in a double boiler until thick, stirring constantly. Cool slightly.

5. Whip cream until firm. Fold egg yolk mixture gently into cream.

Spread over cooled meringue.

Best refrigerated 24 hours before serving. Top each piece of torte with a heaping teaspoon of raspberry or blackberry sauce or candied lemon rind.

Meyer lemons can be purchased at PlacerGROWN farmers’ markets held year-round, including the Saturday market in Auburn, and the Tuesday market at the Fountains in Roseville.

For more details on where to buy PlacerGROWN farm-fresh produce, wine, meat and local products, visit PlacerGROWN.org and FoothillFarmersMarket.com.

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ENJOY THE GAME

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DANNY Z’S BONELESS, SKINLESS HOT WINGS Makes about 10 strips

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es indeed it’s time again for the Tremendous Basin game. What? Well I would call it what it is but trademark law says I can’t say Super Bowl or Super Sunday in print without the written permission of the National Football League.

That’s not exactly true. Most people believe they are not allowed to use the trademarked Super Bowl or Super Sunday in print or televised programming. But the truth is we can use it as long as it is not used in a commercial sense, say to generate profit by its use in advertising.

According to broadcastlawblog.com there is a trademark concept called “nominative fair use” that allows others to use a trademarked term when there is simply no better way to refer to it. Because Tremendous Basin Game just does not cut it for me any more than the nondescript Big Game tag, I will refer to it as the Super Bowl.

Why is it that the dollar at times has more power than common sense? Let’s let the lawyers sort out the important things (wink) and we can just enjoy a Big Bowl of my “Super Slim Skinless Boneless Hot Wings.”

I first made these for a Super Bowl party I hosted some years back. I was looking for a lean yet full flavor alternative to the fried “skin on” wings. The result was such a hit with my party guests, they were the first thing I ran out of on the food table. Be sure to double or triple the batch as each batch makes around 10 -12 wings. If you want to change them up you can make them sweet and spicy wings by adding one tablespoon per batch of brown sugar to the sauce while heating it. This version will come on sweet and finish with heat.

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Ingredients: ¼ cup butter ¼ cup Sriracha Hot Sauce 1 tablespoon Cholula Hot Sauce ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon garlic powder ½ cup all purpose flour ¼ teaspoon paprika ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper ¼ teaspoon salt 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts Directions: 1. In a small bowl mix together the flour, paprika,cayenne pepper and salt. Set aside.

Prepare chicken breasts. Place on cutting board and slice in strips lengthwise, to about ¾ inch thickness.

The strips should be no longer than 4 inches, so cut to length.

2. Place chicken in a large nonporous bowl or dish and sprinkle flour mixture over them until evenly coated. Cover bowl or dish and refrigerate for 60 to 90 minutes. This will bind the dry mix to the chicken.

3. Spray the oven rack with “cooking spray” or similar method of oiling the rack. Place the chicken strips directly on the oven racks being sure to place a catch pan under the racks. (You can make one from foil). Bake the coated chicken strips in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes 4. Combine the butter, sriracha sauce, Cholula hot sauce, pepper and garlic powder in a small sauce pan over low heat. Stir together and heat until the butter is melted and the mixture is well blended.

5. Place the chicken in a serving bowl, add hot sauce mixture and stir to coat. Serve with bleu cheese dipping sauce and sliced celery sticks.

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SAY NO TO SUGAR T

he New Year is here and the health resolutions have been set. Whether your resolution is to reduce your risk for illness through weight loss or to reclaim your youthful physique, you are ready for the challenge to look better, feel better, and live a healthier life. If there is one pearl of wisdom I can offer to you this New Year, it is “just say no to sugar.”

Sounds simple. Just cut out the obvious sugary foods from your diet such as desserts, candies, sugary drinks, right? Unfortunately, in today’s world, sugar has found its way into almost everything we eat. It is lurking in foods like ketchup, breads, and salad dressings. It is hiding in healthy foods like organic granola bars and fruit-filled yogurts. It is disguising itself as evaporated cane syrup or fructose sweetener. Why does sugar need to be in ketchup or bread? Because it makes food taste better. It is also very addicting so the more you eat it, the more you want it. It is a vicious cycle. And just when you thought you were eating right… .

Don’t give up. You just need to arm yourself with knowledge about sugars and what too much of it can do to your body. Allow me to shed some light on some important information you need to know about this simple carbohydrate and why it can be so dangerous.

In basic terms, when you eat sugar, it is absorbed into your blood stream and the insulin in your body converts it to energy, but only a small amount. The rest of it is stored as good ol’ body fat. Yes, that is the major role of insulin — to store excess sugar in the body as fat. Ugh. Excess sugar intake also causes blood sugar spikes, which make you feel downright horrible, and the only thing that makes you feel better is more sugar. There is that ‘vicious cycle’ term again.

paula hendricks nutritionist Hendricks for Health

famines anymore. What we do have is a lot of sick and unhealthy people in all shapes and sizes who are consuming too much added sugar which is contributing to diabetes, heart disease, cancers, obesity and more.

Now that you have some basic information about sugar in the diet and its effects on the body, I hope you will make the decision to become more informed and either reduce or eliminate added sugars from your diet. Whatever you choose, it will be an informed decision.

Tips for cutting added sugar out of the diet: • Choose to eat foods in their natural state. Your body obtains all the carbohydrates (sugars) it needs from natural sources like vegetables and fruits.

• To keep your blood sugar from spiking, treat fruits like a dessert for your body eating only small amounts, and with your meal.

• Keep food intake from boxes, cans and jars to a minimum. Always read the labels and look for the hidden sugars.

• Check out the YouTube video called “Sugar is killing us.” Watch it with your family. It is animated but very enlightening — only 3 minutes long.

• For more information, rent the DVD called “Fed Up.” It will change the way you think about food and what you decide to put into your body.

Our bodies do need a little bit of excess body fat for times of famine, but we really don’t have

By Paula Hendricks, Certified Nutrition and Wellness Consultant at Hendricks For Health (916)773-1191 or HendricksForHealth.com

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Home Care Assistance of Placer County Receives 2015 Best of Home Care® Provider and Employer of Choice Awards Home Care Assistance of Placer County announced that it has received both the Best of Home Care Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice Awards from Home Care Pulse. Awarded to only the top ranking home care providers, based on client and caregiver satisfaction scores gathered by Home Care Pulse, Home Care Assistance of Placer County is now ranked among a small handful of

David & Debbie Waddell recieve the Employer of Choice Award home care providers across the country who have proven their ability to provide an exceptional working experience to employees, and the highest quality care to clients.

