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For shame Last month, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide.

Izzy Laxamana had disobeyed her parents by snapping a revealing selfie and texting it to a crush. As punishment, the seventh-grader’s father cut off all her hair and then filmed the distraught teen’s reaction.

By the next morning the video, posted to YouTube, had gone viral among Izzy’s peers, who passed the clip from cellphone to cellphone.

The following day, Izzy jumped off a freeway overpass. She died May 30.

Reportedly, it’s Izzy who actually uploaded that video. Regardless, the shaming it brought—both in her home and online—effected a brutal result.

Such shaming has become such a modern cultural phenomenon that there’s a new book, Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, devoted to the subject. The takeaway: Mistakes are made and the collective Internet rushes to eviscerate the guilty. I’ve witnessed it with public figures. I’ve witnessed it among my own online community. I’ve been guilty of such shaming, too.

I’ve thought about this a lot lately.

About my own culpability. About Izzy.

I’ve thought about it, in particular, as I’ve read endless posts, tweets and comments on Rachel Dolezal, the white woman busted for pretending to be African-American—a decadelong ruse that earned her, among other things, a job as the head of the Spokane NAACP. Unlike Izzy’s teenage mistakes, Dolezal’s adult actions were deplorable and indefensible. Still, it’s unsettling to observe the way we leap to rip her apart.

Dolezal, who resigned from the NCAAP, will likely, and rightly, face consequences for her misdeeds and lies.

For better or worse, she’ll also likely find that, when it comes to the Internet’s thirst for acting as judge, jury and executioner, no punishment will ever be enough.

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“People from all over the world just happen to meet in the suburbs.�

Asked at the intersection of Greenback Lane and Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights:

What do you like about suburban living?

Bret Daniels driving instructor

It is more laid back and spread out. It is more horizontal, as it were.

I was raised right here in Citrus Heights and this is what I am used to.

I definitely feel there is a whole lot less crime than downtown. I feel a whole lot safer. I think that local government is much more responsive than the city.

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I like being close to everything. I like having the convenience of all the markets and shops. I like the convenience of being close to all of the freeways and the stores, and it is important when you don’t have a lot of time.

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I like the diversity of the people. People from all over the world just happen to meet in the suburbs.

Also, driving around here, there still are little pockets of nature. There is the Lotus Garden, which is a meditation center, and the botanical garden. ‌ Somehow, we are able to fit all of nature into the suburbs.

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You can get anywhere in 15 minutes and I like that there is room for everyone. It does get a little congested, but pretty much you can be anywhere in 15 minutes.

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I like having people around, but sometimes it gets crowded. You don’t have to go far to get anything, whether it be a pack of cigarettes or a wrench at Lowe’s. It is quiet at night where I live, but sometimes not really.

I like neighbors. Neighbors are always good if you are good to them.

It is cheaper to live in the suburbs. The sales tax is lower and that helps. Gas is generally cheaper also.

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Part of the Process Coalition makes sure school district’s budget matches students’ needs B Y E VA N T U C H I N S K Y

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arl Pinkston cares about Sacramento students’ education. As secretary of the Black Parallel School Board, a community organization that monitors local schools, he plays an integral role in ensuring that the Sacramento City Unified School District meets the needs of all children on its campuses.

State policy — and money — is helping.

California recently instituted a Local Control Funding Formula to allocate funding based on demographics and give schools more flexibility on spending decisions. Although granted that freedom, districts cannot act without community input, and must create a Local Control and Accountability Plan (or LCAP) based on input from parents, educators, employees and other residents.

Sacramento citizens long have had ideas about improving schools, but Pinkston says they tend to be disregarded by the school board. The LCAP “provides an opportunity for parents and community to have their voices heard — attached to a dollar amount.”

The previous method of state funding, Pinkston explains, “addresses equality but not equity — equality in the sense that everyone gets an equal amount, but some communities have more issues and need more resources than others. That’s a question of equity: Those communities need additional funding because they have additional challenges that they have to address because of poverty, racism,

trauma — a whole host of issues that require resources to improve the quality of schools, which in turn improve the outcome of graduation on to college versus going to prison.”

For Sac City Unified’s LCAP, the Black Parallel School Board got the ball rolling thanks to a grant from The California Endowment, which directed Building Healthy Communities funding toward creating a “community priority coalition.”

“SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE MORE ISSUES AND NEED MORE RESOURCES THAN OTHERS.”

compared it to the staff-created budget and asked questions accordingly.

The next step, coming this fall, is a “participatory budget” pilot project, in which parents at The Met Sacramento High School will mock up a full financial plan.

So, how would Pinkston grade the district?

“I wouldn’t flunk them, because they’re not that bad — they do surveys, they do have an LCAP committee, they do some of the things and take some of the suggestions — but they’re not quite there yet,” he says. “So I would give them a C, and I think most in our coalition would give them the same.”

Encapsulating the priorities, the LCAP coalition created an “alternative budget” for the district and submitted it to the school board. Pinkston said board members

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In December 2013, the organization assembled a dozen local groups — ranging from La Familia to the Sacramento City Teachers Organization — to gauge what the LCAP should include. Then came surveys of the community. Out of this process came three main priorities: reduced class sizes, culturally competent professional development with training in restorative justice, and programs for early intervention and after-school enrichment.

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Sinking deeper Re “Budget bust” (SN&R Editorial, June 11): SN&R accurately describes the city of Sacramento’s pending fiscal disaster brought to us by Mayor Kevin Johnson. Among the many problems: $17 million in annual bond payments for the new Kings arena. That translates into a $77 million deficit by 2019.

Whether the arena can operate in the black is questionable at best. Most people in Sacramento don’t support it. The new arena is letter of a white elephant plopped down in the business district the week that will generate the mother of all traffic jams.

People are not going to pay the high parking fees and ticket prices, and endure the hassles required to attend games. The acres of parking and four freeway exits that serve the existing Sleep Train Arena in Natomas do not exist downtown. Whoops, somebody goofed.

The ugly combination of rapacious building contractors (greasing political palms as needed), a shamelessly self-promoting mayor, sycophant city council members and a cheerleading local media conspired to shove the project down the throats of the people of Sacramento.

Sadly, there will be an I-told-you-so moment when bottoms do not occupy all the seats. Promoters need to fill every seat, every game and every event, for the arena to pencil out. That’s not going to happen. Age-old gimmicks such as giving away tickets will not be sufficient to pay the bills.

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about Mayor Kevin Johnson and the city council, it doesn’t matter what the voters decided and it doesn’t matter what allegations are made about sexual misconduct. Johnson and the city council will continue to do as they please. Simply because they can.

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Re “Tipping point” by Nick Miller (SN&R News, June 11): Good piece, with valid concerns from the restaurant industry. There are some solid solutions to them, however: This is a great opportunity for the United States to finally do away with the outdated tipping system online buzz at restaurants (hell, and bars).

Restaurant owners can now build On the new generatiOn Of the tip into their food items and reStaurateurS in SacramentO: just pay employees outright what more variety, unique and local they deserve through that. Europe’s :) p.s. can someone please make restaurants are still open, so it must good pain au chocolat to go :) be working there!

Regarding small businesses, Janice Marie Foote via facebook Kshama Sawant did a pretty good job of addressing that in Seattle.

On raiSing the minimum wage and We can help ease smaller shops into the transition by making their what thiS might mean fOr lOcal wage increases more incremental reStaurantS: than larger corporations, who can More $ in 1s pockets,is a good easily swallow the raise, over longer thing, less missed work. Staying periods of time, so they have more in a job longer+More $ for the cushion to adjust. I would even #Arts/Econ. consider limited-time city/state @davidaquinley subsidies for the smallest mom-andpop shops.

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Lots of Sacramento Kings excitement despite the team being light-years removed from the NBA Finals. First, former general manager Pete D’Alessandro goes to Denver, where he’ll work in management for the Nuggets. And then former Kings coach Michael Malone joins him. In case you forgot: The former fired the latter while in Sacramento— and yet they’re reunited in Denver!

Such confusion. Meanwhile, the variable remains Vivek—and we’re stuck with him.

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Local musician Autumn Sky says she’s been going through a rough patch. And so, she launched a crowd-funding effort on GoFundMe to help her “recover” from some tough times. An unconventional (and possibly naive) move—but not deserving of the rabid hate and criticism she received on social media. If Sky wants to ask fans and friends for a few bucks, so be it. Leave her alone. Why don’t the haters focus on a real bad guy for once?

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Seriously. West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon complained that “98.6 percent of Sacramento’s voters were not eligible to vote,” implying, with no evidence, that a bigger electorate would have approved arviN G Measure B. Regional Transit general o SM Co by manager Mike Wiley similarly lamented cosmog@ newsrev iew.c om that, “It’s unfortunate a small number of people didn’t see the value” of streetcar.

Bites would argue that 1,200 voters is a lot more representative than some developers, politicians and a newspaper editorial board or two. A small majority of property owners, and then a small majority of residents in the proposed streetcar district, each said no. This only suggests that Sacramentans are divided about streetcar. There’s nothing to suggest some “silent majority” of streetcar support out there, as streetcar backers imply.

Which means streetcar must go forward, of course. Because, aside from being an unimportant minority, streetcar skeptics also “lack vision” according to Sacramento Bee columnist and money mouthpiece Marcos Breton, who added they are also “opposed to greater public transit and cleaner air.”

Right. Measure B didn’t fail because Measure B’s promises of enormous ridership and fantastic economic benefits were not believable. Or because there’s legitimate disagreement about whether streetcars give you enough bang for your transit buck. The “no” voters are just bad people who hate clean air.

Funny how Sacramento’s self-appointed visionaries keep getting beat at the ballot box.

Look at the 2006 arena-sales-tax measures Q and R, or Kevin Johnson’s strong-mayor Measure L. The downtown power crew went to drastic lengths to keep the 2013 Kings arena plan off the ballot, knowing voters would reject it.

On the other hand, tax measures to support libraries and parks and cops have been successful. So, either the stupid naysaying voters just randomly forget to say “nay” sometimes, or some ideas are better than others.

Not far from the Bitescave is the Fruitridge light-rail station. It’s surrounded by cheapo lowdensity office buildings and auto-supply stores.

A few years ago, the Fruitridge station had five connecting bus lines. Today, it has one. The next stop heading south is the 47th Avenue light-rail station, surrounded by industrial facilities and vacant lots. It no longer has any connecting buses. It’s the same in other low-income neighborhoods.

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Kevin Johnson has finally unveiled his “Think Downtown” vision for adding 10,000 new housing units to the central city. Lo and behold, there are already 14,620 housing units proposed for the grid, under construction or somewhere in the approval process. So K.J. is either truly visionary, or he just has a knack for seeing what’s going to happen, then branding it as his idea.

As Bites talked has to folks in and around City Hall about the downtown-housing strategy, the city of Portland keeps coming into the conversation. It’s the same with streetcar. Portland did this, Portland did that. WWPD? But Sacramento leaders never mention the most important thing Portland did to become the celebrated urbanist utopia it is today: They said no to sprawl.

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Portland did this, Portland did that. WWPD? In fact, Bites was surprised to learn that some Sacramento City Council members don’t know about Portland’s strong urban growth boundary, which for the last 35 years has helped Portland direct development and economic activity inward. It’s a big part of why Portland is Portland.

And it’s completely alien to Sacramento’s political leadership. In fact the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has been busy poking holes in Sacramento’s already weak urban limit line. Witness the shameful approval of Cordova Hills, and the elimination of Sacramento County’s once reasonably progressive mixed-income housing policy, which would have helped mitigate some of the worst effects of sprawl and economic segregation.

No one works harder to promote Sacramento sprawl than the developers’ twin political arms, Region Builders and the North State Building Industry Association. These two lobbying groups have made it impossible for Sacramento to have any effective anti-sprawl policy.

So who does Johnson tap to lead the steering committee for his Think Downtown housing initiative? Region Builders, of course. And who does he hire (secretly, at first) as his new legislative director? Scott Whyte, legislative advocate for the North State Building Industry Association, and political director for Region Builders before that.

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And now … it’s time to settle down.

Time to buy a home and raise your kids.

Fittingly, we’ve concocted a test to

tell you exactly where you belong. Just answer honestly, turn to the appropriate page and we’ll decide your future for you.

(1) Which animal would you take into your home as a pet? (a) A chicken. Not just one, though. Chickens everywhere. Why the hell not. (b) A doe. I really like deer. And The Sound of Music. (c) A turkey. Something kinda refined, kinda rustic. And edible. (d) A large serpent. One that a style magazine might call “exotic.”

(2) Have you ever looked at a person in shabby clothes and felt nothing but contempt? (a) I’m so confused. And you shouldn’t say such things about my partner.

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(3) On average, how much are you willing to spend on a meal? (a) $5. As long as it tastes OK and fills me up, whatever. (b) $10. I would rather pay a little bit and know that I was going to eat something decent. (c) $20. I’m going out because I want something good that I can’t make for myself. (d) $20 or more. This place better have artisanal toast.

(4) How patient are you? (a) Very. I’ve lived a long life of doing nothing and that isn’t changing. (b) Somewhat. Traffic is kinda peaceful, if you think about it. (c) Not very. Sometimes, I get angry at red lights. (d) Not at all. I’m pissed at this dumb quiz!

(5) What would you prefer to do on a Friday night? (a) I dunno, is anything but bowling and Denny’s open past 9 p.m.? (b) Cruise around on empty streets avoiding the kids, duh. (c) Drink way too much at fake saloons and puke on the rickety floorboards. (d) Two words: wine bar.

(6) What do you really hear when something’s described as “quaint”? (a) Charming, a positive, contented quality. (b) Historic, authentic, valuable.

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(c) Only interesting to people who don’t live here. (d) Poor.

(7) Where would you like to go on vacation? (a) Would rather have a staycation. (b) Concepción de Ataco, El Salvador. (c) Crespano del Grappa, Italy. (d) Chignahuapan, Mexico.

Tally up your answers under each letter. The letter with the highest number of answers is your new hometown!

If you answered mostly A, turn to page 38.

If you answered mostly B, turn to page 25.

If you answered mostly C, turn to page 33.

If you answered mostly D, turn to page 15.

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10:15 a.m. Something old, something better

My grandparents used to always take me to the no frills, greasy-spoon dive Roseville Family Restaurant (433 Riverside Avenue, (916) 786-0166), tucked away on a forgotten strip parallel to the railroad tracks in southwest Roseville. But that place is so old school, and after today’s work out, you deserve to treat yourself (such is the Roseville mantra, no?).

Today, it’s Four Sisters Cafe (9050 Fairway Drive, Suite 165; (916) 797-0770). After your run, the “eggceptional” house omelet and maybe the Paradise Waffle are in order?

Noon Straight gluttony

No, you will not be working off those waffles by having us watch you whip and nae-nae. You will devour more carbs and sugar, this time in the form of Rocklin’s finest cakes … at Fancy Funnel Cakes (4800 Granite Drive, Suite B-11; (916) 259-2482). And why not a couple of deep-fried brownie bites, just because.

1 p.m. Day rage

Running shoes, rustic cafes—your day’s become quotidian Roseville and it’s just noon.

So why not keep this trend up with some clandestine day drinking!

A classic spot is Onyx Club (116 Main Street, (916) 786-7709), part of the old Roseville circuit where you don’t have to be a financial planner or consultant to afford to throw back a handful of stiff ones. There remain other lessdivey locales in this old-town train-station part of town. But screw that. You’re going to Onyx.

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(916) 259-2729), where you’ll find dimmed lights and miles of cheap, greasy pizza, the perfect hangover cure while you let the young’uns roam free and wild. Bonus: You can pass out in the dark corner of LazerCraze’s 7,000 square-foot laser-tag area ($15 per player, even if you’re nodding off).