“We want to congratulate Home Care Assistance of Placer County on receiving both the Best of Home Care Provider of Choice Award and the Best of Home Care Employer of Choice Award,” says Aaron Marcum, CEO and founder of Home Care Pulse. “Since these awards are based on real, unfiltered feedback from clients and caregivers, Home Care Assistance of Placer County has proven their dedication to providing a great work environment and solid training to employees, while maintaining their focus on client sat-

isfaction. We are pleased to recognize their dedication to quality, professionalism and expertise in home care.”

Best of Home Care award-winning providers have contracted with Home Care Pulse to gather feedback from their clients and caregivers via live phone interviews each month. Because Home Care Pulse is an independent third-party company, they are able to collect honest and unbiased feedback.

These award-winning providers have received the highest satisfaction scores in areas such as professionalism, compassion of caregivers, training, and client/caregiver compatibility.

David Waddell, President and CEO of Home Care Assistance of Placer County says, “We are very excited to receive both of these awards. Giving the best care possible to our clients is our number one goal and only possible because we have the best caregivers.

Our caregivers work hard each day to make a difference in the lives of our clients.

“Our goal at Home Care Pulse is to empower home care businesses to deliver the best home care possible,” says Aaron Marcum, CEO and founder

of Home Care Pulse. “We are happy to recognize Home Care Assistance of Placer County as a Best of Home Care award-winning provider and celebrate their accomplishments in building a team of happy, qualified caregivers who provide outstanding care for their clients.”

To find out more about the “Best of Home Care” award or Home Care Pulse, please visit www.bestofhomecare.com.

About Home Care Pulse Home Care Pulse is the industry’s leading firm in performance benchmarking and quality satisfaction management and serves hundreds of home care businesses across North America. They are the industry’s top resource for education, business development, certification, and proof of quality.

About Home Care Assistance Home Care Assistance is the leading provider of in-home care and was founded in 2002 and its mission is “To Change the Way the World Ages”. Further information can be found on www.homecareassistance.com.

David & Debbie Waddell recieve the 2015 Best of Home Care® award

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A NEW FACE FOR HYATT PLACE Hotel says it has a role to play in city’s expanding economy

By Jorden P. Hales

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oseville’s Hyatt Place, which began renovations last year, has removed scaffolding and replaced its signage to begin the final stages of bringing a new look to its presence.

Both the exterior and interior of the hotel have been redesigned, including its lobby, cafe areas and 100 of the hotel’s 150 rooms.

Hyatt, owner of 627 hotels globally, made a point to individualize Roseville’s location with art pieces from Sacramento’s historic Delta King and other locally sourced decor.

The company decided early on that it did not want guests staying in rooms near spots where exterior work was being carried out. Company personnel felt it would “detract from the experience ” and took the opportunity to make more dramatic improvements.

HYATT PLACE SACRAMENTO/ROSEVILLE

Hotel features free breakfast and heated outdoor pool.

220 Conference Center Dr, Roseville, CA 95678 (916) 781-6400 or sacramentoroseville.place.hyatt.com “A lot of these hotels tend to be very brand-standard,” said the Hyatt’s general manager Sulynn Jew. “The idea is that we’re able to keep the same quality and meet the guest’s expectations no matter where they are.”

The Hyatt expects those guests to come by way of both business and personal travel. With Roseville recently being recognized as a top 50 suburban office market in the country, the chain believes its location may be preferable to some Sacramento-based hotels, miles away from Roseville’s industrial district.

A boom-bucket lifts workers at Roseville’s Hyatt Place high above the city. Construction workers finish an exterior remodel of Roseville’s Hyatt Place near the Galleria mall. (Photos by Jorden P. Hales)

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The establishment’s location is also within walking distance of the Galleria, the Fountains and many residential areas. According to Jew, the location gives it a duel advantage to both business travelers and people visiting family in the city.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place at the hotel on the afternoon of Feb. 2.

“We’re centrally located,” said Lauryl Hernandez, director of sales for the Hyatt’s Roseville location. “Five to 15 minutes from most office complexes and buildings, and within a mile of over a dozen restaurants. People are really attracted to this location. We’re right in the middle of a big development, so not on top of a busy thoroughfare … even though we’re out here by ourself, it’s been a successful location.”

The development area where Hyatt Place stands was planned to be home to three different hotels, including Roseville’s Hotel Conference Center project, which has been postponed since losing the interest of a South African investment group.

Hyatt plans to take advantage of elements in the market that may be left not addressed by the set back.

“Seven years ago, when the economy crashed, a lot of those developments were put on the back burner,” Hernandez explained. “Our owner happened to be a little bit further along.”

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THE ‘WAIST TRAINING’ CRAZE

Fashion experts, health experts don’t always agree on shape-altering clothes Jorden P. Hales

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elebrity socialite Kim Kardashian is “really obsessed” with waist training, and has been since late 2014 when she made her 54.7 million Instagram followers aware of such. Waist training dates back to the 1500s, but tens of thousands of women have followed Kardashian and her celebrity counterparts only in the last year.

Companies like Waist Gang Society — from which Kardashian buys her waist trainers — and iFit Shapers in Roseville, have sold record numbers of their product in 2015. Each of them attributes this business directly to the trend’s popularity on social media.

“I’ve been selling them for a year,” said Helen Martinez, owner of iFit, who will soon be moving her Baseline Road store to a larger space to accommodate demand. “I think they’ve gotten so popular because of the celebrities that wear them. Them posting on Instagram and Facebook makes it super popular. People want to wear them.”

Considered something of a “fitness hack,” modern waist training has been used as a technique to shave inches from one’s mid section with relative quickness.

The modern garments have been manufactured to be less constricting and uncomfortable than corsets and shapewear of previous eras — but according to some, not necessary more healthy.