7 p.m. Baller-status dinner

After a nap, dinner-date night at Hawks (5530 Douglas Boulevard in Granite Bay, (916) 791-6200). The shopping center where you’ll find one of Placer County’s best restaurants used to be my bus stop in the ’90s. Awesome. And did you know that Hawks brews its own house beer? On rotation, give it a spin. Also, check out their “Sunday Supper” dinners, a four-course, seasonal meal at $40 per guest.

And there you go, that’s Roseville for you.

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3 p.m. Sober up for dinner

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There’s no shortage of pubs and breweries in the greater Roseville area—which just makes the Owl Club’s longevity all the better. Founded in 1934, the bar’s long reinvented itself as a craft beer destination. But don’t let its impressive beer list fool you into thinking this is just another taphouse-of-the-moment kind of place. This two-story bar, located in the city’s Old Town district, makes for an unpretentious way to wile away your time.

On any given night there’s karaoke, deejay dancing or live music, plus a no-frills menu offering up mac ’n’ cheese, steak, tacos and more. The place recently underwent a facelift so we’re not talking some janked-out dive bar; it’s clean and the staff is friendly. OK, fine, that beer list doesn’t hurt either. 109 Church

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Be careful with the Indecent Barleywine of Dragas, a beast at 12 percent alcohol.

Our readers picked Dragas Brewery as their favorite in the Roseville, Rocklin and Granite Bay areas. Congrats!

Street in Roseville, (916) 773-2337, http://owlclubtaphouse.com. R.L.

Best place to take your dieting date Green Boheme

Sacramento’s vegans and paleo-dieters were devastated when the Green Boheme on Del Paso Boulevard closed last year. Luckily, chef Brooke Preston reopened in Roseville as part restaurant, part health center. It offers culinary classes, take-home meal plans and, of course, a bounty of organic, vegan, gluten-free, raw and soy-free meals. Preston also partnered up with East Sacramento’s Liquidology, so folks can enjoy some cold-pressed juice alongside their acai bowls. And yes, that pesto pasta doesn’t have wheat, and that tuna isn’t really tuna. 1611 Lead Hill Boulevard,

Suite 160, in Roseville; (916) 474-5609; http://the-green-boheme. myshopify.com. J.B.

Best way to forget you’re in Roseville A beer crawl Grab a DD and get ready for the best burbs beer crawl ever. Start in Rocklin at Out of Bounds Brewing (4480 Yankee Hill Road, Suite 100, in Rocklin; (916) 259-1511; http://outofboundsbrewing.com) right when the place opens at noon. There’s no need to start slow when you can get a dozen samplers for just $20—sweat it out over pingpong or foosball in the back room. Head over to Boneshaker Community Brewery (4810 Granite Drive, Suite A-1, in Rocklin; (916) 672-6292; www.boneshakerbrew.com) for a diverse array of brews—last year, the brewery whipped up the likes of a sweet potato porter, white stout, wild rice lager, pumpkin rye saison and other exciting experiments. Pair those with some hoisin-glazed pork belly and get ready for Rocklin’s newest microbrewery: Dragas Brewing (5860 Pacific Street in Rocklin, (916) 905-7710, www.dragasbrewing.com).

Be careful with the Indecent Barleywine of Dragas, a beast at 12 percent alcohol. Then move on to Roseville, and if you’ve got time, to Roseville Brewing

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Our readers voted Trademark Pizza Co. in Roseville as the best.

Company (501 Derek Place in Roseville, (916) 783-2337, www.rosevillebrewing company.com), a tiny haunt that closes at 6 p.m.

But unless you’re a speedy guzzler, there’s a good chance it’s after 6 p.m., so zoom on over to the Monk’s Cellar (240 Vernon Street in Roseville, (916) 786-6665, www.monkscellar.com).

You’re probably sick of IPAs by now, right?

Relish in Monk’s Belgian brews and grab some dinner while you’re at it. Yum, duckfat fries. Finally, if you’re not stumbling out the door, stop at Final Gravity (9205 Sierra College Boulevard, Suite 100, in Roseville; (916) 782-1166; www.finalgravitybeer.com)— it’s not a brewery, but it’s got the best beer selection in town. On second thought, you should just grab those bottles to go. J.B.

Best diamond Arena Softball If you hate kids and loud warehouses full of them, Arena Softball won’t be your jam. But get over your stuck-up self, because this spot is pretty rad: Two mini-sized baseball diamonds for the little ones do to their birthday-party thing, and softball and baseball cages so the adults can rake a few long balls. It’s easily the best place for

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It’s a zero-gravity environment with zero distractions or unwanted noise. It’s just you.

Floating. your softball team to hit the cages and practice not sucking in the region. 8288 Industrial Avenue, (916) 771-3818, www.arenasoftball.com. N.M.

Best zerogravity therapy True REST Roseville The latest trend in alternative therapies has arrived in Roseville: floating. Essentially, you step into a pod filled with Epsom-salted water, which makes it nearly impossible for you to even touch the bottom of the tank. It’s a zero-gravity environment with zero distractions or unwanted noise. It’s just you. Floating. Alone. For an hour.

The price might seem steep at $79 per float, and

6843 Lonetree Boulevard, Suite 103, in Rocklin; (916) 771-5656; www.thechefstablerocklin.com. N.M.

Best alternative to the Galleria at Roseville The Maidu Indian Museum

you’ll probably get bored, but advocates say you’ll walk away relieved of pain, totally relaxed and with magical sleep the following nights.

711 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Suite 130, in Roseville; (916) 773-5297; http://truerest.com. J.B.

Best date night in Rocklin The Chef’s Table This place will chill out your date-night vibe.

There’s calming black-and-white artwork on the bar. There’s craft beer that doesn’t suck. There are all sorts of adventurous food specials, like ahi two ways (seared and tartare) or battered sea bass fish ’n’ chips. Oh, and did we mention copious craft brew. Just remember: You’re on a date.

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Everyone knows Roseville is full of ritzy folk who spend all day shopping at stores like Crate & Barrel, Williams-Sonoma and Louis Vuitton.

But most people don’t know that Roseville was inhabited by Nisenan Maidu for 3,000 years.

Check out The Maidu Indian Museum to see centuries-old petroglyphs carved into sandstone and other artifacts. Spanish trappers brought diseases to the Nisenan in the early 1800s, before the gold rush brought gold-seekers and railroads, which defined the city between 1850 and 1950.

Learn more about Roseville’s history—both ancient and modern—at the Roseville Historical Society’s website, www.rosevillehistorical.org. www.roseville.ca.us/IndianMuseum. J.M.

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Best bakery 1. Baker Ben’s Donuts

1045 Douglas Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 781-2083

2. Icing on the Cupcake

6839 Lonetree Boulevard in Rocklin, (916) 303-4333, http://icingonthecupcake.com

3. Cookie Connection

3992 Douglas Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 789-7737, www.cookieconnection.com

3. Nothing Bundt Cakes

1112 Galleria Boulevard, Suite 140, in Roseville; (916) 780-2253; www.nothingbundtcakes.com

Best breakfast or brunch 1. Four Sisters Cafe

9050 Fairway Drive in Roseville, (916) 797-0770, www.facebook.com/foursisterscafe

2. Early Toast Restaurant & Mimosa House

761 Pleasant Grove Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 784-1313, www.earlytoastroseville.com

3. Pacific Street Cafe

3. The Chef’s Table

301 Lincoln Street in Roseville, (916) 782-5673, www.pacificstreetcafe.net

6843 Lonetree Boulevard, Suite 103, in Rocklin; (916) 771-5656; www.thechefstablerocklin.com

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Best Chinese

1. Dragas Brewing

1. China Villa

5860 Pacific Street in Rocklin, (916) 905-7710, www.dragasbrewing.com

2. Golden Dragon

240 Vernon Street in Roseville, (916) 786-6665, http://monkscellar.com

4800 Granite Drive in Rocklin, (916) 632-9542

4810 Granite Drive, Suite A-1, in Rocklin; (916) 672-6292; www.boneshakerbrew.com

Best burger 1. Krush Burger

1151 Galleria Boulevard in Roseville, (855) 578-7403, www.krushburger.com

106 N. Sunrise Avenue in Roseville, (916) 783-2874, www.thesqueezeinn.com

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2. Taj Oven

943 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Suite 150, in Roseville; (916) 772-4800; http://tajoven.com

2. Chaat Paradise

8680 Sierra College Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 771-0222, www.chaatparadiseroseville.com

3. Rose Garden Chinese Restaurant

3. Boneshaker Community Brewery

2. The Squeeze Inn

1. Mehfil Indian Restaurant

1605 Douglas Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 791-1199, www.mehfilindianrestaurant.com

6819 Lonetree Boulevard in Rocklin, (916) 782-8868, www.chinavillainc.com

2. The Monk’s Cellar

Best Indian

1079 Sunrise Avenue, Suite B250, in Roseville; (916) 781-3823; rosegardenroseville.com

Best coffeehouse

2. Tandoori Nights

1420 E. Roseville Parkway, Suite 155, in Roseville, (916) 780-8200, www.tandoorinights.us

1. Bloom Coffee & Tea

3. Monsoon Cuisine Of India

2. Edwin’s Coffee & Tea

3. Namaste Nepal

1485 Eureka Road in Roseville, (916) 773-2332, www.bloomcoffee.com 2600 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 108, in Rocklin; (916) 632-9753

1813 Douglas Bouelvard, Suite B2, in Roseville; (916) 771-5999; http://monsoonroseville.com

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Best Mexican/ Latin American 1. Nela’s Mexican Restaurant

3. The Garage Hair & Skin Lounge

121 Church Street in Roseville, (916) 773-1822, www.thegaragehair andskinlounge.com

242 Vernon Street in Roseville, (916) 783-9992

2. Jalisco Grill

Various locations in Roseville, http://jaliscogrill.com

3. El Azteca Taqueria

4006 Foothills Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 772-6682

Best place to shop 1. Westfield Galleria at Roseville

1151 Galleria Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 787-2000, www.westfield. com/galleriaatroseville

Best pizza 1. Trademark Pizza Company

1485 Eureka Road, Suite 150, in Roseville; (916) 774-9922; www.trademarkpizza.com

2. Fountains at Roseville

Roseville Parkway and Galleria Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 786-2679, www.fountainsatroseville.com

2. Blaze Pizza

10325 Fairway Drive in Roseville, (916) 773-1171, www.blakepizza.com

3. The Union

3. Freestyle Clothing Exchange

1107 Roseville Square in Roseville, (916) 773-3733, http://freestyleclothing.com

112 Pacific Street in Roseville, (916) 742-5081, www.theunionroseville.com

Best restaurant

Best place for a beer 1. Perfecto Lounge

973 Pleasant Grove Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 783-2828, www.perfectolounge.com

2. Boneshaker Public House

2168 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 104, in Rocklin; (916) 259-2337, www.boneshakerpub.com

3. The Boxing Donkey

300 Lincoln Street in Roseville, (916) 797-3665, www.theboxingdonkey.com

Best place to get your hair lookin’ good

1. Four Sisters Cafe

9050 Fairway Drive in Roseville, (916) 797-0770, www.facebook. com/foursisterscafe

2. Trademark Pizza

1485 Eureka Road in Roseville, (916) 774-9922, www.trademarkpizza.com

3. The Monk’s Cellar

240 Vernon Street in Roseville, (916) 786-6665, http://monkscellar.com

Best sandwich 1. Beach Hut Deli

6823 Douglas Boulevard in Granite Bay, (916) 791-3130; 7456 Foothills Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 784-1001; www.beachhutdeli.com

1. Sola Salons

2340 Sunset Boulevard in Rocklin, (916) 800-5025, www.solasalonstudios.com

2. Crushed Vlvt

5520 Douglas Boulevard, Suite 140, in Granite Bay; (916) 774-0440; www.crushedvlvt.com

2. The Sandwich Spot

1010 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Suite 130, in Roseville; (916) 787-1010; http://the sandwichspotroseville.com

3. Better Foods Deli

Best spot for a cocktail 1. Paul Martin’s American Grill

1455 Eureka Road in Roseville, (916) 783-3600, http://paulmartins americangrill.com

2. The Boxing Donkey Irish Pub

300 Lincoln Street in Roseville, (916) 797-3665, www.theboxingdonkey.com

3. The Union

112 Pacific Street in Roseville, (916) 742-5081, www.theunionroseville.com

Best spot for family fun 1. Golfland Sunsplash

1893 Taylor Road in Roseville, (916) 784-1273, www.golfland.com/roseville

2. Blue Oaks Century Theatres

6692 Lonetree Boulevard in Rocklin, (916) 772-1210, www.cinemark.com

3. John’s Incredible Pizza Company

384 N. Sunrise Avenue in Roseville, (916) 772-1111, https://www.johnspizza.com

Best sushi 1. Ninja Sushi and Teriyaki

963 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Suite 150, in Roseville; (916) 784-3446; www.ninjasushiroseville.com

1. Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

1565 Eureka Road in Roseville, (916) 797-2112, www.mikunisushi.com

2. Mikuni Kaizen

1017 Galleria Boulevard, Suite 160, in Roseville; www.mikunisushi.com

3. Matsuyama Japanese Fusion

7452 Foothills Boulevard, Suite 100, in Roseville; (916) 787-9898, www.matsuyamafusion.com

900 Douglas Boulevard in Roseville, (916) 782-2841, www.betterfoodsdeli.com

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Old Town Elk Grove

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Old Town Elk Grove—like Stars Hollow, only real!

The stretch of streets and businesses that make up Old Town Elk Grove handily smash such preconceptions with vintage charm and old-fashioned appeal.

We headed out on a recent Saturday, zipping down Highway 99 until we reached the Elk Grove Boulevard exit. A left over the freeway, a mile or two down and suddenly we were transported to a place that evoked one of our favorite fictional places on earth: Stars Hollow (of Gilmore Girls fame, of course).

While we (sadly) didn’t cross paths with that town’s wandering troubadours, we did find several perfect ways to spend a lovely, lazy afternoon.

Elk Grove officially became a city in 2000 but its history dates back to the mid 19th-century. The Elk Grove Stage Stop was constructed in 1850 and the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad was built through the town in 1868.

Today the area retains much of its historical beauty and a community feel—it’s the kind of place that hosts an annual springtime chili festival and a winter Dickens’ Street Fair.

There are also antique shops galore. Because nothing says history like well-preserved tchochkes.

Not being sarcastic about this.

At. All. Browsing ages-old stuff is good for the soul so in that spirit, be sure to take care of yours by checking out Red Door Vintage (9056 Elk Grove Boulevard, (916) 714-0619). In addition to a ton of old and repurposed furniture, this shop also has an impressive collection of glassware and barware— perfect for that retro-themed summer party. Other resale shops in the area include Secondhand Rose (9052 Elk Grove Boulevard, (916) 896-5670) and From the Homestead (9082 Elk Grove Boulevard, (916) 686-7434).

Music fans should drop by the area’s Dimple Records branch (9692 Elk Grove Florin Road, (916) 686-8300) and, after, head across the street to the Old Town Pizza & Tap House (9677 Elk Grove Florin Road, (916) 686-6655).

The place boasts a throwback vibe—big comfy booths and more wood paneling than your grandmother’s family room—and serves up tasty thin-crust pizzas with names such as “The Angry Swine” (it sports a spicy garlic sauce, pepperoni, bacon and jalapeños) and the “Chuck Norris” (with ham, pepperoni, bacon, sausage, linguica and meatballs). Or, go for a custom option. More importantly, there’s a lot of beer on tap from both national and regional breweries.

Order a few and relax, small-town style—that troubadour may wander by yet. Find out more at www.oldtownelkgrove foundation.org.