“A lot of women wear them with the idea of achieving the ‘hourglass figure’ and getting the waist and midsection to tone and tighten up,” said Joy Arnold, certified personal trainer and owner of Fusion Wellness in Roseville. “I don’t know the different variations of them, but I don’t recommend them for clients. I’m not a fan of them. I’m a holistic nutritionist, personal trainer and yoga instructor first … I don’t feel like it’s good for the body or the internal organs to be (compressed) in that way for an extended period of

time. I think it’s not good for the organs, I think restricts your breathing…if you’re not breathing, you can’t do anything correctly.”

Those who wear trainers may do so for immediate results or with the intent of changing their appearance, both with and without the garment. Historically, similar devices have also been used in the fitness world to manage and correct structural issues.

“They wear them under their clothes, but if you do it for a long time, your body starts shaping that way,” Martinez explained. “If you’re actually wearing it you get good results … . If you’re trying to change your shape, be consistent. That’s the key.”

Martinez maintains that her company’s shapers are both adjustable and flexible enough to avoid negative health affects, using a multi-size, three-ring system to adjust to various body types and flexibility levels.

“Our shapers don’t hurt you,” she added. “A lot of people are confused about (whether) it hurts your organs — they don’t. They bend, so if you exercise they bend with you.

Corsets don’t bend. Corsets are bad for you, because they move your organs around.”

Steve Funk, a Roseville-based chiropractor, cautions those who engage in waist training not to do so excessively, noting it may train muscles, tendons and the back to rely on the devices for support.

Moreover, if one’s back is already compromised, waist training could exacerbate existing problems.

“The body is made to rotate and translate (move particular distances at particular angles),” Funk explained. “So say these girls’ backs are a little bent to begin with, from

Helen Martinez, owner of Roseville’s iFit Shapers, unpacking some of her company’s inventory. (Photo by Jorden P. Hales)

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sitting at a desk, texting or what have you, that’s how you get scoliosis. You’re taking something that’s already bent just a little, and then putting a back brace on her, it’s just condoning the movement with those weaker muscles. If those things are off, it affects the lower back, the legs, the foot, the knee, the hip, all these things.”

Sales indicate the trend will continue well into 2016. Local retailers have seen the implications of waist trainer sales via increased demand for certain apparel and curiosity as to when they may begin carrying modern shape-wear.

Fashion experts of several publications and programs have noted increased popularity in high-waisted skirts and pants, as the waist training trend has caught on.

“Everybody wants the tummy area to look better, so with wearing skirts and dresses, it helps there,” said Angela Michelson, assistant manager of Roseville’s Sei Boutique.

“When women came in and said they’ve lost so many pounds or inches, they’re ready to find new things and adventure a little more — try styles they wouldn’t have before.” iFit will next look to capitalize on the non-established corners of the shape-wear market, providing products to other retailers looking to add them to their inventory.

“Next month, we’re gonna start selling wholesale to boutiques and spas, because there’s not a lot of places that have them” Martinez said. “Most of them are online and people have been complaining that it’s bad material, sizes don’t fit, the can’t return them, stuff like that … . Eventually, if people keep buying them, the bigger retailers might consider selling waist trainers. I’m sure they will.”

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SHADOWS OF ROGUERY AND GENIUS traveling through scotland’s history by scott thomas anderson The streetscape of Edinburgh’s Old Town was once called the murky fishbone, that long spine of “Royal Mile” descending from a castle-head as courts, wynds and alleys went fanning from its vertebrae like barbed ribs. Within this fossil frame of bronze brick and cobblestone once existed the men who brought western culture its most haunting memories. In 2005, a historian proclaimed the Scots had “invented the modern world,” but Edinburgh’s own Victorians understood the city’s afterglow of zealotry, vice, scheming and double-lives had balanced the Scottish Enlightenment with a dark legacy of the imagination.

Today, Edinburgh offers more than just a chance to walk in the footsteps of philosophers and folk heroes: It holds the allure of sneaking down street-tunnels that led its shadiest residents to a marauding and madness that atomized the Gothic mindset, scattering their influence from Britain’s greatest novels to its most popular films.

EVENING ON A DARK TOWN

To venture into Scotland’s capital during Fringe Fest means pushing through leather-clad sword swallowers, bawdy glittered pantomimes and mohawked men in kilts blowing fire from bagpipes as they rip out Van Halen’s “Eruption.” It’s a spectacle that gives little hint to the theocracy that once ruled Edinburgh with an iron noose. In 1696, the city fathers sent a 19-year-old college student to the gallows for “ridiculing” their Presbyterian faith. Yet just decades later the same sludge-spattered streets were alive with the radical views of deists, social scientists and revolutionary intellectuals taking over Edinburgh’s soul. Modern visitors can walk in the footsteps of the era’s most ill reputed celebrity, the godless skeptic philosopher David Hume. Treated as Scotland’s first walking Devil, Hume’s letters recount that one evening while strolling through the outskirts of Old Town he

slipped and plunged into a bog. The sun was vanishing.

He called for help and got the attention of a Scots fishwife in the distance. But when the crabby woman approached, she suddenly demanded to know if he was the horrible “atheist” David Hume. The writer admitted the charge.

The salt-lunged scold assured Hume she’d let him drown in the mud under the moonlight unless he repeated the Lord’s Prayer in front of her.

Travelers can still go to the area where Hume used reason to rescue himself with an insincere communion; and the prettiest walk to it is by night, turning off of the Royal Mile onto Cockburn Street and descending to the now bog-free Princess Street Gardens. Along that twisting path stands the Arcade Haggis & Whisky House, a narrow low-key hall with rare Scotch bottles and contemplative modern art adorning its Georgian stone. The Arcade is known for European wines, certified whisky pours and that most traditional of all Scottish meals, Haggis, which it prepares as a wad of pungent tenderness – a mash of salt-sponged sheep guts that pop with dripping, juicy nuances.

Exiting the Arcade, sojourners can turn north on Cockburn Street to find a tunnel of grey brick and flagstone steps that go sinking under the street lamps. The passageway is known as Fleshmarket Close. It was here, amidst slumbound taverns, butcher shops and prostitute corners, that William Deacon Brodie began the carousing double-life that would soon inspire one of fiction’s most memorable characters. Brodie was a wealthy, high-born Trade Councilor and member of Edinburgh’s Town Council. In 1787, Scotland’s capitol was shocked to learn that, by day, he had been a respectable religious socialite; and by night he’d been a flighty hobgoblin of pure vice, running cock fighting rings, cheating gamblers with loaded dice and commanding a gang of black-suited burglars who tromped through the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

The Ferry Pools on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. (Photo by Scott Thomas Anderson)

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shadows with pistols, masks and lanterns. Two generations after his hanging, an obsession with Brodie’s duel-existence drove fellow Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson to write “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

“On a clear day the brightness goes glinting from the jagged teeth of St. Giles Cathedral to the neo-classic peaks and massive stone columns of Parliament Square.”

The grim trickster’s impact does not stop there.

One of the centers of nightlife in Edinburgh is Deacon Brodie’s Tavern. After sunset, it has all of the timeless touches of a lowland pub on the outside while its interior is a lamp-washed cavern of gold leaf, ebony oak and frothy glasses clanking in obfuscated mirrors. The pub’s menu is hailed for its wild boar and Chorizo burgers, along with hard ciders and its venison-and-port pot pies.

Beer guzzlers can give a nod to Old Brodie by sipping on a pint of Siren Liquid Mistress.

A stroll south under the stars from Deacon Brodie’s Tavern leads to the Greyfriars Kirkyard. In the 18th century this span of graves was the first depository of the dead to be hit by “the resurrectionists.” As Edinburgh’s professors of human anatomy became a beam of scientific progress, the city’s cemeteries were desecrated by a ghoulish

group of paupers known as “resurrectionists,” men who would dig up freshly buried corpses and sell them to medical departments at nearby universities. Heading down Candlemaker Row, along the edge of Greyfriars’s tombstones, travelers come to Cowgatehead and then the faded medieval grandeur of Grass Market Square. It’s the mouth of the neighborhood where, in 1828, “resurrectionism” evolved into serial killing.

Edinburgh remembers it as the case of Burke and Hare, the gruesome duo, the ragtag shoe cobbler and boarding house keeper who together murdered the city’s indigents, prostitutes and disabled outcasts, selling them in turn to the renowned professor of anatomy Robert Knox. Decades later, Robert Louis Stevenson’s dreams were so captivated

by Burke and Hare’s 16 victims that he used them as the

Above, Grassmarket Square sits directly under Edinburgh Castle in the city’s Old Town. At right, The Royal Mile in Edinburgh leads from a hilltop castle down through the city’s oldest medieval quarter. (Photos by Scott Thomas Anderson)

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origin of his masterful story “The Body Snatcher.” Hollywood’s golden age of horror elevated Stevenson’s tale to new heights in 1945 as a gaunt, hollow-eyed Boris Karloff brought Edinburgh’s resurrectionists to life in his most chilling moment of silver screen brilliance.

Burke and Hare are gone, but Grass Market Square still hints at their world, especially at night when lamp orbs throw coral rays along the rising, rust-weathered bricks and turret edges, looming above body-warm pubs like the Black Bull, Biddy Mulligans and the White Hart Inn — all humming with crowds as the ghost-white face of Edinburgh Castle lifts out of a blackness above.

THE ELEMENTARY APPEAL OF DAYLIGHT

Sunrise over Scotland’s capital city: On a clear day the brightness goes glinting from the jagged teeth of St. Giles Cathedral to the neo-classic peaks and massive stone columns of Parliament Square. These brash marbled monuments are where the philosopher Lord Kames and the novelist Sir Walter Scott practiced law; and they’re also where Robert Louis Stevenson was supposed to be handling legal tomes when he was gallivanting in Edinburgh’s seedier pubs.

Looking out on Parliament Square is the Advocate, an old fashioned bar that pays homage to Edinburgh’s judicial history. Afternoon drinking is lively here, and the menu balances beer with rump steak, hand-battered Haddock and perfectly spiced Haggis drenched in whiskey gravy.

The Advocate’s no frills style makes it an anchor point to watch a Rugby surrounded by the real faces of Edinburgh.

Nearby, at the Scottish Writers Museum, author Allan Foster meets groups for literary tours of the city. With a guttural brogue and a wry sense of humor, Foster pauses in front of the hospital where a young Arthur Conan Doyle studied with the doctor who inspired Sherlock Holmes; he brings people to the forgotten medical wards where Robert Louis Stevenson visited the poet who was his model for the pirate Long John Silver; he leads people past the cafes where a struggling J.K Rowling penned the first Harry Potter novel with a stroller by her side. One of the mainstays on Foster’s tour is 3 Drummond Street, a gorgeous, ornately carved oak storefront that was once known as Rutherford’s Bar. It was the drinking hole for Stevenson, Doyle and J.M. Berrie, the author of “Peter Pan.” “All three of them would sink a pint at this pub,” Foster explains. “Stevenson and Berrie were here at the exact same time.”

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The Edinburgh writer is quick to add, “Because of that history, for years this pub was a place that hosted public readings and great literary events. Unfortunately, it closed and now it’s some damn Italian restaurant.”

It’s a seven-minute walk from Rutherford’s corpse to Princess Street and a tucked back tribute to Victorian Scotland called the Guildford Arms pub. The establishment’s doors simply open through time, breaching a vast parlor of chained chandeliers, elegantly etched glass and high, gilded cornicing.

“It has an amazing palatial décor,” notes Chris Callison-Burch, an American who owns a flat in Edinburgh.

“And it has good selection of Scottish beers.”

On most nights Guildford’s patrons are drinking those brews of their homeland, including the ale by Bottlecap Brewery in Aberdeen and the “Skull Splitter” from Orkney Brewery, either of which goes perfect with watching a band like Yard of Ale light up the stage with their urgently swaying guitar and ukulele chords.

‘SKYE’ AT TOP OF THE WORLD

Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns memorably wrote “My heart’s in the Highlands,” infusing history with visions of damp valleys, wild-hanging woods and deer chasing through meadows, those stirring flashes that continue to make Scotland’s upper landscapes feel like a remote, living canvas. And few destinations on this windy terrain have the far-flung beauty of the Isle of Skye.

One highway to Skye cuts through Glencoe, where lithic bluffs as dark as ash punch off the planes, towering over the water grass and the wide, lonely vales. Some of Scotland’s most grieving ballads recount a tragedy that took place in this very glen, when the Clan McDonald saw 78 men, women and children slaughtered or forced to freeze to death by soldiers loyal to Protestant crown. Today, the road from Glencoe to the fishing village of Mallaig winds along stone train bridges and lochs dotted with tiny, forested islands. Mallaig’s ferry breaks out for waves where Loch Hourn meets the Atlantic and then pushes slowly for the misty shores of the island.