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Best addictive bread Bolani at Chopan Kabob House Bolani means “filled bread” in Farsi, and it’s quite possibly the most addictive dish in Afghan cuisine. At the unassuming Chopan Kabob House, said bread is described as pan-fried “turnovers,” carrying a thin layer of potatoes and green onions. The result is crispy, chewy and savory, with a cooling yogurt sauce and cilantro chutney for dipping. Imagine a cross between stuffed Indian naan and Chinese scallion pancakes, but a $10 heaping portion that could easily feed four people for their entire—albeit unbalanced—meal. 9105 Bruceville Road, (916) 684-8711. J.B.

Best vegan deep-fried snack Golden Tofu at Loving Hut You don’t need to be vegan to enjoy the hell out of this tasty appetizer. The all-vegan Loving Hut boasts an extensive menu of tasty options—so much to choose from, so little time (and stomach space).

Still, the Golden Tofu is a must-order: Crispy-battered tofu that’s delicious but (thankfully) never too greasy. A serving ($3.95) is generous but is gobbled up fast.

Better be safe and order two plates. 8355 Elk

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Grove Boulevard, Suite 800; http://lovinghut.us/ elk_grove_01/. R.L.

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post kicked off accusations that Kang was trying to fat-shame and lazy-shame the rest of us slackers and in the aftermath, she took her message to the big time with appearances in national print and media. Earlier this year she capitalized on the controversy even further with a self-help fitness book appropriately titled The No More Excuses Diet (Harmony; $26). While we may not fully appreciate Kang’s approach or message, we do like that she got people debating what it means for different people to achieve health and fitness. www.mariakang. com. R.L.

Best creation event Hay Tone’s Hangout As the story goes, God created Eve from Adam’s rib. Today, everyone knows ribs are the bomb. Honoring the true meaning of that fable is this all-ages roadhouse, which serves up another helping of its annual rib cook-off on August 29. Participating cooks will fire up their grills as early as 6 a.m., but you’ll have to wait until after the 2 p.m. judging portion to sample their creations. It’s almost enough to make you want to bite that apple, isn’t it? 10413 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 684-2261, haytones.com. RFH

Best place to eat in Elk Grove when you’re broke Jimmy’s Superb Subs and More Home of the $3.45 cheeseburger. But that’s not what you go for; this classic Elk Grove chow spot is about the large subs, such as the spicy Korean steak sub. Maybe some fries action with that. There’s also stuff like chicken tikka masala (six bucks) and teriyaki chicken over rice (ditto), or

a $5 breakfast burrito. World cuisine on a dime? For sure. 8259 Laguna Boulevard, Suite 160; (916) 647-4180. N.M.

Best sugar-free, structured fun Elementary Summer Sports Camp Back in my day summer meant gorging on Otter Pops and The Price is Right and playing outside until nightfall. Modernday kids, however, seem to demand more

purposeful activity (and less sugar and binge-watching). Give them structure (and yourself a break) by enrolling them in the Cosumnes Community Services District’s Elementary Summer Sports Camp. The weeklong day camps take place at the end of June and in July and are designed for kids ages 7-12. The multi-sports based program emphasizes both skills and sportsmanship.

Cost is $110 per person per week. Not quite as cheap as that box of Otter Pops. but probably better for your kids’ long-term development.www.yourcsd.com. R.L.

Bread baked fresh every morning, organic farm-fresh eggs, homemade sauces from scratch, the best damn sandwich you’ll have in your life.

You can’t find this on the grid. Nope.

Savory Fried Chicken : Don’t go

in expecting KFC. First, it’s Filipino. Second, there’s java rice, or a steamed rice with a turmeric flavor; and of course pork lumpia and glazed or fried chicken. This is the spot—and you can’t find this on the grid.

9174 Franklin Boulevard, Suite C; (916) 395-3905, www.facebook.com/pages/ Savory-Fried-Chicken/143716578992379.

Old Town Pizza & Tap House: The

beer selection here is nuts. For instance, there was an Alpine Brewing Co. tap takeover last week.

Damn, missed that one. Anyway, this is as serious a spot to brew down with a pizza pie as you’ll find in the greater Sacramento region. 9677 Elk Grove Florin Road, (916) 686-6655, www.otpmenu.com.

Hidden Sichuan: Live boldly and order off the chef’s special Chinese menu, specifically the inimitably seasoned tea-smoked duck with Chinese herbs. Oh, damn, so tender and rich. The sichuan and hunan dishes are also very classic—not that I would know!—and, again, you can’t find this style of cuisine on the grid, either. 9160 East Stockton

Thank you to our customers for your continued support.

Boulevard, Suite 150; (916) 686-8696, www.hiddensichuan.com.

Boulevard Bistro: When it comes to baller date-night destinations in the ’burbs, there is perhaps no greater than Boulevard. They do the seasonal, American bistrotype thing. Think bone marrow and filet mignon—and at a lower price-point than your chic downtown spots. 8941 Elk Grove Boulevard,

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Lola’s Lounge: Lola’s is the big winner on Yelp, the ’burbs’ most popular spot, located on the main drag just east of the railroad tracks.

The food here is tapas-forward, plus pan-Latin dishes such as lomo saltado (Peru) and bocadillos (Cuba). You can’t really get food like this on the grid—Tapa the World on J Street is more Spanish—so that in and of itself makes the voyage worthwhile.

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Best bakery 1. The Cookie Jar

9624 Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, (916) 685-6767, www.cookiejar-elkgrove.com

2. Snobites

9170 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove, (916) 684-7669, www.snobites.com

3. JR’s Donuts

9170 Elk Grove Florin Road, Suite F, in Elk Grove; (916) 685-9413

Best breakfast or brunch 1. Baguettes

9380 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove, (916) 685-4587, www.baguettesdeli.com

2. Boulevard Bistro

8941 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 685-2220, www.frontiernet.net/~boulevardbistro

2. Stagecoach Restaurant

8713 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 685-7803

2. Brick House Restaurant & Lounge

9027 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 714-0840; http://brickhouse-eg.com

Best Chinese

9170 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove, (916) 684-7669, www.snobites.com

3. It’s a Grind Coffee House

9620 Bruceville Road, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 714-5720; 9385 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 714-2725; www.itsagrind.com

1. Happy Garden

9081 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 686-3939

2. Nathan’s Chinese Cuisine

9105 Bruceville Road, Suite 2A, in Elk Grove; (916) 683-8298; www.nathanschinesecuisine.com

8523 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 686-1550, www.plazadelsolrestaurant.com

8469 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 9, in Elk Grove; (916) 684-7176

3. Pho Dynasty

8457 Elk Grove Florin Road, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 682-8611

Best coffeehouse

2. Dos Coyotes Border Café

8519 Bond Road, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 687-3790; http://doscoyotes.com

3. Todo Un Poco

1. Moo Moo

9080 Laguna Main Street, Suite 1A, in Elk Grove; (916) 684-7774; www.todounpocobistro.com

8698 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 714-8388

Best pizza 1. Old Town Pizza & Tap House

9677 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove; (916) 686-6655; www.facebook.com/oldtownpizzeria

2. Lamppost Pizza

5109 Laguna Boulevard, Suite 6, in Elk Grove; (916) 691-3456; www.lamppostbackstreet.com/Elk-Grove-Home.html

3. Pizza Bell

Best Mexican/ Latin American 1. Plaza Del Sol Restaurant & Bar

3. Sunflower Chinese Cuisine

2. Grace Coffee Roasters

2. Snobites

8591 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 685-1560, http://elkgrove.pizzabell.net

Best place for a beer 1. Old Town Pizza & Tap House

9677 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove, (916) 686-6655, www.facebook.com/oldtownpizzeria

2. Bob’s Club

9039 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 685-2064, www.bobsclubeg.com

2475 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 160, in Elk Grove; (916) 705-9538; www.gracecoffeeroasters.com

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Best place to get a burger 1. The Habit Burger Grill

7400 Laguna Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 683-3551, www.habitburger.com

2. Brick House Restaurant & Lounge

9027 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 714-0840, http://brickhouse-eg.com

Best place to get your hair lookin’ good 1. True Salon and Spa

9044 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 686-6733, www.truesalonandspa.net

2. Laguna Day Spa and Salon

7440 Laguna Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 683-2282

3. Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

8525 Bond Road in Elk Grove, (916) 714-2112, www.mikunisushi.com

3. Thai Chili Restaurant

8696 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 5, in Elk Grove; (916) 714-3519, www.thaichilielkgrove.net

Best sandwich 1. Baguettes

9380 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove, (916) 685-4587, www.baguettesdeli.com

2. Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop

7419 Laguna Boulevard, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 683-3099; www.mrpickles.com

3. Nugget Markets

7101 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 226-2626, www.nuggetmarket.com/ locations/elk-grove

Best place to shop 1. The Red Door Antiques, Vintage & More

9056 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 714-0619, www.thereddoorelk grove.com

3. The Italian Delicatessen & Fine Foods

9020 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 102, in Elk Grove; (916) 685-2367; http://theitalian delicatessen.com

2. Styles for Less

7440 Laguna Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 683-1410, www.stylesforless.com

3. It’s a Rack

9120 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 686-1384, www.elkgroveupscale consignment.com

Best restaurant 1. Deliciozo Mexican & Thai Bistro

7119 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 125; in Elk Grove, (916) 691-0256, www.deliciozo-elkgrove.com

Best spot for a cocktail 1. Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

8525 Bond Road in Elk Grove, (916) 714-2112, www.mikunisushi.com

2. Bob’s Club

9039 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 685-2064, www.bobsclubeg.com

2. Brick House Restaurant & Lounge

9027 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 100; in Elk Grove, (916) 714-0840, www.brickhouse-eg.com

2. Boulevard Bistro

8941 Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 685-2220, www.frontiernet.net/ ~boulevardbistro

3. Happy Garden

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3. Barbara Morse Wackford Community & Aquatic Complex

Hosted by SMUD’s Building Leadership Talent 2014-2015 Team.

A dinner event supporting Alzheimer’s Awareness and the Respite C.L.U.B., a senior drop-in program for seniors with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

St. Mary’s Church Giovanni Hall

9014 Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, (916) 405-5600, www.yourcsd.com

1333 58th Street Sacramento, CA 95819

Doors open at 6 pm

Best sushi 1. Kintaro Sushi Bar

8355 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 100, in Elk Grove; (916) 684-6933

1. Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

8525 Bond Road in Elk Grove, (916) 714-2112, www.mikunisushi.com

2. Osaka Sushi Japanese Restaurant

Enjoy a “Brain Healthy” meal featuring grilled salmon, farm-fresh vegetables, craft beer tasting, live music, raffle, silent auction plus more. Vegan/vegetarian and grilled chicken options also available.

Jennifer Reason Hailed by German critics as a performer "in the league of Carnegie Hall," and a "rising star" who's playing is "lush, sensual and colorful, like a painting".

Reserve your ticket or table: Contact Lori Peterson 916-732-5093, BLTalent@smud.org or any BLT member. $45 per ticket

(includes drink ticket)

Reserved tables for $500

(10 seats, includes wine at table).

8785 Center Parkway, Suite B140, in Elk Grove; (916) 689-8228; http://osakasushi.com

3. Yoshi Japanese Restaurant

9174 Franklin Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 391-6822

3. Satori Sushi & Teriyaki Grill

8451 Elk Grove Boulevard, Suite 5, in Elk Grove; (916) 683-5608, www.satorisushiandgrill.com

Best yoga spot 1. Laguna Creek Racquet Club

9570 Racquet Court in Elk Grove, (916) 684-8855, www.sparetimeclubs.com

2. Bikram Yoga Elk Grove

9384 Elk Grove Florin Road in Elk Grove, (916) 714-9642, www.elkgroveyoga.com

2. California Family Fitness

8569 Bond Road in Elk Grove, (916) 685-5555; 3443 Laguna Boulevard in Elk Grove, (916) 233-1300, www.california familyfitness.com

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TAPPING THE MARKET Small-business owner opened a vape bar when he saw a need While on vacation in Las Vegas in 2012, Sam Chao saw a man exhaling a huge cloud of vapor.

He was curious and asked him about it.

“He told me about vapor pens and how it helped him quit smoking,” Chao says. “I thought that was pretty cool that it could help him quit smoking, and that there were different options for flavors, so I went to the closest gas station to buy one.”

Chao ended up purchasing a small e-cigarette that day — a product he says was pretty inferior to the ones that he sells today at Vapour House, a vape bar in Midtown. But he immediately noticed the benefits of vaping over smoking cigarettes.

Chao had been a social smoker for 16 years, only smoking when he drank alcohol or hung out with friends. He also had asthma, which caused him to wake up coughing some mornings.

“As soon as I switched, I noticed a change,” Chao says. “The side effects that I got with smoking I wasn’t getting with vaping. I was barely

using my inhaler. What worked for me might not work for everyone, but I believed in this product.”

“We train our staff to get information from the customer about how many cigarettes they typically smoke, so we can fit them with a device that will cater to them. ” SAM CHAO, OWNER OF VAPOUR HOUSE

Once Chao returned to Sacramento, he discovered he was unable to find a good selection of e-liquid flavors. He ended up purchasing them online, but he knew it would be a great opportunity to open a business.

When Chao and his business partner started looking for locations, they were approached by a mutual friend who owned Pour House. Chao says the friend was looking for something unique to add to his bar.

“In places like Los Angeles, the vaping market had become saturated,” Chao says.

“We wanted to stay ahead of the competition.

When he came to us, we thought it would be great — a place where you could drink a beer and socialize with other vapor users.”

Vapour House is located inside Pour House in Midtown Sacramento and offers a wide variety of products for both novices and advanced users. Like a bar, patrons can choose from a wide variety of e-liquids. Vapetenders

Sam Chao enjoys helping customers quit smoking by finding vaping products that work for them. Chao and his business partner decided to open Vapour House after Chao discovered that he couldn’t purchase any of the products he wanted locally.

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can also suggest juices that meet customers’ needs and please their palates.

“We train our staff to get information from the customer about how many cigarettes they typically smoke, so we can fit them with a device that will cater to them,” Chao says.

“We aim to get them something user-friendly.

We call it ‘plug and vape.’”

For more information on Vapour House, including hours and a listing of products, visit www.vapourhousesac.com.

Testimonials are based on individual experiences, which vary. Testimonials are not intended to make claims that vaping products can treat, mitigate or prevent any disease. Vaping is not an FDA approved nicotine replacement therapy.

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1910 Q St., Sacramento (916) 396-8052 • vapourhousesac.com

1001 E. Bidwell St. Ste. 102, Folsom (916) 800-7616 • smokelesssmoking.com

2700 J St., Sacramento, CA (916) 321-9590 • thevaporspot.com

6840 65th St., Sacramento • (916) 399-5555 7330 Fair Oaks Blvd. Ste. 5, Carmichael • (916) 333-3794 2504 J St., Sacramento • (916) 476-5817 10271 Fairway Dr., Roseville • (916) 788-0188 planetofthevapes.biz

1631 E. Monte Vista Ave. Bldg. K, Ste. 104, Vacaville (707) 724-8189 • facebook.com/vacavillevaporium

4108 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento • (916) 469-5588 2101 Natomas Crossing Dr. Ste. 300, Sacramento • (916) 531-2012 305 Iron Point Rd., Folsom • (916) 822-9398 vapor-parlor.com

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are bowed and the table leans. Sutter Club Sports Bar (720 Sutter Street, (916) 351-1070) is where the local aces chalk it up.

The silent cowboy with the woolly chin is Harley. He and his tall, chatty friend are CMT’s answer to Penn & Teller. Other billiard regulars, like “El Heffe” and “Taylor Swift,” come with Bukowski-ready nicknames and back stories, as well. Her husband waiting on a game, a 40ish platinum blonde in a teal sun dress wanders over. She’s quite tipsy.

“See that scar in the back of his head?” she says, pointing out her husband. “[It’s] from a hair transplant.”

She pauses. “He likes fat chicks.” She gestures at herself. “But I’m OK, right?”