Self-imposed exile — Skye’s priceless gifts to the Scots.

Above, Donan Castle sits on the water near a bridge to Scotland’s Isle of Skye. (Photo by Scott Thomas Anderson) At right, the town of Portree is the biggest settlement on the Isle of Skye. (Photo by Stacy Anderson)

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“Few destinations on this windy terrain have the far-flung beauty of the Isle of Skye.”

With grass growing on sweeping, volcanic ridges, crawling ghosts of fog that pass the cottages and sheep that wander from castle ruins to the lapping coastline, this chunk of the Highlands broken away from the shore is a requiem for finding one’s thoughts as cliff-side waterfalls pour into the sea. The forgotten place is also where the infamous “Bonnie Prince Charlie” – failed leader of the Jacobite revolution – arrived disguised as a woman in 1746. Sentimentalists can raise a glass to the bonnie boy’s failed cause and the price on his head at Talisker Distillery, a 185-year-old whiskey operation set on the banks of Loch Harport. And Talisker’s 57 Degrees North Scotch can toast anyone: It hits the tongue as stabbing, sea salt fire with a tinge of sand and dash of sweetness. It’s calm brown smoke in a glass.

Nightlife on the Isle of Skye thrives in the town of Portree, a lively harbor where warmth emanates from pubs like

the Isles Inn, with its door leading inside to scruffy Highland cow scalps hanging over lamps. The inn serves thoroughly Scottish dishes, including Cullen Skink, a light, white cream soup chalked with bits of potatoes, vegetables and local smoked fish. The kitchen’s haggis, on the other hand, is muscular, prepared as a burly, flaminyon shaped fist of meat-mangle, fortified by “neeps” and “tatties” and dropped in a pool of red wine and roasted onion gravy.

Mornings reveal the island’s final allure, clouds gripping the flinty sides of its bluffs as breezes batter its cold, spring green desolation. Hikers looking for a spiritual awakening find themselves in Skye’s southern Cuillins at a place known as the Fairy Pools. From Sir Walter Scot to Robert Burns, Scotland’s prophetic voices have always looked for grace in the mystic openness, and this gentle span of waterfalls snaking through meadows under the mountains beams with a radiant glass blue that’s outer-worldly. It’s the final epiphany from a nation that has always produced the strongest and strangest of people — a land that had always used personality to conquer the impossible.

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ENTERTAINMENT

THE MUSICAL ROAD LESS TRAVELED ACOUSTIC DEN CAFÉ puts original talent, calm environment at center stage

BY Lillie Apostolos

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oseville is not known as a city packed with venues that cater to musicians. As people go out to sip on cocktails, laugh with friends, have first dates or meet business connections, one of the area’s most frequently forgotten pieces of ambiance is music itself.

The Acoustic Den Café in Roseville is looking to change that by giving musicians a wider spotlight.

The new café belongs to Preston Stepper, who’s been a guitar player and songwriter since the age of 15.

For Stepper, everything started with discovering a book of poems that belonged to his grandfather.

Top, singer-songwriter Mathew Higgins, who lives near Roseville, performs some of newest original material for a crowd at Roseville’s Acoustic Den Café.

Above, Preston Stepper’s son, Evan Stepper, is home for the holidays and enjoying live music at the Acoustic Den with his friend, Roseville’s Katie Schellenger.

Top right, Roseville’s newest live music venue, the Acoustic Den Café, is located at 10271 Fairway Drive. At right, The Acoustic Den’s owner, Preston Stepper, takes to the stage at his singer songwriter night. (Photos by Matthew Whitley)

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THE ACOUSTIC DEN CAFÉ

10271 Fairway Dr., #120, Roseville Open 4-9 p.m Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday (916) 412-8739

“I would look through these poems and find ones I could structure,” Stepper remembered. “I started putting them to music. When my children were in high school, my wheels started turning again.”

The Acoustic Den is built as an intimate concert space.

With a maximum capacity of 70, the cozy, comfortable room is filled with tables that face its stage. Warm wood paneling and calm décor put the finishing touches on its energy.

“People prefer something a little more intimate,” Stepper observed.

So far, Roseville’s musicians are generally high on the Acoustic Den’s vision.

“The focus on acoustic music is so different,” said Julia Simon, bass player for the band Chicken and Dumpling.

“It’s perfect sound-wise. It’s more like a concert with tables set up to actually listen.”

Valerie Kramer, of the band Mountain Shine, agrees.

“Playing there was very easy,” Kramer recalled. “There aren’t too many venues out there that are for listening.

Musicians want to be heard sometimes.”

With his venue dialed in on booking genuine talent and letting customers soak up good jams, Stepper is now focused on getting the word out that the Acoustic Den is a marquee stop for emerging musical artistry from the area.

“People like cover songs, but this venue is different because the audience isn’t expecting things” Stepper explained. “And musicians are able to play their original music.”

Stepper added that his decision to make the Acoustic Den a family friendly, alcohol-free space was also in line with making sure unique musicians are the focal point of the business.

“Musicians like that it is a nice warm environment,” Stepper said. “They like that it isn’t loud.”

Kramer and her band mates in Mountain Shine are among the fans of that approach. Kramer is a language arts teacher at Rocklin High School. She’s enjoyed the fact that the Den’s all-age status opens her performances up to her students, creating a small-town, one of a kind community atmosphere. She can summarize the new business’s appeal in one sentence: “Not every band is a dance band.”

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MADE BY THE HAND OF A CRAFTSMAN custom details adorn castle creek buy by eileen wilson

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hen they say the most important thing about buying real estate is the location, they’re only half right: This special Castle Creek Court property is perfectly situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in a private, gated community. But the second half of this story is the custom details. The homeowner, a professional craftsman and builder, has created an oasis for any family that includes newly remodeled kitchen, master bath and much more.

No expense was spared when updating this home. The front of the property is visually stunning — a beautiful blend of carefully placed foliage with brilliant green lawn. You don’t see lawns looking great during a California drought.

But before you jump to conclusions, come take a look. This isn’t a water wasting home, this is $20,000 worth of the highest-end artificial turf, and you would never guess. It even feels like the real thing.

The home has a quiet front courtyard with stunning slate surfaces, a secret garden area with stone statuary — very sanctuary-like.

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The inside of the home has been updated with handscraped wood flooring in cherry, which pairs with tumbled travertine stone in varied colors and sizes. The effect is a rich amalgamation of everything that nature has to offer.

It’s the kitchen that will likely sell this home. Walk in and prepare to be amazed. The kitchen is spacious, and easily accommodates the 11’ by 17’ granite topped island that resembles a distressed cream furniture piece. Surrounding cabinetry is rich cherry, all custom, and decorated with oversized scrolls. And one of the amazing things about this kitchen is something that you won’t see. At least not at first glance. There are hidden nooks throughout, storage spaces that fool the eye, and with a touch of a finger, pop open, Indiana Jones style, to harbor spices, tools and more. All the surfaces are pale cream granite with both muted and brilliant-colored amber to umber flecks. Kitchen appliances are all stainless and high end — a four-burner Wolf cook top with griddle, dual ovens, dishwasher, compactor, and a built-in drawer microwave oven. There are three sinks in this kitchen, a large sink in the island, and dual sinks with flower and picket fence views. All faucets are high-end and

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extra tall, including a pot-filler at the cook top. The kitchen space was nearly doubled in size during the remodel, adding a large walk-in pantry and butler’s pantry.

The master bath in this home, also newly remodeled, includes stunning white with gray marble flooring with decorative inserts, an oversized closet with cedar flooring, and professional organization — housing for 50 or more pairs of shoes. The master closet area also has built-in glass fronted storage for jewelry, sunglasses or a number of small items that you would care to protect. The master has bay windows that overlook the extensive grounds and pool, and the sinks and hardware are classic with modern flair. The most impressive thing about the master bath, perhaps, is the large soaking tub — a modern interpretation of the claw foot, with freestanding oil rubbed bronze fixtures. Cabinets are high-quality cherry, and there’s an open shower area with triple heads including a rain shower.

Back downstairs the property has formal rooms that include travertine fronted fireplaces with cherry mantles and double crowned ceilings. There’s a remote den or office downstairs, which could easily be converted to an additional bedroom, with a secluded bath that offers outside access.

When you finally head to the backyard you’ll be amazed by the care that was taken with creating this covered patio and entertaining oasis. A large semi-formal pool includes modern sheeting waterfalls, and the separate hot tub has

decorative concrete and brickwork surrounding it. A built-in barbecue area includes a mini-refrigerator and sink, and the yard has received a new addition — a large game room/ workout room or even an in-law cottage in the rear of the property. The free-standing building has a large granite topped bar area with cherry cabinetry, and it’s plumbed and ready for either a bathroom, sink area, or both.

From front yard to master to the garage, and even the boat or RV parking area, which can double as a wonderful dog run, there are too many custom features to describe.

Above left, the house at 3474 Castle Creek Court in Roseville comes with $20,000 worth of the highest-end artificial turf that gives is a lush landscape even in the worse of drought seasons. From top, Gray marble flooring and decorative inserts adorn the bathroom. The kitchen includes a four-burner Wolf cook top with griddle, dual ovens, three sinks, a chic center island and picket fence views through its windows. The spacious, semi-formal pool includes modern sheeting waterfalls surrounded by brickwork. (Courtesy Photos)

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RECENT TRANSACTIONS information provided by core logic

The following transactions took place between Nov. 10 and Dec. 7, 2015. Homes listed according to Roseville Coalition of Neighborhood Associations.