Friday, 10:15 p.m. Pick your poison

The FLB Entertainment Center (511 East Bidwell Street, (916) 983-4411) is like a Russian nesting doll of WTF treasures. There’s a poker room adjacent to the dance floor within the bar that’s inside the bowling alley that also houses a barbershop. That randomness has bled into the mohawked deejay’s set, jackknifing club bangers with bluegrass remixes.

Five quick blackjack hands later, I enter the

room where they’ve isolated the Texas Hold ’em tables and lay $30 worth of chips on the counter. “Hundreds please,” I say. The cashier almost smirks. I’ll take it.

Later on at the club, our biggest victory of the night: We successfully negotiate the $5 door fee into a lower group rate. Brimming with confidence, I dance badly to the cover band on stage. The lead singer looks like Macho Man Randy Savage. A woman that reminds me of my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Badgley, hip-checks me. We’re the last ones on the floor.

Saturday morning, 11:30 a.m.

Race the drought

The car rumbles down the short access road toward Negro Bar, where the plan is to recreate in shimmering Lake Natoma (7806 Folsom-Auburn Road) while it’s still there, drought-gods permitting. The Folsom Chamber of Commerce describes the lake’s stillness as a prime canvas for “passive water sport enthusiasts.” For this foursome, that means slapping the shallow murk and playing

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A day on the water in Lake Natoma is a perfect escape from city life.

“bumper kayaks” while shouting at each other like drunken Bostonians. Paddling over rocks isn’t as easy as it looks in the cartoons. About 15 minutes in, my shoulders burn from both sun and exertion. Enough exercise. Time to rehydrate.

Saturday, dusk Masters of all we survey

Parking in the Leidesdorff Street lot near the bottom of historic Folsom may have been a mistake. It’s two-and-a-half steep flights before I summit at Lockdown Brewing Co.’s (718 Sutter Street, (916) 358-9645) outdoor patio.

As the orange summer sun splashes across the shops and people down below, a writer friend and I sip frosty blonde ales and survey the city as if it belongs to us. Two tables over, a trio of co-workers does the same. Whose dream is this, anyway?

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Locals know this as the place to catch up over quiche, or fuel up on a light breakfast before hitting the biking trails. Our current beverage choice is the sweet double black iced coffee with cream. Divided into light and dark hemispheres, it’s a two-toned jolt of equality. To paraphrase a Seinfeld episode that used a cookie as a metaphor for racial harmony: Look to the coffee, Elaine! 6610 Folsom-Auburn Road, (916) 987-8001, www.coffeerepublicfolsom.com.

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Beneath the fire-damaged shell of a shuttered Mexican restaurant, downstairs tenant Pizzeria Classico survived and thrived through last year’s adversity by doing what it’s always done: crafting killer pies. How good is this Folsom institution? Pizzeria Classico doesn’t make deliveries. It doesn’t have to. You come to it. 702 Sutter Street, Suite A; (916) 351-1430; http://pizzeriaclassico.com.

Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill: Our roommate won’t stop raving about this

unassuming kabob joint in a shopping strip adjacent to the Palladio at Broadstone.

Every Sunday, he disappears to “work out� and returns hours later with a belly full of shawerma goodness and a tahinismudged grin. We think he’s trying to keep this place his little secret. Don’t let him. 2770 East Bidwell Street, (916) 983-1500, http://pitapitafolsom.com.

Fleur De Lis Bar & Restaurant: Brandspank\ing-new with a multi-purpose patio, this is where you bring your parents for a lovely omeletet-and-mimosas brunch, then return later for a family-free happy hour. 705 Gold Lake Drive, Suite 380; (916) 358-9464; www.fdlfolsom.com.

Snooks Chocolate Factory: Better make an appointment with your optometrist before visiting this Technicolor candy shop, because your eyes might just pop out of their skull. Vats of velvety ice cream, tubs of candy snacks, handmade truffles and chocolates—it’s as close as you’ll ever get to entering Willy Wonka’s sugarshock fortress. The original, not the weird Johnny Depp version. 731 Sutter Street, (916)

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Writers’ PICKS Best ‘I can’t believe it’s delivery’ El Pueblo Cocina Mexicana It’s not that El Pueblo isn’t a tidy establishment in which to chow down on generous portions of Mexican grub. Their umbrellashaded patio is even tolerable during summer.

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do is Hulu-binge and eat your way out of this hangover, what if restaurant-level Mexican could come to you? Stop crying. We live in that world. For an extra five-spot, you can now mosey no farther than your front door for anything on El Pueblo’s menu, including the chorizo-stuffed Queso Fundido Burger.

As long as you live within five miles. Hey, we didn’t say it was a perfect world. 6608 Auburn Folsom Boulevard, No. 1; (916) 987-5797; www.elpueblofolsom.net. RFH

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Readers’ picks

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1. Karen’s Bakery & Café

705 Gold Lake Drive in Folsom, (916) 985-2665, www.karensbakery.com

2. Selland’s Market-Cafe

4370 Town Center Boulevard in El Dorado Hills, (916) 932-5025, http://www.sellands.com

3. Great Harvest Bread Company

850 East Bidwell Street, Suite 145, in Folsom; (916) 984-1830; http://greatharvestfolsomca.com

Best breakfast or brunch 1. Sutter Street Grill

811 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 985-4323, www.sutterstreetgrill.info

2. Brookfields Restaurant

11135 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 638-2046, http://brookrest.com

2. Early Toast Restaurant & Mimosa House

25075 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom, (916) 984-5200, www.earlytoastfolsom.com

Best burger 1. Relish Burger Bar

1000 White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills, (916) 933-3111, www.relishburgerbar.com

1. Hop House

4364 Town Center Boulevard in El Dorado Hills, (916) 358-3977, http://hophouseedh.com

2. Famous Burgers

3101 Zinfandel Drive, Suite 132, in Rancho Cordova; (916) 476-6192; www.famousburgerrancho.com

2. Brookfields Restaurant

11135 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 638-2046, http://brookrest.com

3. Manderes

1004 East Bidwell Street, Suite 600, in Folsom; (916) 986-9655; www.manderes.com

3. The Purple Place Bar & Grill

363 Green Valley Road in El Dorado Hills; (916) 933-2313; www.thepurp.com

Best Chinese 1. Folsom Palace

1169 Riley Street in Folsom, (916) 983-8880, www.folsompalace.com

2. Hop Sing Palace

805 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 985-7309, www.hopsingpalace.com

3. Rice Express

25004 Blue Ravine Road, Suite 115, in Folsom; (916) 353-1934

Best coffeehouse 1. The Black Rooster

807 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 357-0115, http://theblkrooster.com

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1. bella Bru Cafe & Catering

3941 Park Drive, Suite 70, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 933-5454; http://bellabrucafe.com/eldorado.php

2. Coffee Republic

6610 Folsom-Auburn Road in Folsom, (916) 987-8001, www.coffee republicfolsom.com

3. Nicholson’s MusiCafe

632 East Bidwell Street in Folsom, (916) 984-3020, www.nicholson music.com/Home.html

Best Indian 1. India House

2776 East Bidwell Street, Suite 300, in Folsom; (916) 817-4356; www.indiahouse-online.com

2. Mylapore Indian Cuisine

1760 Prairie City Road, Suite 160, in Folsom; (916) 985-3500, www.mylapore.us

2. Curry Club Indian Bistro

196 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom, (916) 353-0855

2. Ruchi Indian Cuisine

601 East Bidwell Street in Folsom, (916) 983-2871, www.indianruchi.com

3. Peacock Indian Restaurant

1870 Prairie City Road, Suite 500, in Folsom; (916) 351-9990; www.peacockrestaurants.com

Best Mexican/ Latin American 1. La Fiesta Taqueria

1008 East Bidwell Street in Folsom, (916) 984-3030, www.lafiestataqueria.com

1. Adalberto’s Mexican Food

2202 Sunrise Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 852-6865, http://adalbertosmexicanrestaurant.com

1. El Favorito Taqueria

10427 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 362-3340, www.elfavoritotaqueria.com

2. El Puerto Mexican Restaurant

10851 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 226-9726, www.elpuertomexicanrestaurant.com

2. El Pueblo Mexican Food

6608 Folsom-Auburn Road, Suite 1, in Folsom; (916) 987-5797; http://elpueblofolsom.net

2. Felipe’s Mexican Restaurant

1760 Prairie City Road, Suite 130, in Folsom; (916) 985-8888; www.felipesmexicanrestaurant.com

3. Mexquite

25095 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom, (916) 984-8607, www.mexquite.com

Best pizza 1. Chicago Fire

614 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 353-0140; 310 Palladio Parkway, Suite 701, in Folsom; (916) 984-0140, www.chicagofire.com

Congrats to Hop House! Our readers voted them best place to grab a beer in the Folsom and El Dorado Hills areas.

2. Pizzeria Classico

3. Elly Hair Salon

702 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 351-1430, http://pizzeriaclassico folsom.eat24hour.com

11099 Olson Drive in Rancho Cordova, (916) 858-8198

Best place to hear live music

3. Dominick’s NY Pizza & Deli

187 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom, (916) 351-0900, www.dominicks marketdeli.com

1. Powerhouse Pub

614 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 355-8586, www.powerhousepub.com

2. 36 Handles Pub & Eatery

Best place for a beer 1. Hop House

1010 White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills, (916) 941-3606, http://36handles.com

4364 Town Center Boulevard in El Dorado Hills, (916) 358-3977, http://hophouseedh.com

3. Folsom Hotel Saloon

2. 36 Handles Pub & Eatery

703 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 985-2530, www.folsomhotelsaloon.com

1010 White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills, (916) 941-3606, http://36handles.com

Best place to shop

3. American River Brewing Company

1. Folsom Premium Outlets

11151 Trade Center Drive in Rancho Cordova, (916) 635-2537, www.americanriver brewingcompany.com

13000 Folsom Boulevard in Folsom, (916) 985-0312, www.premiumoutlets.com/folsom

1. Palladio at Broadstone

Best place to get your hair lookin’ good

Palladio Parkway and Iron Point Road in Folsom, http://gopalladio.com

1. Zinfandel Hair & Nail Salon

2. Koreana Plaza

2. Salon Capelli

3. Historic Sutter Street

10971 Olson Drive in Rancho Cordova, (916) 853-8000, www.koreanaplaza.com

3101 Zinfandel Drive in Rancho Cordova, (916) 706-3758 4540 Post Street, Suite 240, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 933-2511

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811 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 985-4323, www.sutterstreetgrill.info

2. Mints Euro-Asian Cuisine

11088 Olson Drive in Rancho Cordova, (916) 635-2744, www.mintsasia.com

2. Aji Japanese Bistro

4361 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 11, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 941-9181, www.aji-bistro.com

3. Rudy’s Hideaway Bar & Grill

12303 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 351-0606, www.rudyshideaway.com

3. Sutter Street Steakhouse

604 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 351-9100, www.sutterstreet steakhouse.com

Best sandwich 1. The Black Rooster

807 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 357-0115, http://theblkrooster.com

2. Mama Ann’s Italian Deli & Bakery

4359 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 108, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 939-1700; www.mamaanns.com

2. Beach Hut Deli

411 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom, (916) 983-0900, www.beachhutdeli.com

3. Ruffhaus hot Dog Co.

4355 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 114, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 941-3647; www.ruffhaushotdogco.com

Best spot for a cocktail 1. 36 Handles Pub & Eatery

1010 White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills, (916) 941-3606, http://36handles.com

2. Powerhouse Pub

614 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 355-8586, www.powerhousepub.com

3. Hampton’s on Sutter

608 Sutter Street in Folsom, (916) 985-4735, www.hamptonsonsutter.com

3. The Purple Place Bar & Grill

363 Green Valley Road in El Dorado Hills, (916) 933-2313, www.thepurp.com

Best spot for family fun 1. Hagan Community Park

2197 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova, (916) 362-1841

2. Folsom Lake

www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=500

3. Palladio 16 Cinemas

240 Palladio Parkway in Folsom, (916) 984-7494, www.cinemawest.com

Best sushi

2. Wasabi Asia Bistro & Sushi Bar

2371 Iron Point Road in Folsom, (916) 817-8887, www.wasabii.com

3. Sky Sushi

2252 Sunrise Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 852-8581; 3907 Park Drive, Suite 125, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 941-6310

3. Kanpai Sushi

1013 Riley Street, Suite 100, in Folsom; (916) 983-7174

3. Taiko Sushi

2700 East Bidwell Street, Suite 100, in Folsom; (916) 817-8525; www.taikosushi.com

Best yoga spot 1. Spotted Dog Yoga

2780 East Bidwell Street, Suite 300, in Folsom; (916) 990-1720; http://spotteddogyoga.com

2. Zuda Yoga

220 Blue Ravine Road, Suite 130, in Folsom; (916) 985-4428; www.zudayoga.com

2. Bikram Yoga Folsom

1013 Riley Street in Folsom, (916) 984-9000, www.bikramyogafolsom.com

3. Leap Yoga

1725 Iron Point Road in Folsom, (916) 608-5327, www.leapyoga.net

1. Aji Japanese Bistro

4361 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 11, in El Dorado Hills; (916) 941-9181, www.aji-bistro.com

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by Janelle Bitker janelleb @ n e w sr e v ie w .c om

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Bagel with lox, omelet with pastrami or sweet cheese blintzes? Decisions are rough at Bubbie’s Love Deli & Catering (7800 Sunrise Boulevard, Suite 11; (916) 722-7800), which serves quite possibly the best breakfast in Citrus Heights.

The sassy owner Stacie Shoob-Allen— her recipes are passed down from her Jewish grandma, Bubbie—will probably be taking care of you. That’s a good thing. Grab a loaf of chocolate babka for the road—they’re shipped from Greens Bakery in New York, and if you’ve never had babka, you haven’t lived.

10:30 a.m. Deer spotting

Make the drive to Carmichael and take advantage of one of its finest resources: Ancil Hoffman Park (6341 Tarshes Drive). The sweeping, 396-acre patch of green boasts lots of trails as well as the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, where you can get your fill of environmental education. Hang out with some cool birds, stroll along the American River and wonder why you don’t drive out to Carmichael more often.

12:30 p.m. Feast

Stacie Shoob-Allen of Bubbie’s Love Deli & Catering cooks for you because she loves you.

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For lunch, check out Taj Bar & Grill (6400 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael, (916) 971-0115). It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but step in and find a modern and spacious dining room with high ceilings and wooden beams. The familyowned restaurant has been open for just over one year, and its lunch buffet is one of the best in town. For $8.99 plus tax, try all the curries and naan your belly can

handle—and vegetarians are guaranteed multiple entree options.

1:45 p.m. Orange sweets

It’s probably hot, and you’re sweaty. Cool off with Carmichael’s favorite brightlycolored frozen dessert at the Original Hagen’s Orange Freeze (2520 Walnut Avenue, (916) 489-7842). You can squeeze three flavors into a medium cup, and no, you don’t have to order orange.

2:30 p.m. Be charmed

Drive to Fair Oaks and park somewhere near Village Park (4238 Main Street). Note all the chickens hanging out and resist the urge to chase them. Relax under a shady tree, then explore the quirky shops in Old Fair Oaks Village, where “Shop Local” signs are posted everywhere. Don’t miss the Feathered Nest (10207 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 534-7019), which is chock-full of unique antiques and art; and Village Treasures (10144 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 436-4462), which boasts lovely jewelry, soaps, lotions, vinegars, nuts, mustards and other perfectly giftable items. Stop into the historic Fair Oaks Coffee House and Deli (10223 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 966-2130) for an old-school Java City brew.

6:00 p.m. Hippie dinner

No trip to Fair Oaks would be complete without a stop at Sunflower Drive In (10344 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 967-4331). And why wouldn’t you want a famous nutburger at this sunny, all-vegetarian institution?

The best people-watching around, since 1978.

7:30 p.m. Bottoms up

You’ve had a long day. Walk over to Fair Oaks Brew Pub (7988 California Avenue, (916) 241-3108) for some housemade beer or a glass of local wine. Once you see the flowerstudded patio, you’ll want to stay put all night.

Seriously y’all—try the nutburger at the Sunflower Drive In.

community newspaper; Davis died March 19 with her final real estate project—the Milagro Centre on the corner of Marconi Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard—still being built. With a photo of her face now on the sign in front, the project enters the last phase of construction. It’s supposed to open sometime late this summer and rumored tenants include Ghiotto Artisan Gelateria, River City Brewing Co., Insight Coffee Roasters, Mesa Mercado, the Rind and the Patriot. 6300 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 692-0642, http://milagrocentre.com. J.M.

Best peaceful riverfront walk Ancil Hoffman Park The thing about the suburbs is that they’re not always very pedestrian-friendly—what with all those wide boulevards and cars zipping by at gotta-get-tosoccer-practice-now speeds. Stretch your legs with a peaceful stroll at Ancil Hoffman Park, with sprawling golf courses, pretty picnic spots and numerous trails, including ones that follow the meandering American River shoreline. Paradise. 6341 Tarshes Drive in Carmichael, (916) 875-6961. R.L.

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Best first-row seats for second-run films Ba rga in mo vies at Sunrise Ma ll

Legendary veggie burgers, sushi, mac ’n’ cheese and more El Papagayo: Vegan Mexican food is

so unusual that El Papagayo’s pure existence is reason enough to visit Carmichael. Bonus points: El Papagayo’s veggie-based eats are actually seriously delicious, and stubborn carnivore companions can still order their carne asada. 5804 Marconi Avenue in Carmichael,

(916) 487-7742, http://elpapagayo.net.

Mighty Tavern: Farm-to-fork restaurant

Mighty Tavern presents creative, beautiful dishes that celebrate the Sacramento Valley’s bounty of produce. Pair that farro and beet salad with something impressive from the ever-changing list of craft beer, artisan cocktails and fine wines. And despite the white tablecloths, a meal at Mighty Tavern isn’t prohibitively expensive. 9634 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 241-9444, www.mightytavern.com.

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favorite in Carmichael. The simple sandwiches-salads-burgers menu is splashed with fun options like mac puppies—a cross between creamy macaroni and cheese and deep-fried hush puppies—and mini-beef Wellingtons.

4717 El Camino Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 514-0830, www.skipskitchen.com.

Sunflower Drive In: Since 1978, Sunflower’s vegetarian eats have been the stuff of legend. The nutburger, folks.

The nutburger. 10344 Fair Oaks Boulevard

in Fair Oaks, (916) 967-4331, www.sunflower naturalrestaurant.com.

Yui Marlu: There are a number of sushi

joints in the area, but Yui Marlu stands out for its ability to satisfy those who want a sauced-up California roll as well as those who crave traditional Japanese fare. Even the rice tastes better here. 6720 Madison Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 966-5639. j.b.

Sunrise Mall is not the place for valet parking, spendy yoga pants and gluten-free cupcakeries. The management is not interested in enhancing your “lifestyle.” The mall has one floor, reasonable prices and Cinnabon or Mrs. Fields for dessert (if the kids behave). Sunrise’s charm lies in its simple devotion to retail classics. There’s not another mall in a 100-mile radius still rocking an Orange Julius stand in the food court, and movies at the UA Sunrise 4 are only $4 for every show. The refreshment counter is always stocked, screenings are never crowded and, if you also need to buy some power tools, Sears is right next door. Oh Sunrise Mall, we hope you never change. 5926 Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights, (844) 462-7342, www.regmovies.com. B.C.

Best hope for future urban coolness in the burbs The Milagro Centre The Carmichael Times wrote back in April that “for Nancy Emerson Davis, Carmichael’s much anticipated Milagro Centre is both monument and legacy.” Truer words have never been written by a

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Best old-school video game fix Fair Game This may surprise some, but it’s actually not so easy to find a video game store that has a decent collection. Fair Game serves as a nice little island in a sea of GameStops, with a solid stable of old-school consoles, tons of games on a plethora of platforms, deals on current-generation titles and even parts and repair services for scratched discs and your Xbox 360 under the hex of the Red Ring of Death. If you’re looking for a power supply for that Super Nintendo or feel like browsing some Genesis titles, your odds will be more than decent here.

8214 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael, (916) 944-4263, www.facebook.com/FairGameInc. A.S.

Best throwback tradition Miss Fair Oaks contest Say what you will about beauty pageants of the Toddlers & Tiaras or Miss America variety—we still find a sort of homespun charm in these smalltown contests. After a 15-year-hiatus the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce has resurrected its annual Miss Fair Oaks pageant and this year’s winner, Gabby Coulter, embodies a wholesome throwback vibe. Applications for the 2016 crown aren’t due until next spring, but might as well get started on practicing that pageant wave now. Qualifying contestants must meet a strict list of rules including the mandate that the young women (ages 15-20) have “never given birth” and “never been convicted of a felony.” Got it. Tiaras, satin sashes and the promise of some awards and cash prizes, just like the good ol’ days.www.fairoakschamber.com/miss-fair-oaks.html. R.L.

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CAStateFair.org

Insiders tips on how to keep the kiddos (and Mom and Dad) happy

V

Fair Survival Guide for Families

isiting the Fair with tots in tow can be an undertaking.

You feel like you’re packing to move into Cal Expo, but really you’re just prepared for anything.

Since you’ve got the important stuff down, we chatted with Fair experts and came up with a guide that includes the best of the best exhibits and attractions for families.

This route includes plenty of fun for kids (and kids at heart) and yes, a wine slushy for Mom (we got you, girl). one day they want to be Batman, the next day it’s a firefighter. While Batman isn’t an actual occupation (that we know of) your little waffler can literally try on any number of dream jobs at the Dream Big exhibit (see below). Dream Big has a story time area, interactive playtime activities, daily stage shows, and fun, adorable photo ops. Help them answer, or at least start narrowing down, the endless possible answers to the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Get your discount tickets now at CAStateFair.org

Check out the huge rube goldberg/kinetic energy machine in the Minds in Motion building. older kids and teens will love the activities with a bit of thinking and intrigue including giant bubbles, plasma spheres and a life-size chess game.

From there wander on over to The Farm presented by Save Mart Supermarkets where kids can learn about growing food and California agriculture. Send your little one on a veggie scavenger hunt (hey — maybe the next time she sees it on her plate, she’ll actually eat it). Collect kid-level recipe cards and visit the different fruit and vegetable stations to learn farming, proper washing and healthy snack options. At the end, enjoy fresh fruit samples.

By this time, Mom deserves a treat, so make a pit stop at the Save Mart Supermarkets Wine Country to snag a wine slushy. If you need a bargaining chip, there’s a horse arena just past the slushy booth, where kids can feed carrots and give “sponge paint” kisses to gentle horses.

For the tech geek in the family, be sure to hit up the Fair July 16 and 17 for the National Drone Racing Championships. Watch 200-plus drones race through an obstacle course and be blown away by these incredible machines.

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For families that like to pack a lot of fun into their Fair day, make sure to visit Dream Big, a place where parents can rest while their children explore science, technology, engineering and math through interactive activities. Launched last year, the award-winning exhibit is back again to inspire kids to explore their world. » Story Time Reading Adventure: This area, presented in partnership with the Sacramento Public Library, is a friendly spot full of bean bag chairs and books where families can go to read and relax.

» Play Time Exploration: This play area has an outer-space-themed toy box where children can play, as well as make new friends to explore the galaxy with. » Relaxation Stations: The “Snack Shack” is back with all of its delicious and healthy snacks! Enjoy a nutritious bite while relaxing in the “Mommy Lounge,” which was so popular last year, the Fair added one to the California Building. » NEW! Stage Shows: The new Dream Big Stage will take story time to the next level, allowing children to use

their imaginations to become the characters from stories being read.

The stage also will feature science shows with experiments for children to participate in. » NEW! Exploration Stations: At these new exploration stations, children can uncover facts about everything from oceans and rivers to the organs in their bodies through interactive games and activities.

Stations include: Health & Nutrition, Technology, Earth Science, Physical Science and Life Science.

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ast year, the organizers of the California State Fair thought it would make sense to place a new cooking exhibit near The Farm, to help fairgoers make a better connection between where food is grown and how it is prepared.

That exhibit celebrating California’s culinary tendencies went on to win a couple of prestigious awards, including the Judges’ Choice Award and Best of Division Agricultural Award of Excellence from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions.

After a successful summer in 2014, the Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen is back for another bite — and it’s bringing more to the table. Here’s what you don’t want to miss: » improve your kitchen game: In a special demonstration area, you’ll learn how to make pizza, can pickles, carve artistic food and more.

A PA i D A DV e r t i S e M e N t

» Learn about local commodities: The California Kitchen will round up various food and nutrition experts to help inform Fair guests about all things food. get up close

and personal with beekeepers, milk experts and taste amazing Extra Virgin California olive oil from the Fair’s inaugural commercial competition.

ordinary cooks — such as 4-H students, firemen and postal workers — will battle it out with surprise ingredients to craft the best dishes.

» Meet local food gurus: Passionate foodies, gardeners and hunters, carnivorous authors, vegan bloggers and nonprofits working to end hunger — all will come together to demonstrate special recipes for fairgoers to munch on!

» Sip on this: The Home Brew and Home Wine exhibits will make another appearance this year with tips and tricks for wine tasting, as well useful techniques for making your own beer and wine at home. Learn about the latest technologies in the beer and wine industry.

» Watch epic cook-offs: Here, you can watch your cooking show, and eat it, too! Local chefs and

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CAStateFair.org

Insiders tips on how to keep the kiddos (and Mom and Dad) happy

V

Fair Survival Guide for Families

isiting the Fair with tots in tow can be an undertaking.

You feel like you’re packing to move into Cal Expo, but really you’re just prepared for anything.

Since you’ve got the important stuff down, we chatted with Fair experts and came up with a guide that includes the best of the best exhibits and attractions for families.

This route includes plenty of fun for kids (and kids at heart) and yes, a wine slushy for Mom (we got you, girl). one day they want to be Batman, the next day it’s a firefighter. While Batman isn’t an actual occupation (that we know of) your little waffler can literally try on any number of dream jobs at the Dream Big exhibit (see below). Dream Big has a story time area, interactive playtime activities, daily stage shows, and fun, adorable photo ops. Help them answer, or at least start narrowing down, the endless possible answers to the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Get your discount tickets now at CAStateFair.org

Check out the huge rube goldberg/kinetic energy machine in the Minds in Motion building. older kids and teens will love the activities with a bit of thinking and intrigue including giant bubbles, plasma spheres and a life-size chess game.

From there wander on over to The Farm presented by Save Mart Supermarkets where kids can learn about growing food and California agriculture. Send your little one on a veggie scavenger hunt (hey — maybe the next time she sees it on her plate, she’ll actually eat it). Collect kid-level recipe cards and visit the different fruit and vegetable stations to learn farming, proper washing and healthy snack options. At the end, enjoy fresh fruit samples.

By this time, Mom deserves a treat, so make a pit stop at the Save Mart Supermarkets Wine Country to snag a wine slushy. If you need a bargaining chip, there’s a horse arena just past the slushy booth, where kids can feed carrots and give “sponge paint” kisses to gentle horses.

For the tech geek in the family, be sure to hit up the Fair July 16 and 17 for the National Drone Racing Championships. Watch 200-plus drones race through an obstacle course and be blown away by these incredible machines.

T H I N g S H E AT U P I N T H E C A L I Fo r N I A K I TC H E N Yo U k N o W W h E R E Yo U R F o o D C o M E S F R o M — N o W W h AT D o Yo U D o W i T h i T ?

DrEAM BIg ExhiBiT E NCoU R AG ES ToTS To ExPLoRE AND REChARGE D U R i N G A B U S Y F A i R D AY

C A S tAt e FA i r . o r g

For families that like to pack a lot of fun into their Fair day, make sure to visit Dream Big, a place where parents can rest while their children explore science, technology, engineering and math through interactive activities. Launched last year, the award-winning exhibit is back again to inspire kids to explore their world. » Story Time Reading Adventure: This area, presented in partnership with the Sacramento Public Library, is a friendly spot full of bean bag chairs and books where families can go to read and relax.

» Play Time Exploration: This play area has an outer-space-themed toy box where children can play, as well as make new friends to explore the galaxy with. » Relaxation Stations: The “Snack Shack” is back with all of its delicious and healthy snacks! Enjoy a nutritious bite while relaxing in the “Mommy Lounge,” which was so popular last year, the Fair added one to the California Building. » NEW! Stage Shows: The new Dream Big Stage will take story time to the next level, allowing children to use

their imaginations to become the characters from stories being read.

The stage also will feature science shows with experiments for children to participate in. » NEW! Exploration Stations: At these new exploration stations, children can uncover facts about everything from oceans and rivers to the organs in their bodies through interactive games and activities.

Stations include: Health & Nutrition, Technology, Earth Science, Physical Science and Life Science.

A PA i D A DV e r t i S e M e N t

L

ast year, the organizers of the California State Fair thought it would make sense to place a new cooking exhibit near The Farm, to help fairgoers make a better connection between where food is grown and how it is prepared.

That exhibit celebrating California’s culinary tendencies went on to win a couple of prestigious awards, including the Judges’ Choice Award and Best of Division Agricultural Award of Excellence from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions.

After a successful summer in 2014, the Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen is back for another bite — and it’s bringing more to the table. Here’s what you don’t want to miss: » improve your kitchen game: In a special demonstration area, you’ll learn how to make pizza, can pickles, carve artistic food and more.

A PA i D A DV e r t i S e M e N t

» Learn about local commodities: The California Kitchen will round up various food and nutrition experts to help inform Fair guests about all things food. get up close

and personal with beekeepers, milk experts and taste amazing Extra Virgin California olive oil from the Fair’s inaugural commercial competition.

ordinary cooks — such as 4-H students, firemen and postal workers — will battle it out with surprise ingredients to craft the best dishes.

» Meet local food gurus: Passionate foodies, gardeners and hunters, carnivorous authors, vegan bloggers and nonprofits working to end hunger — all will come together to demonstrate special recipes for fairgoers to munch on!

» Sip on this: The Home Brew and Home Wine exhibits will make another appearance this year with tips and tricks for wine tasting, as well useful techniques for making your own beer and wine at home. Learn about the latest technologies in the beer and wine industry.