FIDDYMENT FARM

BLUE OAKS

109 Briarthorne Court, Roseville 95747-4217

$457,000

156 Adrienne Court, Roseville 95747-5099

$390,000

4040 Creamery Way, Roseville 95747-4215

$530,000

149 Adrienne Court, Roseville 95747-5099

$449,000

2209 Ellesmere Loop, Roseville 95747-5086

$360,000

1473 Diamond Woods Circle, Roseville 95747-4600

$567,000

2696 Heirloom Way, Roseville 95747-9182

$380,000

1675 Grey Bunny Dr., Roseville 95747-4659

$359,000

4245 Shorthorn Way, Roseville 95747-4216

$449,000

1796 Greywood Circle, Roseville 95747-4610

$476,000

308 Woodfield Court, Roseville 95747-9174

$395,000

1281Marseille Lane, Roseville 95747-5165

$347,000

2540 Woodfield Way, Roseville 95747-9176

$350,000

3100 Mount Tamalpais Dr., Roseville 95747-7146

$505,000

441 Redhead Court, Roseville Ca 95747-4655

$455,000

3264 Rock Creek Way, Roseville 95747-7155

$422,000

$365,000

425 Sienna River Court, Roseville 95747-5064

$579,000

2137 Ashton Dr., Roseville 95747-8899

$406,000

1017 Venice Lane, Roseville 95747-5167

$340,000

148 Dodbrook Court, Roseville 95747-8802

$465,000

10001 Woodcreek Oaks Boulevard #324, Roseville 95747-5102

$138,000

2328 Lockton Dr., Roseville 95747-8847

$425,000

10001 Woodcreek Oaks Boulevard #624, Roseville 95747-5104

$145,000

2337 Lockton Dr., Roseville 95747-8847

$400,000

2180 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Roseville 95747-9001

$281,000

SUN CITY

1056 Porthill Lane, Roseville 95747-9030

$570,000

6152 Buckskin Lane, Roseville 95747-8072

$435,000

3259 Rainhill Loop, Roseville 95747-9068

$415,000

201 Grace Glen Court, Roseville 95747-8112

$360,000

3137 Welton Circle, Roseville 95747-9576

$414,000

5081 Green Grove Lane, Roseville 95747-8626

$460,000

4241 Wyman Way, Roseville 95747-8965

$463,000

5613 Lantern Grove Lane, Roseville 95747-8032

$310,000

7432 Pineschi Place, Roseville 95747-8337

$394,000

301 Savannah Court, Roseville 95747-8038

$500,100

$318,000

7188 Secret Garden Loop, Roseville 95747-8041

$555,000

1840 Blue Skies Way, Roseville 95747-4980

$315,100

7216 Stagecoach Circle, Roseville 95747-8066

$330,000

1672 Hummingbird Way, Roseville 95747-4824

$395,000

7097 Stagecoach Circle, Roseville 95747-8064

$317,000

1732 Magenta Dr., Roseville 95747-4914

$366,000

7201 Sunstream Way, Roseville 95747-8343

$434,500

1596 Roadrunner Dr., Roseville 95747-4818

$435,000

7433 Whistlestop Way, Roseville 95747-8353

$480,000

117 Wild Oat Court, Roseville 95747-8612

$455,000

WESTPARK 3144 Ardley Dr., Roseville 95747-9017

JUNCTION WEST 309 Amber Fields Court, Roseville 95747-4979

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QUAIL GLENN

HIGHLAND RESERVE

1515 Alyssum Way, Roseville 95747-6776

$320,000

36 Meridian Court, Roseville 95678-5943

$500,000

1430 Calle Las Casas, Roseville 95747-6851

$352,500

232 Pinecrest Court, Roseville 95678-6040

$387,000

1238 Camino Capistrano, Roseville 95747-5914

$382,000

97 Talmont Circle Roseville 95678-6058

$325,000

513 Hydrangea Court, Roseville 95747-6722

$345,000

38 Villa Gardens Court, Roseville 95678-6057

$305,000

8044 Robinson Dr., Roseville 95747-6707

$347,500

141 Winslow Dr., Roseville 95678-5916

$440,000

1514 Verbena Way, Roseville 95747-6739

$310,000

1505 Verbena Way, Roseville 95747-6741

$275,000

WOODCREEK OAKS

LOS CERRITOS 901 Athan Avenue, Roseville 95678-1405

$320,000

704 Main St., Roseville 95678-2137

$258,000

1697 Aylesbury Way, Roseville 95747-6447

$421,500

819 Pleasant St., Roseville 95678-1446

$259,000

1569 Morning Glory Lane, Roseville 95747-7549

$365,000

399 Vallejo Avenue, Roseville 95678-1458

$165,000

1024 Rudgwick Dr., Roseville 95747-6452

$258,000

1027 Shenencock Way Roseville 95747-7514

$392,500

DIAMOND OAKS

1448 Snapdragon Lane, Roseville 95747-7508

$386,500

440 Elmwood Court, Roseville 95678-6969

$379,000

609 Thunderbird Court, Roseville 95747-7535

$350,000

503 Hogan Court, Roseville 95678-1054

$430,000

305 Inverness Court, Roseville 95678-1228

$340,000

233 Needle Court, Roseville 95678-6953

$340,000

PLEASANT GROVE 1530 Blue Lane, Roseville 95747-7331

$430,000

129 Kipling Court, Roseville 95747-5831

$365,000

1641 Laporte Dr., Roseville 95747-5801

$685,000

1446 Long Creek Way, Roseville 95747-7316

$321,000

405Lowell Court, Roseville 95747-5861

$500,000

1609 Misty Wood Dr., Roseville 95747-7910

$390,000

1515 River Oak Way, Roseville 95747-7372

$420,500

FOOTHILLS JUNCTION 1003 Betsy Ross Dr., Roseville 95747-6559

$415,455

1814 Discovery Dr., Roseville 95747-7859

$329,000

1428 Lorimer Way, Roseville 95747-6037

$399,000

1415 Orwell Dr., Roseville 95747-7042

$369,000

KASEBERG-KINGSWOOD

SIERRA VISTA 329 Sierra Boulevard, Roseville 95678-1734

$257,500

601 Sierra Boulevard, Roseville 95678-1739

$388,000

FOLSOM ROAD 415 East St., Roseville 95678-1859

$325,000

201 Park Dr., Roseville 95678-2724

$152,500

252 Sharp Circle #2, Roseville 95678-2455

$93,000

267 Sharp Circle #2, Roseville 95678-2437

$130,000

VINEYARD 1262 Arbor Court, Roseville 95678-6723

$299,000

1207 Chablis Circle, Roseville 95747-7250

$350,000

1351 Champagne Circle, Roseville 95747-7299

$320,000

1132 Hawthorne Loop, Roseville 95678-6955

$357,000

1410 Hickory St., Roseville 95678-6704

$291,000

620 Hovey Way, Roseville 95678-7552

$323,000

1311 Hidalgo Circle, Roseville 95747-7239

$203,000

1322 Len Way, Roseville 95678-7150

$265,000

3593 Trentino St., Roseville Ca 95747-9264

$322,500

1274 South Bluff Dr., Roseville 95678-1155

$385,000

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ROSEVILLE HEIGHTS

MEADOW OAKS

225 Cedar St., Roseville 95678-2539

$225,000

1117 Augusta Way, Roseville 95661-4701

$325,000

350 West Duranta St., Roseville 95678-2161

$145,000

1508 Dana Way, Roseville 95661-4708

$335,000

1182 Green Hill Dr., Roseville 95661-4648

$223,100

911 Oak Ridge Dr., Roseville 95661-4614

$254,500

STONERIDGE 400 Arran Court, Roseville 95661-6057

$535,000

1509 Rampart Dr., Roseville 95661-4713

$273,000

117 Beatrice Court, Roseville 95661-3228

$635,000

1169 Ravine View Dr., Roseville 95661-4652

$252,500

2017 Dorrington Dr., Roseville 95661-4084

$443,000

1192 Ravine View Dr., Roseville 95661-4651

$180,000

3537 Miners Ravine Dr., Roseville 95661-2502

$770,000

3553 Miners Ravine Dr., Roseville 95661-2502

$800,000

CIRBY SIDE

1957 Park Oak Dr. Roseville 95661-4056

$910,000

1119 Salmon Dr., Roseville 95661-4433

$419,000

$515,000

28 Somer Ridge Dr., Roseville 95661-5200

$395,000

401 Whyte Avenue, Roseville 95661-5236

$306,000

2097 Sebastian Way, Roseville 95661-3214

OLYMPUS POINTE 3532 Apollo Circle, Roseville 95661-3969

$339,000

CRESTHAVEN

3327 Chapelle Dr., Roseville 95661-3952

$445,000

1222 Glenbrook Avenue, Roseville 95678-5125

$305,000

2000 Milan Way, Roseville 95678-4270

$283,000

JOHNSON RANCH 1656 Ashford Dr., Roseville 95661-5124

$340,000

HILLCREST

502 Bedford Court, Roseville 95661-5111