» Watch epic cook-offs: Here, you can watch your cooking show, and eat it, too! Local chefs and

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2. Green Jade Restaurant

2436 Mission Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 481-8780

3. Sichuan Spice House

8847 Greenback Lane in Orangevale, (916) 989-6688

Best coffeehouse 1. Fair Oaks Coffee House & Deli

10223 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 966-2130

2. Bella Bru Cafe & Catering

5038 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael, (916) 485-2883, http://bellabrucafe.com

3. Boulevard Coffee Roasting Company

7901 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael, (916) 944-0266, www.boulevardcoffeeco.com

2. Mighty Tavern

Best Mexican/ Latin American

9634 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 241-9444, www.mightytavern.com

1. Carmelita’s Mexican Restaurant

3. Fair Oaks Brew Pub

7988 California Avenue in Fair Oaks, (916) 241-3108, http://fairoaksbrewpub.com

4071 Howard Street in Fair Oaks, (916) 961-3327, www.carmelitasrestaurants.com

1. Carmelita’s Mexican Restaurant

7400 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael, (916) 483-6301, www.adalbertosmexicanrestaurant.com

7420 Sunset Avenue in Fair Oaks, (916) 965-9883, www.sanjuanclub.net

3. Corner Pocket

4751 Manzanita Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 487-1010, www.markandmonicaspizza.com

1. Sunflower Drive In

10344 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 967-4331, www.sunflowernaturalrestaurant.com

Best place for a beer

4717 El Camino Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 514-0830, www.skipskitchen.com

1. Fair Oaks Village

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8928 Sunset Avenue in Fair Oaks, (916) 241-9365, www.ilovedadskitchen.com

Best spot for family fun 1. Ancil Hoffman Park

6341 Tarshes Drive in Carmichael, (916) 875-6961, www.regional parks.saccounty.net/Parks/Pages/ AncilHoffmanPark.aspx

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2. Village Park

4238 Main Street in Fair Oaks, http://fairoakspark.org

Best sushi 1. Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

4323 Hazel Avenue in Fair Oaks, (916) 961-2112, www.mikunisushi.com

2. Blue Nami Sushi & Sake House

8807 Greenback Lane in Orangevale, (916) 988-2300, http://bluenamisushi.com

3. Taka’s Sushi

11773 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 961-2118, www.takassushi.net

3. Shogun Sushi

7330 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 10, in Carmichael; (916) 483-1224

Best yoga spot 1. Aha Yoga

9045 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite E, in Carmichael; (916) 966-9642; www.ahayogafairoaks.com

1. Hot Yoga at Sunrise

4009 Bridge Street in Fair Oaks, (916) 631-7749, www.hotyogaatsunrise.com

2. Lotus Garden Meditation Center

7225 Lincoln Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 944-8505, www.lotusgardenmeditation.org

3. Saha Wellness and Yoga Center

5931 Stanley Avenue, Suite 7, in Carmichael; (916) 484-7175; http://sahawellness.com

3. Effie Yeaw Nature Center

2850 San Lorenzo Way in Carmichael, (916) 489-4918, www.effieyeaw.org

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2. Sunflower Drive In

3. Dad’s Kitchen

6412 Tupelo Drive in Citrus Heights, (916) 725-3733, www.freestyleclothing.com

4717 El Camino Avenue in Carmichael, (916) 514-0830, www.skipskitchen.com

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10223 Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks, (916) 966-2130

5241 Hazel Avenue in Fair Oaks, (916) 966-7707, rimsdeli.com

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2. Mark & Monica’s Family Pizza

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In her role as corporate communications director for the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals, her primary responsibility is ensuring a smooth implementation of the ACA across all branches of the health care industry. By doing so, Daley is paving the way for the ACA to fulfill its purpose — guaranteeing access to treatment that best suits each individual’s needs.

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Daley says that her team is in the final stages of implementation, focusing on increasing workforce volume.

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As the health care system implements changes to improve access, Daley suggests it’s absolutely critical that the public not lose faith.

“We really need people to not only be patient, but proactive,” she says.

Daley advises people who need addiction services to be persistent in seeking the care they need.

Sacramento News & Review and California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) have partnered to tell sponsored stories that share the joys of recovery, break down the barriers of stigma, and employ individuals, families and the community to form a united front against the disease of addiction. To find more about recovery and resources offered in the community, visit www. newsreview.com/sacramento/ ccapp.

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The El Dorado County Fair (www.eldoradocounty fair.org) features classic fair fun at the El Dorado Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive, from Thursday, June 18, through Sunday, June 21. This year’s theme is “Hog Days of Summer,” and the festivities include live local music (The Spazmatics, Island of Black & White, Westbound 50), tons of food, gardening demos, microbrew and homebrew competitions, kids activities, animals, vendors and more. Tickets range from $6 to $10 per day. Carnival ride tickets are extra.

This year’s Natomas West Fest (www.natomas westfest.com), happens at 6 p.m. this Saturday, June 20, at Westlake Community Park, 4700 Westlake Parkway. The free community festival has a beer garden, games for kids, classic cars, food trucks (Bacon Mania Truck, Hefty Gyros, North Border Taco) and live music from cover band Posterchild.

official start of summer is Sunday, June 21.

Might as well just kick it off with a bunch of festivals without further ado, right? Below are five festivals to check out in the Sacramento area this weekend.

The Sacramento French Film Festival (www.sacramento frenchfilmfestival.org) launches at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 19, with an opening-night reception featuring music, food and wine. That’s followed by a record 18 films spread over the course of two weekends, and then a closing-night “champagne and dessert” party on Sunday, June 28, following an 8:25 p.m. screening of the film Timbuktu. It all happens at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street. Various single ticket options, day passes and festival passes are available at the festival’s website.

Catch the debut PanGaia Festival (www.pangaia festival.com) on Saturday, June 20, through Sunday, June 21, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6158, located at 8990 Kruitof Way in Fair Oaks. Its website says the free festival will be like a “Pagan County Fair atmosphere” and it also looks to have some Renaissance Faire-esque elements with vendors, contests, “rituals,” live music, burlesque, presentations, workshops, belly dancing and a drum circle.

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Before comedian Bill Burr played an incompetent petty criminal on Breaking Bad, he was making a name for himself the way of many comedians these days: with a podcast. In the wake COMEDY of the success of Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast and his spirited railings against political correctness in his standup, Burr has emerged as a “man’s man” comedian. $42, 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street; www.billburr.com.

If your father or husband is into classic cars, beer and corn dogs, there’s a good chance he’ll enjoy this pre-Father’s Day soiree. There will be live music, the always-fun marketplace and lots of other attractions for the whole family. If you ever needed a reason to visit Denio’s and CELEBRATION wanted to make your father happy in the process, this event will deliver.

Free admission with $3 parking, 10 a.m. at Denio’s Farmers Market & Swap Meet, 1551 Vineyard Road in Roseville; www.facebook.com/ Denios.

Show me a person who hasn’t secretly harbored a fantasy of being a detective and I will eat my (gum)shoe. Team up with friends for an “urban SCAVENGER treasure HUNT hunt,” wherein you’ll solve puzzles and clues on the streets of Midtown in order to prevent the takeover of civic leaders’ brains (unless, uh, you think that’d be a good thing). $20$25, 3 p.m., starting at 1801 L Street; www.mastermindhunts.com.

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When Jay and Silent Bob first appeared on screen in 1994’s Clerks, they played a pair of drug dealers— one that rarely spoke (Silent Bob), and one that never COMEDY shut up (Jay). In real life, it’s Silent Bob (director Kevin Smith) who never shuts up. He and actor Jason Mewes (Jay) have great chemistry off-screen, as is evident on their podcast, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old, where the duo jokes and tells stories. Folks can witness the podcast live at this show. $24.50$44.50, 8:30 p.m. at the Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street; www.facebook.com/ JayandSilentBobGetOld.

The debate over which is better, Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Camaro, perseveres. Let your dad vote for his favorite when you treat him to an afternoon of classic cars and rides to CAR RIDE Old Sacramento in some of the California Automobile Museum’s cars. Classics are also welcome to show at an informal car show in the museum’s parking lot. $4-$8 (free for dads), 11 a.m. at California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front Street; www.calauto museum.org.

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Pot desserts: It may look like a shovel plunging through a potful of dirt, but it’s actually tiramisu. With a shovel-looking spoon.

Three different potted plant desserts can be purchased at Honey D Cafe (5653 Freeport Boulevard, Suite 1), a cutesy Asian cafe that opened a couple of weeks ago and is already swamped with business.

One pot goes for $3.75, and it’s filled with classic Italian, red bean or mango tiramisu. The dessert trend stems from Taiwan—also home to that toilet bowl restaurant—but Honey D’s menu spans different regions in China as well. Find a large selection of milk teas with boba, egg puffs, appetizers like soy sauce chicken kidneys or whelks (sea snails), or Yunnan-style rice noodle soups.

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Power news: Sunday, June 28, marks your last chance to enjoy brunch—or anything, really—in the current location of Magpie Cafe. After that, Magpie will close and prepare to move into its bigger spot in 16 Powerhouse—the revamped Magpie is scheduled to open Monday, July 6.

And speaking of 16 Powerhouse, Orchid Thai Restaurant & Bar celebrated its grand opening there earlier this month. It comes from the same owners who opened Orchid Thai Cuisine in Lincoln, but this Midtown post boasts much swankier, modern decor; a separate all-vegetarian menu; and a craft cocktail program created by the guys at Shady Lady Saloon.

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Until last week, that is. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Griffiths was tapped to become the executive chef at The Advocate, a hotly anticipated Berkeley restaurant from the same owners as obscenely popular Mexican restaurant Comal.

There, instead of the jokes-infused, farm-to-fork fare of the Kitchen, Griffiths will prepare Mediterraneanand North African-influenced cuisine.

It’s a war out there. More drunk than hostile. But still a battle. I’m of course speaking of the fight for shelf space at a beer aisle near you. So many breweries, so many bottles—how do you choose? Start with price. Try a bomber of West Sacramento Bike Dog’s mosaic-hopped pale ale ($6.49 at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op). Its Carolina blue and cantaloupe colors stand out amid the teenage-boy beer aesthetic. The brew is lightly bitter with a big fruit-bomb hoppiness. This bottle, packaged less than 10 days earlier, is probably fresher than your chonies. Heyo! 2534 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 110, in West Sacramento; www.bikedogbrewing.com.

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Magical, tasty elixir Honey Gone are the days of generic honey. Now you can buy all kinds of local honeys in a multitude of flavors.

Clover is fairly neutral, but darker honeys like sage can taste almost spicy. For floral overtones, try orange blossom or blackberry. These single-variety honeys are best compared on their own, but drizzling them on a hot biscuit or scone is a fine use, too. Some people eat local honey and pollen as an attempt to ward off allergies. Others use honey as a naturally acidic facial mask or antibiotic for sores. It’s a magical elixir, so support local bees and beekeepers.

Beer!: The first-ever California Craft Beer Summit announced its programming, and it’s a doozy. At the Sacramento Convention Center September 11-12, you’ll find demonstrations by brewers and chefs and discussions between industry legends, such as Ken Grossman (Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.), Greg Koch (Stone Brewing Co.), Natalie and Vinnie Where’s Griffiths?: As executive Cilurzo (Russian River Brewing) chef at Sacramento’s most celebrated, and David Walker (Firestone Walker unique and expensive restaurant, Brewing Co.). Look for yourself: the Kitchen, John Griffiths held a www.cacraftbeersummit.com. Ω B E S T O F T H E B U R B S | A R T S & C U L T U R E | A F T E R | 06.18.15

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For Chinese fare, we tried a plate of salty fish and chicken fried rice, a fried salted5948 auburn boulevard in citrus heights, and-peppered flounder (a special off-menu (916) 338-1868 item) and clams stir fried in black bean Dinner for one: $10 - $25 sauce. Again, this trio of items impressed.

Good for: classic Vietnamese and chinese fare The salty fish and chicken fried rice featured Notable dishes: fried flounder, pho, anything with chicken well-cooked (but not dry) chicken with a nice smoky wok flavor and a hint of cured salty fish. The flounder was plated beautifully: an entire fish—bones and all—fried golden brown, with extra bits of fried roe and diced chunks of fish sitting on top. Its flavor was Usually when a restaurant tries to tackle sweet and spicy, with aromatic diced jalapetwo different regions’ cuisines, that’s a sign nos and onions bringing out the richness of that quality isn’t really a big focus. But Pho the roe and buttery texture of the fish.

Viet, located on Auburn Boulevard in Citrus The stir-fried clams were coated in a Heights, serves both delicious Chinese and flavorful black bean sauce, but could’ve used Vietnamese food to families, couples, college a little less flour when stir frying; little clumps students and a surprising number of people of flour were stuck inside a number of the stopping in solo for a quick bowl of pho. shells. Also, a handful of the clams didn’t I was one of those people when I stopped open up, which made us a little paranoid into Pho Viet for the first time early last that they weren’t heated all the way. year while researching the top 10 Perhaps those could’ve been bowls of pho in Sacramento (see discarded or been reheated.

“Sacramento’s top 10 best We ordered many more pho restaurants” SN&R dishes than there’s room Feature Story, January 14, to discuss here—includ2014). Pho Viet’s beef Pho Viet’s grilled ing Vietnamese crepes, pho was refreshing, pork bánh mi rivals salads and Chinese stir with a lot of star anise fries—but the quality flavor. It’s probably my a lot of the ones in didn’t waver. That qualsecond favorite bowl ity extended to a number of pho there, though.

South Sac. of drinks, including soda The chicken pho’s even lemonade and lemon iced cleaner, with a clear tea—both of which are sweet broth that exudes plenty of and tart—and Vietnamese drip cold-fighting flavor and juicy coffee, which can be served hot shredded chicken. or cold.

Like many of the Vietnamese On more recent visits we started spots in Little Saigon, the restaurant serves branching out beyond the restaurant’s homemade baked desserts, and the coconutnamesake, and were pleasantly surprised and-banana-flavored rice cakes tasted sweet with the quality of many of the other dishes. and chewy—sort of like sponge cakes but For example, the restaurant’s bún (vermicelli made of rice flour. Servers were attentive and noodles) dish with pork, shrimp, egg rolls helpful with recommendations on all visits. and assorted veggies (cucumber, lettuce, bean ’13 After more than a year of visiting the sprouts) was refreshing on a hot day. The star restaurant on a regular basis and trying at least is the grilled pork, which sports a red color, a dozen dishes, we’ve yet to find a lackluster presumably from an incredibly tasty marinade one. It’s hard to fathom how any restaurant that balances sweet and salty almost perfectly. can cook such a diverse amount of recipes so The same delicious pork makes its way well, but the team at Pho Viet is a talented onto a rice plate (kind of like the bún dish, but one, for real. with rice instead of noodles) and into a recent

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Pho Viet’s grilled pork bánh mi ’13 rivals a lot of the ones in South Sac. The aforementioned tender and flavorful grilled

Taco time A lot of popular foods already get their own festivals in Sacramento— Bacon Fest Sacramento, Sacramento Burger Battle and BerryFest, for example. After being postponed once already (it was originally supposed to happen in October of 2014), the inaugural Sacramento Taco Festival (www.sactacofest.com, www.facebook.com/sactacofest) will finally debut Saturday, June 20. Run

by POP-9 Communications (which publishes SacLatino magazine, Vida de Oro magazine and The Del Paso News) the event offers tons of vendors selling tacos, of course—plus tons of other random entertainment events, including lucha libre wrestling, arts and crafts, the Grant Union High School drum line, taco eating competitions, a chihuahua beauty contest and live music from the Sweet Bones and Q-Vo. The block-party-style festival will shut down the streets on Del Paso Boulevard between El Camino Boulevard and Arden Way between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 and it’s hosted by Sacramento city councilman Allen Warren.

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The dark faux-brick paneling on the wall and thatched overhang by the front counter at Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant are reminiscent of roadside eateries I’ve visited while overseas. It’s that utilitarian, earthy, sparse but colorful décor that feels foreign and simultaneously familiar, kind of like the food, which consists of legumes and vegetables that we know well and love, but are prepared with spices that call for attention. Abyssinia (located at 1346 Fulton Avenue) has

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Catch Misner & Smith at the Davis Music Festival at 9:30 p.m.

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“There was a moment in the Woodie Guthrie production where we just sang the two of us,” Smith explains. “The first time we did it in rehearsal it was clear there was something really special there.”

“Now, yeah, we live together,” she adds.

“I don’t know if we’d do what we do if we didn’t.”

They’re essentially “itinerant” musicians and actors, says Smith. In the past decade, they’ve acted in hundreds of shows throughout the United States, played music on stages all over the world and are often out of town for months at a time, depending on their next project.

Even their summer schedule is a bit hectic. They just returned a few weeks ago from a small tour playing music in England, and will perform at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July and August.

Then in September, Misner will appear in King Lear at California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, Calif.—the same place the couple first met.

But before all that, Misner & Smith will appear at the Davis Music Fest, which happens June 19 through June 21 at various venues throughout Davis.

For this show, they’ll play as a trio with long-time friend and collaborator, pedal steel guitarist Josh Yenne (Mazzy Star, Mother Hips, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers).

Smith praised Yenne’s contributions to the group.

“He’s got a great ear and it really fills out and makes the Misner & Smith sound bigger without losing what it is at its core, which is vocal harmonies and lyrics,” she says. “It’s great to have this third element that’s electric.

We’ll do a folky song but we’re also playing some rock ’n’ roll, and that pedal steel guitar has a very old-country feel—or can you can have solos and really rock out.”

No matter who else is performing with them onstage—actors or musicians—the couple always has one thing that they can fall back on when they work together.

“The thing we have that has been there the whole time we’ve known each other is the trust,” says Smith. “As soon as I step on stage and Sam’s with me I don’t have to worry. It’s taken care of.” Ω Photo By Rik keLLeR

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“We’d been in plays together before over the years, but we’d never until Rapture, Blister, Burn played opposite each other,” says Misner (pronounced “my-zner”). “We’d maybe said a few lines to each other, but nothing like playing ex-lovers.”

That chemistry all their peers told them they had on stage together? That all kind of came naturally. They’re a real-life couple too, after all. Misner and Smith live together in Davis, and this weekend, Misner & Smith performs a hometown show as part of the fifth annual Davis Music Fest —their fourth time playing the multivenue, South by Southweststyle music festival.

Misner, who’s from the Bay Area, and Smith, who’s from Davis, met at a Shakespeare festival 13 years ago when they were both cast in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A couple years later, they were acting in a production of Woody Guthrie’s American Song in Nevada City when they realized they had a mutual interest in music—and each other.

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by Alex Greenlee, eraappropriate choreography (the ’60s) by Darryl Strohl-De Herrera, and confident direction by Bob Baxter combine to elevate this musical about teenage con man Frank Abagnale Jr. to heights even greater than the script might deserve. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 6/21. $18-$25. Runaway Stage Productions, 24th Street Theatre, 2791 24th St; (916) 207-1226, www.runawaystage.com. J.C.

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Levee James

Sometimes, really strong performances make up for a weak play. That’s exactly what happens with Celebration Arts’ production of Levee James, by playwright S.M. Shephard-Massat. The two main actors—Alexandra Barthel (seen locally onstage at Folsom’s Falcon’s Eye Theatre and Capital Stage) and James R. Ellison III (Celebration Arts)—elevate a muddled storyline and manage to thoroughly engage the audience throughout this production.

Barthel and Ellison breathe life into their characters while also

dealing with Southern accents and backcountry dialogue. Their strong performances, along with a third minor character Fizhugh (nicely portrayed by Nathan Marlow), make us care what happens to these two—despite the script and story challenges.

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Sleeping in the Middle of the Bed

Pajama-clad writer-actor Richard Winters pummels the pillows and paces apprehensively in this solo show about a guy shaken up by divorce, online dating and lingering masculine hang-ups. It’s a portrait of the middle-aged artist as unexpectedly single man—staged energetically for laughs, with anxiety peeping through. F 8pm, Su 2pm.

Through 7/5. $15-$20. Wilkerson Theatre in the R25 Arts Complex, 1725 25th St; (916) 451-5822; www.calstage.org. J.H.

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The prestigious Explorers Club of 1879 London is an old boys club of the first order. Their meeting place is a real man cave made for swapping tales of adventure, drinking brandy and by smoking cigars. It might as well have a sign posted out Jim Carnes front: “No girls allowed.”

Director Buck Busfield runs his uniquely talented ensemble at farce warp speed, with frantic pacing, slamming doors, flying drinks and more. It’s broad comedy that takes swipes at prejudice and sexism but mostly just rolls in the rollicking comedy of stuffy scientists thrown into a tizzy when a woman is proposed for club membership.

Phyllida Spotte-Hume (Stephanie Altholz) is the woman— and what is her claim to fame? She hacked through the jungle with only a spoon and discovered the Lost City of the NaKong tribe, bringing back a souvenir: a SmurfThe Explorers Club; colored native she calls Luigi (the hilarious John Lamb).

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The seed from which Inside Out grew must surely be Reason and Emotion, Walt Disney’s animated short of 1943. Produced in the midst of World War II, the cartoon was meant to bolster morale on the home front by personifying those two concepts—Emotion, the primal cavemanor-woman, and Reason, the prim professor-orschoolmarm —struggling over the controls inside a man or woman’s head, the basic moral being “listen to reason.”

In Inside Out, the premise is more nuanced and less sociopolitical. Instead of an adult John or Jane Q. Public, we’re in the head of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. Instead of the grown-up stresses of wartime, Riley’s crisis comes when her family moves from the idyllic coziness of Minnesota to a grim and dingy San Francisco where Riley has no friends. And there’s no simple reason/emotion dichotomy this time. Instead, Riley has five conflicting emotions vying for supremacy at “headquarters.” And each emotion has its reason.

The emotion that spends the most time in Riley’s driver’s seat is Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler); she’s the one with the most seniority, the one Riley first experienced. Others come along in their turn, and the eventual complement consists of Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) in addition to Joy. Together they preside over Riley’s experiences, represented by glowing balls tinted with the appropriate emotional coloring as they roll

through headquarters on their way to storage in Long Term Memory. Every now and then a golden Core Memory rolls through; those will be channeled to reinforce one of the Islands of Personality that provide the bedrock of Riley’s essential character.

Joy remains the acknowledged leader of the team, but Riley’s uprooting from her Minnesota home taxes her ability to keep the others in line. Especially Sadness, who begins to assert her passive-aggressive self, touching every new memory and turning it her own shade of blue. Sadness even begins tingeing the Core Memories and undermining Riley’s Islands of Personality.

Joy, in her efforts to make Sadness keep her hands to herself, drops her guard just enough for disaster to strike: both she and Sadness get sucked into the Memory Hole, leaving Riley Headquarters in the unstable hands of Anger, Fear and Disgust. Under their shaky control, Riley has more and more trouble adjusting to her new home and hatches a plan to run away from home. Meanwhile, Joy and Sadness strive to make their way back to headquarters— through Long Term Memory, the Subconscious, Imagination, Abstract Thought, all in hopes of catching the Train of Thought back home before it’s too late.

Inside Out is extremely well-thought-out on both narrative and psychological levels.

As all this suggests, Inside Out is extremely well-thought-out on both narrative and psychological levels. The adventures Joy and Sadness undergo in their journey are as varied and imaginative as Dorothy’s in The Wizard of Oz. In this way Pete Docter (and I tend to give him the lion’s share of the credit, since his fingerprints are on much of Pixar’s best work over the past 20-plus years) introduces children to sophisticated psychological concepts, just as Disney did with Reason and Emotion 70 years ago, putting them in the context of an exciting journey through unknown dangers to the safety of home.

Joy comes to see that she and Sadness have to go through life hand-in-hand. That may

by Inside Out’s most sophisticated concept of all—learning that lesson is, in its way, the beginning of growing up. The greatest joy and beauty of this joyously funny, sleekly beautiful movie may be that it gives children—and adults, for that matter—an inside-out sense of what makes them tick. Ω

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A reclusive falconer living near the Arctic Circle (Cillian Murphy) tags along with a journalist (Mélanie Laurent) when she goes to interview his mother (Jennifer Connelly), an artist and faith healer from whom he’s been estranged for 20 years. Falconers and faith healers at the Arctic Circle? Who writes this crap? Answer: Claudia Llosa, the Peruvian auteur (of two features, two TV episodes and this) who got hot when her The Milk of Sorrow was nominated for a foreign language Oscar in 2009. This is her first venture in English, and let’s not mince words: it’s turgid, inert, pretentious claptrap, so incoherent that you’ll learn more from the studio’s synopsis on IMDb than from actually seeing it.

Llosa jumbles time and has her actors speak in unintelligible mumbles—which, come to think of it, is no loss. J.L.

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When it debuted on HBO in 2004, Entourage the series provided an irresistible, cameo-filled glimpse inside the petty hedonism of young Hollywood, but there was also a much-needed sense of self-mockery.

Very quickly, though, that formula curdled and fossilized, and suddenly we were supposed to find these loathsome douchebags likeable and relatable, people to actively root for rather than merely accept. Entourage the movie also mistakenly believes that we’re emotionally invested in seeing young actor Vincent Chase and his loyal buddies fall ass-backward into their Hollywood dreams. Maybe that’s why there doesn’t appear to have been any attempt to make a unique or compelling (or even funny) film. It feels like four episodes of the show were lazily assembled into a feature-length afterparty, but spending more than a half hour at a time with these characters only makes them more nauseating. Entourage isn’t a binge watch, it’s a purge watch. D.B.

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An elderly widow (Blythe Danner) sees her comfortable single life expand in surprising ways when she strikes up an unlikely friendship with her young pool cleaner (Martin Starr) and a romance with a new neighbor (Sam Elliott). Director Brett Haley and co-writer Marc Basch give this easygoing dramedy an air of knowing it’s their ticket to the big time, and they seem determined not to blow it; the movie is sweet and carefully made.

Best of all, they give a well-earned showcase to Danner; after 40-plus years of being one of the unsung treasures of the American acting profession, she finally has a movie almost all to herself. She’s in just about every shot, and she infuses the whole film with her ageless, down-

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Bill Pohlad’s biopic about Brian Wilson takes a fairly bold approach, concurrently telling two stories of the Beach Boy’s troubled genius in two different eras, covering both his 1960s meltdown and his 1980s recovery. It’s especially bold in that the two actors playing Wilson—Paul Dano in his youth and John Cusack in middle age—look absolutely nothing like each other, and yet they mesh seamlessly, like two instruments playing in different keys making an unexpectedly beautiful sound. Dano’s entire career of affected oddballs now feels like a mere warmup to playing the socially awkward young Wilson, and the scenes of Wilson crafting Pet Sounds, creating a masterpiece out of the sound collage of his subconscious, are utterly riveting.

The 1980s scenes aren’t quite as successful, but Cusack perfectly captures the ghostly sincerity of Wilson from that era, and there are fine supporting turns from Paul Giamatti and Elizabeth Banks. D.B.

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Despite its title, Insidious: Chapter 3 actually takes place before the events of the first two Insidious films, but rest assured that this horror prequel is a cheap rip-off all the same. Insidious screenwriter Leigh Whannell makes his directorial debut, basically telling the origin story of Lin Shaye’s psychic medium supporting character, thus answering a number of questions that no one in the audience ever cared to ask. When a teenage girl (Stefanie Scott, a budding star if she ever escapes this sort of dreck) attempts to contact her dead mother, she awakens a malevolent spirit that traps her soul between the mortal world and an undead kingdom called The Further. I leapt out of my chair at least half a dozen times, but only because of the punishingly loud soundtrack spikes that accompany every jump-scare. The terror that will truly stick with me is Dermot Mulroney’s “How-did-I-get-here?” performance as the girl’s father. D.B.

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Jurassic World

The idea that one’s brain must be switched into sleep mode in order to appreciate a film is silly and offensive, but that shouldn’t prevent a fully switched-on brain from enjoying a deeply stupid movie like Jurassic World.

Director and co-writer Colin Trevorrow injects the moribund Jurassic Park franchise with new life by pairing the usual dinosaurs-running-amok formula with a seductive, Westworld-style story hook. In a canonically respectful present, John Hammond’s dream of a dinosaur-themed amusement park has come to fruition, with thousands of thrill-seeking families streaming through the Isla Nublar gates every day. Unfortunately, corporations are inherently evil (this message brought to you by Coca-Cola, Verizon, Samsung, Brookstone and Mercedes-Benz), and soon enough the park’s newest, genetically enhanced “attraction” gets loose and starts—wouldn’t you know it?—running amok.

Jurassic World offers one-dimensional characters, misused actors, nonsensical motivations, retrograde gender politics, insipid pseudo-science and a whole lot of fun. D.B.

In 1775 England, a hired assassin for the East India Company (Andrew Cheney) wants out of the business, so he’s betrayed and left for dead by his evil boss (John RhysDavies). Worse, he falls for the man’s niece (Kara Killmer) and longs to atone for his wicked career—so he moves to America, gets a job with Benjamin Franklin and discovers a plot to blow up the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Written by Paul McCusker and directed

by Chad Burns, this laughable would-be epic is even more ridiculous than it sounds, a terminally silly farrago of 18th century James Bond derring-do, dewy-eyed Harlequin romance and masked-superhero exploits—with just a dash of simpering Sunday-school preaching.

Nice sets, though—and Killmer is appealing, reminiscent of Uma Thurman at the beginning of her career. J.L.

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A military contractor (Bradley Cooper) lands in Hawaii with his career under some unspecified cloud; now he’s serving as liaison between NASA, an eccentric billionaire (Bill Murray) and local natives, while being distracted by an old girlfriend (Rachel McAdams) and his gung-ho Air Force minder (Emma Stone). Writer-director Cameron Crowe pounds another nail in the coffin lid of his career, with a story that (like the dismal Elizabethtown) takes place on some strange planet that exists only in his head. The movie is a lumpy, half-baked mix of Hawaiian mythology, soggy soap opera, strained magic realism and hard-nosed politics. A decent cast (John Krasinski and Alec Baldwin also get stuck in the goo) gamely goes along, but little rings true, and suddenly Jerry Maguire is looking like a very long time ago. J.L.

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up cautiously with a female warrior (Charlize Theron) as the two seek to escape from a savage warlord (Hugh Keays-Byrne), taking the tyrant’s five wives with them to freedom. The script by Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris and director George Miller wastes little time on subtlety—or dialogue, for that matter; its few words are often mumbled or bellowed into unintelligibility. But it hardly matters; the movie is one long-running battle scene expertly staged and paced by Miller, with a judicious use of CGI that doesn’t insult us with the blatantly impossible. All we really need to know is who the good guys are, and Miller gives us that. J.L.

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A CIA desk-jockey (Melissa McCarthy) goes into the field to infiltrate a nuclear arms deal—and avenge the death of the agent who was her secret crush (Jude Law). Writerdirector Paul Feig, who guided McCarthy to an Oscar nomination for Bridesmaids, does her an even bigger favor here: He’s given her the movie and the role for which she’ll be remembered. The result is both a riotous spoof that grows funnier by the minute and a stylish example of the genre it’s spoofing, with a clever plot full of twists and surprises—for example, a hilarious turn by Jason Statham (who knew he had such a flair for comedy?) sending up his ultra-macho persona. Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale and Allison Janney round out a swell supporting cast. Sequels are inevitable—and if they’re this good, they’ll be welcome. J.L.

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The result, under the arrhythmic direction of the otherwise talented Elizabeth Banks, is a near-disaster—a comedy that isn’t funny and a musical that isn’t tuneful (and once again, this supposed a capella group doesn’t sing unaccompanied). The net effect is wincing sympathy for Anna Kendrick and Hailee Steinfeld, who deserve better. Most of the rest of the cast, having no discernible talent, can count their blessings to be working at all. (And what’s with Rebel Wilson? Aren’t her 15 minutes about ready to run out?) J.L.

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Heather Crocker of Nacho Business and the Riff Randals.

The group’s weird humor is a key component to its lo-fi music videos, a format that’s proven perfect for its minute-and-a-half-long tunes. “2 Killer,” for example, features a slow-motion shot of the band members falling out of their van, while “We’re in the Basement” includes shaky hand-held footage of the group playing in Sabatoni’s old childhood bedroom—with his real-life grandma making a cameo at the end and telling the band that they’re “good.”

“Mood Ring,” arguably the band’s best video, shows them rocking out in the garage as the camera does an obnoxious amount of zooming in and out during the song’s entire duration.

The inspiration for that video, Sabatoni says, comes from the opening scene in Detroit Rock City, which features its characters playing along to Kiss in the basement as the camera is zooming in and out.

“Seeing that it was like, ‘yeah, that’s what it means to be in a band,’” Sabatoni says.