$395,000

715 Creekside Court,Roseville 95678-4303

$330,000

2203 Broadstone Dr., Roseville 95661-7724

$409,000

520 Darling Way, Roseville 95678-4349

$330,000

501 Exeter Court, Roseville 95661-5112

$431,000

703 Darling Way, Roseville 95678-4308

$283,000

1667 Palatia Dr., Roseville 95661-7752

$405,000

608 Hernandez Lane, Roseville 95678-4318

$265,000

513 Vine Way, Roseville 95678-4034

$155,000

MAIDU 1516 East Colonial Parkway, Roseville 95661-7313

$401,000

CHERRY GLEN / THEILES MANOR

2013 Sally Way, Roseville 95661-4915

$275,000

325 Clinton Avenue, Roseville 95678-3136

2008 Sally Way, Roseville 95661-4916

$279,000

$250,000

STANDFORD SIERRA GARDENS

9069 Cortina Circle #212, Roseville 95678-2941

$290,000

1302 Coloma Way, Roseville 95661-4604

$280,000

203 Dante Circle, Roseville 95678-2921

$245,000

1807 Finch Dr., Roseville 95661-4806

$335,000

501 Dante Circle, Roseville 95678-2924

$260,000

1514 Frances Dr., Roseville 95661-3412

$239,000

1107 Dante Circle, Roseville 95678-2930

$252,000

1209 Palm Avenue, Roseville 95661-4619

$218,000

8350 Oliva Rd. #159, Roseville 95678-2943

$253,500

8391 Oliva Rd. #172,Roseville Ca 95678-2943

$296,000

8232 Sienna Loop, Roseville 95678-6055

$375,000

133 Vento Ct 198, Roseville Ca 95678-2945

$287,000

SOUTH CIRBY 1305 Crestmont Avenue, Roseville 95661-5503

$235,000

2020 Oakdale Court, Roseville 95661-4911

$293,000

CIRBY RANCH

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1505 Pine Valley Circle, Roseville 95661-5747

$417,000

1315 Stonebridge Way, Roseville 95661-5455

$350,000

1367 Sun Tree Dr., Roseville 95661-5399

$470,000

PLACER COUNTY 9361 Courtney Way, Roseville 95747-9143

$615,000

8870 Creekstone Circle, Roseville 95747-6376

$789,000

8803 Latigo Court, Roseville 95747-8903

$508,000

3195 River Bank Court, Roseville 95747-9162

$570,000

8504 Santiago Circle, Roseville 95747-6340

$500,000

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Calendar of events

january 2016

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To submit an event to Roseville Magazine’s calendar of events email janiss@goldcountrymedia.com

Foothill farmers markets The Foothill Farmers’ Market Association is a Certified Farmers’ Markets — marketplaces in which California farmers can sell the products that they have grown themselves. There’s a PlacerGROWN Farmers’ Market almost every day in Placer County. Many activities we have to make it a fun experience for the whole family.

Where: Whole Foods Market, 1001 Galleria Blvd., Roseville When: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tuesdays year-round Info: (530) 823-6183 or foothillfarmersmarket.com

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THRIVE UNLEASHED STUDENT CONFERENCE

The Thrive Unleashed Student Conference is coming Jan. 15-16 at Bayside Church in Granite Bay. With incredible speakers, amazing worship and more fun than you can imagine, there will be no better way for students and leaders to kick off the new year. Bayside is gathering together some of the best and most dynamic youth communicators and artists on the planet making Thrive Unleashed the go to event of the year.

Where: Bayside Church, 8191 Sierra College Blvd., Granite Bay When: 5 p.m. to midnight Jan 15 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jan 16. This is not an overnight event.

Info: baysideonline.com

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by hand

By Hand is a national biennial fine craft competition and exhibition sponsored by the Creative Arts League of Sacramento, California and exhibited in the Coker Gallery at Blue Line Arts of Roseville, California. Juror Elisabeth R. Agro is the Nancy M. McNeil Associate Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Co-Founder and Advisor of Critical Craft Forum.

All media of craft was eligible for this competitive exhibition including wood, glass, clay, jewelry, metal, fiber, mixed media and more.

Where: Blue Line Arts, 405 Vernon Street, #100, Roseville When: Jan. 15 through Feb. 27. Opening is 6-9 p.m. Jan 16. Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursday.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Info: bluelinearts.org

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as real as it gets

A group of local artists have been selected to exhibit works of Photo Realistic paintings and drawings. Producing works so detailed that they may seem to be photographs, rather than hand-rendered works of painting and drawing. Photo Realism is an incredibly demanding form of artistic expression, difficult to master but resulting in incredible and engaging works of art. Chuck Close, Gottfried Helnwein, and Marcello Barenghi all worked in this style, rendering hyperrealistic people, places and objects, often tricking the viewer with their attention to detail.

Blue Line Arts will be featuring emerging artists who have endeavored to master this difficult style for the forthcoming exhibit “As Real as it Gets.”

Where: Blue Line Arts, 405 Vernon Street, #100, Roseville When: Jan. 15 through Feb. 27. Opening is 6-9 p.m. Jan 16. Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursday.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Info: bluelinearts.org

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3rd annual winter holiday outdoor ice rink Skatetown brings a bit of Rockefeller Center, New York to Roseville. It’s the perfect family outing rain or shine. Outdoor seasonal rink features light shows professionally choreographed to holiday music. At Skatetown you can skate inside and/or outside for the same price when both rinks are open.

One pass is good for an entire single session. Free parking, full-service café, snow play, live DJ, laser light shows, free skate aids and loaner helmets available.

Where: Skatetown Ice Arena, 1009 Orlando Ave. in Roseville When: Outdoor rink open through Jan 18. Check online or call for session times.

Info: (916) 783-8550 or skatetown.biz call

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westfield galleria at roseville ice rink

Galleria at Roseville on Ice is back for a second season. In partnership with B92.5, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, ARC Document Solutions and Hyatt Place Sacramento/Roseville, Westfield Galleria at Roseville is proud to present our outdoor Ice Rink. The Ice Rink is located outdoors near Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Il Fornaio. No in and out privileges. Tickets are for two full hours of skating time (may be interrupted by ice resurfacing).

Where: 1151 Galleria Blvd., Roseville, CA 95678 When: Noon to 9 p.m.

Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays through Jan. 18. Hours are subject to change.

Cost: Kids (8 & under)$10, Adults $14, Children 3 and under with paid adult free.

Info: (916) 668-5810 or galleriaatrosevilleonice.com

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