Since Crocker joined, the trio’s refined its sound, Sabatoni adds. The music is still punk but now marries that with its love of the Beach Boys and twee pop.

It’s goofy, without ever being corny, and still retains a serious, aggressive punk-rock edge.

Crocker’s entry into the band happened by chance. The musician just happened to be present during the band’s last show with its original drummer. That night she told White and Sabatoni she wanted to join the band.

“I was kind of drunk and I [asked her], ‘How do I know you should be in the Croissants?’”

Sabatoni says. “She stood up on the table and yelled at everyone, ‘I want to be in the Croissants!’”

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“No joke, what’s up Sacramento?”

Catch the Croissants at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Hideaway Bar & Grill, 2565 Franklin Boulevard. Tickets are $5. Learn more at www.the croissants.com.

“It was this sea of people that were like, ‘Fuck you motherfuckers,’” Sabatoni says now.

Still, the Croissants—who should likely get a better reception when they play the Hideaway Bar & Grill on Saturday—felt like it was one of their better shows performance-wise.

Goofy banter is a significant part of any Croissants show. In fact once, after opening for the Los Angeles band Joyce Manor, that band’s singer suggested they release a live record featuring nothing but their onstage conversations.

Moreover that “Sacramento” joke was never intended to upset the Orange County crowd— or anyone for that matter. The Croissants aren’t antagonistic, just kind of silly and self-depreciating. They play fun, catchy, supershort punk rock tunes that fall somewhere between nerdy skate punk and amped up ’90s indie-pop.

“I feel like we’re little kids. There’s no depth.

I probably don’t know as much about punk as other punk bands,” Sabatoni says.

The group formed five years ago with the more outgoing Sabatoni’s personality contrasting with the quieter Hans White. The trio started with a different drummer, but switched things up two years ago, adding

The Croissants aren’t antagonistic, just kind of silly and self-depreciating.

Now, Sabatoni says, Crocker’s style of fast, fun playing has helped them refine their sound and become more prolific: In just two years they’ve filmed all those videos, and written and released more songs than they did in their first three years of existence.

Better yet, White adds, her presence helped give them direction and purpose. “Before there was so much uncertainty that there was no effort, it was like ‘we’re a band,’” White says. “Now … it’s ‘we’re the Croissants.’ This is what we are.”Ω

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Remembering the great: It was as if Neutral Milk Hotel didn’t really exist. It was as if the band’s disappearance in 1999—the year after it released its critically acclaimed sophomore record In The Aeroplane Over the Sea—meant the band had actually died. Neutral Milk Hotel became a myth, a legend—the indie band to start all indie bands; the one to inspire a generation of names like Arcade Fire, Beirut and the Decemberists to break out the accordions, horns and folk.

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But when Cherokee took the stage at 8 p.m. last Saturday, the crowd felt thin and lackluster. It was hot. Who really wants to go crazy when it’s still bright and sunny out?

By 8:30 p.m. though, more than 200 people were swinging their bodies around to Cherokee’s dreamy, nu-disco mixes: richly textured, upbeat house with doses of tropical and indie synthpop. Kenny the Dancing Man was into it, as was a group of hip-hop dancers who formed a lively circle to display their moves. Cherokee invited the crowd onstage, and they charged on with glee until, minutes later, they were told to descend. Still, everyone looked so happy, so carefree.

And as the sun started to set, it felt like the perfect soundtrack to the start of a sweltering summer.

—Janelle Bitker

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But singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum was just hiding, as he does.

Meanwhile, Mangum’s pool of fans grew into legions of worshipers. And when he announced a reunion in 2013, the world changed—for these fans, at least. The cult of Neutral Milk Hotel could finally see its idol.

That feeling of religious reverence permeated the Crest Theatre last Wednesday night. Neutral Milk Hotel announced its spring 2015 leg would be its “last tour for the foreseeable future.” The Sacramento show—the band’s second-to-laststop, potentially for forever—sold out months in advance.

Robert Schneider and John Ferguson of the Apples in Stereo— a fellow late ’90s and Elephant Six Collective band—opened the evening with a sweet acoustic set. The Apples in Stereo has been on its own hiatus for a few years, with the death of a member and singersongwriter Schneider going off to graduate school. “Now my fingers are soft like a little tiny baby’s fingers,” Schneider told the crowd.

The pair filled the theater with banter, silliness, awkward missteps and bromance, along with minimalist versions of their psychedelic pop.

Then, the moment everyone had been waiting for: Mangum walked onstage. The J.D. Salinger comparisons are abundant and appropriate— Mangum is notoriously reclusive.

He refuses interviews, doesn’t allow photos at concerts and abandoned music because of a nervous breakdown. At the Crest, Mangum hid behind a bushy beard and cap. Then, he hid behind his songs: beautiful, dark, strange, cathartic.

The rest of his band—as many as five people—joined him onstage and left throughout the show. It’s tough to say what was more powerful: watching Mangum’s solo vulnerability or the whole crew build sonic grandeur between multiple horns, banjo, violin, accordion and saw.

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Ah, the singing saw. Utility player Julian Koster supplied magical, ethereal tones—eerily similar to a theremin—with his bow and saw.

On other instruments, he spun around and around in circles, remarkably never tipping over.

Koster also provided some brief words for the audience. Mangum, too shy, tuned his guitar in silence and declined to acknowledge various calls and questions from fans. Not that he seemed like a jerk—he held his heart and expressed profuse gratitude at the end of the show.

And Mangum sounded nearly flawless—more than a decade has passed and yet his voice hasn’t aged. He did seem to rush through a few songs though, creating uneven moments while drummer Jeremy Barnes struggled to keep up or, expecting some rushing, actually got too far ahead. None of that was as distracting, though, as the Crest’s sound system which, sadly, overmodulated Mangum’s idiosyncratic vocals.

Then again, perfection doesn’t seem like Mangum’s style.

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Crocker Art Museum, 6 p.m., $7-$14

The Hideaway, 8 p.m., $5

Warmer weather means moving activities —including music—from inside to outside. Jazz in the Courtyard returns with Sacramento Jazz Orchestra. This 17-piece local nonprofit orchestra has performed since 2009 and will satisfy the desires of big-band lovers with instrumentals that are smooth, fun and just right for listening and dancing under the stars.

Blankets and chairs won’t block the way for those who want to slow down with Frank Foster’s “Shiny Stockings,” made famous by JAZZ Count Basie, or Arthur Schwartz’ “Alone Together.” If Duke Ellington, Tito Puente or Benny Goodman are to your liking, Sacramento Jazz Orchestra won’t disappoint with “Stompin’ at the Savoy” and other jazz classics. 216 O Street, www.sacjazz orchestra.com.

—Trina L. Drotar

Crest Theatre, 8 p.m., $30-$59

Featuring quick and dirty punk rock, the Bananas’ debut album Forbidden Fruit kicked open the door to Sacramento underground music culture in ’98 with 14 tracks of lo-fi, basement-recording appeal. Speedy, catchy harmonies and cheeky lyrics can be found throughout the band’s entire catalog. It’s PUNK been a number of years since the Bananas’ last performance, but the band says 99-percent of its preferred shows take place at house parties, so it seems the group is making an exception with this gig. Still, the Hideaway’s early evening shows tend to emit a loud, house party-like vibe. The Violence Creeps and Yogurt Brain from Oakland, along with Sacto’s own the Croissants, will also perform. 2565 Franklin Boulevard, www.nokilli.com/bananas.

City Winery, 8 p.m., $35-$65

It’s tempting to overthink the staying power of 1970s Swedish pop confection Abba and the fact that more than three POP decades later, a two-and-a-halfhour production—replete with sequins, tight harmonies, disco moves and put-on Swedish accents from a tribute band called ABBAsolutely fABBAulous—is touring theaters all over the country. But really, what more is there to say aside from the fact that when “Dancing Queen” comes on, singing along is about as voluntary as sneezing? Resistance is futile, “Mamma Mia,” so just embrace it and “feel that beat from the tambourine.” 1013 K Street, www.abbasolutelyfabbaulous.com.

—Deena Drewis

Although Eliane’s first name has probably been misspelled on more marquees and programs than she’d like to admit, her fans certainly know who she is. If you’re a fan of Brazilian music and enjoy a heavy dollop of piano thrown in for good measure, Elias serves up a wonderful concoction. Like the popular drink from her native country, the BRAZILIAN caipirinha, her music is both sweet and tantalizing while amazingly potent. Her latest album is called Made In Brazil and was released in late March to rave reviews. After stints on both RCA Victor and Blue Note records, the move to her current label Concord only seemed natural. 1030 Main Street in Napa, http://elianeelias.com.

—Eddie Jorgensen

—Steph Rodriguez

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Blue Lamp, 8 p.m., $15

Insight Coffee Roasters, 5 p.m., no cover

Sacramento has become quite the metal destination. Not only are national metal acts playing the fair city, so are many international acts. Brisbane, Australia’s Disentomb is a wicked quartet that’s DEATH METAL somehow channeled the best moments of the genre’s greatest exports without sounding coerced nor derivative. Its latest full-length album, Misery, came out in late 2014 and Disentomb’s here on American soil along with friends and labelmates as part of the appropriately dubbed Misery Across USA tour. Expect to have your mind blown and your innards mashed to a pulp. Also on the bill are Cerebral Effusion, Delusional Parasitosis, Iniquitous Deeds and Embodied Torment. 1400 Alhambra Blvd, www.facebook.com/disentomb.

—Eddie Jorgensen

There was a vibrant music scene in Brazil in the 1970s that most folks in the states are unaware of. Fortunately for us, we are home to Scott Soriano’s SS Records (and imprint Sol Re Sol). He is re-issuing two forgotten gems: Sidney Miller’s Linguas De Fogo (1974) and Alceu Valença’s Molhado de Suor WORLD (1974). These artists mixed bossa nova, tropicalia and psychedelic rock—fantastic records for music lovers of all genres. Soriano (Scott S) and Larry Rodriguez (Flower Vato, pictured) will be celebrating the release of these releases on Wednesday at Insight Coffee by spinning some of their tunes, as well as other obscure Brazilian tunes. 1901 Eighth Street, www.s-srecords.com.

—Aaron Carnes

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 7 p.m., $20 Glen David Andrews is yet another in a long line of musically talented native sons of New Orleans. His pedigree, though similar to Trombone Shorty and other roof-raising outfits like Rebirth Brass, is JAZZ distinctive. Andrews excites audiences by injecting his own manic personality into an amazing blend of gospel, funk, soul and R&B. The draw for many is the indefinable aspect of his talent which is evident in his showmanship. His voice and trombone provide the appeal that has long held spectators’ attention—whether it’s the sweetness of his soul, his roof-raising gospel, those funky horns or brass-band roots. Don’t miss GDA’s first appearance in Sacramento. 2708 J Street, www.glendavid andrewsband.com.

Fremont Park, 11:30 a.m., no cover Not to be confused with Hot City Pizza, Hot City is a local hot jazz band slated to play the Hot Lunch concert series, put on by music promoter Jerry Perry and Hot Italian. And if that’s not sounding hot enough for you, just think about the weather. Yikes. Bring a picnic and enjoy the sounds of New Orleans, lively, swingin’ classics by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and other jazz giants— all kicked up a notch with more exotic JAZZ elements. Think Latin American rhythms and Middle Eastern melodies—untraditional, but definitely still hot. If you wind up pleased, note that the Freebadge Serenaders perform the same lunchtime slot on July 23. 1515 Q Street, www.facebook.com/hotcityjazzband.

—Janelle Bitker

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2003 K St., (916) 448-8790

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FRIDAY 6/19

Tipsy Thursdays, Top 40 deejay dancing, 9pm, call for cover

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Saturday Boom, 9pm, call for cover

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

Mad Mondays, 9pm M, call for cover

SATISFI, 9:30pm, no cover

SOUL SHINE BAND, 9:30pm, no cover

ANDREW CASTRO, 2pm, no cover

Trivia Night, 6:30pm M, no cover; Open-mic night, 7:30pm W, no cover

EMBRYO, JAKE SIMMONS, ELECTRIC SNORKEL, LUCID; 8pm, $8

JAMIE NOVA SKY, 8pm M, $5; DISENTOMB, 8pm Tu, $15; COCKNEY REJECTS, 8pm W

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101 Main St., Roseville; (916) 774-0505

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THE BOARDWALK

ROACH GIGZ, 7pm, $20-$40

CALIFORNIA BEAR GANG, 7pm, $20

CABANA WINERY & BISTRO

SIDE TWO, 6:30pm, $5

THE HUCKLEBUCKS, 6:30pm, $5

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 5610 Elvas Ave., (916) 476-5492

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COUNTRY CLUB SALOON

’80s music, 9pm, no cover

DIPPIN SAUCE, 5pm, no cover

UNWOUND, 9pm-1am, no cover

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

DR. DOCTOR, NBKALLDAY; 8pm, $8

BOOTY AND THE BEAST, 9pm, $8

DIVE BAR

Deuling Pianos, 9pm, no cover

MASSIVE DELICIOUS, 9pm, no cover

FACES

Kamikaze Karaoke, 9pm-2am, no cover

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

MIKE JUSTIS BAND, BLUE MOON BOYS, BE BRAVE BOLD ROBOT; 4pm, no cover

ARTIFICIAL TREES, 9pm, $5

SEA LEGS, CORY NORRIS & GRILLED CHEESE; 9pm, $5

G STREET WUNDERBAR

THE BUMPTET, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Adrian G, 10pm, call for cover

BIG STICKY MESS, BONNIE & THE BANG BANG, DRIVE-THRU MYSTICS; 9:30pm

THE GOLDEN BEAR

DJ Shaun Slaughter, 10pm, no cover

DJ Crook One, 10pm, no cover

DJ Luke Brown, 10pm, no cover

Sizzling Saddles presents How The Breast Was Won, 9pm, $15

CHRIS GARDNER BAND, 9pm, $5

TYLER RICH, 10pm, call for cover

SKID ROSES, 9pm-midnight, $5

Lynn’s Hhangouts Rockfest 2015, 9pmmidnight, no cover SUPER HUEY, 7pm, $12; DURAN DURAN DURAN, MOTHER OF A GIRL; 10pm, $13

4007 Taylor Rd., Loomis; (916) 652-4007

1022 K St., (916) 737-5999 2000 K St., (916) 448-7798

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228 G St., Davis; (530) 756-9227 2326 K St., (916) 441-2252

GOLDFIELD TRADING POST 1603 J St., (916) 476-5076

HALFTIME BAR & GRILL

5681 Lonetree Blvd., Rocklin; (916) 626-6366

HARLOW’S

ERIC LINDELL, 7pm, $20-$25

JAMES GARNER, 7pm, $15-$18; WHISKEY & RYE, IDEATEAM; 10:30pm, $10

THE HIDEAWAY BAR & GRILL

Trash Rock Thursdays, 9pm, no cover

PAT TODD & THE RANKOUTSIDERS, FLESH HAMMERS; 8pm, $7

Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

Sit N’ Spin workshop and poetry slam, 6:45pm, no cover

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693 2565 Franklin Blvd., (916) 455-1331

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR 1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931

2708 J Street Sacramento, CA 916.441.4693 www.harlows.com 6/17 8PM $18 AT DOOR

ORGONE / THE NTH POWER 6/18 5:30PM $20ADV

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RANGE OF LIGHT WILDERNESS

6/19 5:30PM $15ADV

JAMES GARNER’S TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH

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6/24 5:30PM $20

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GLEN DAVID ANDREWS (JAZZ/FUNK/R&B FROM NEW ORLEANS)

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/22-6/24

KYLE, CODY BRAZIL, 3DI$ON; 7pm Tu, $14; MEWITHOUTYOU, FOXING; 7pm W, $15

ALBERT LEE, CINDY CASHDOLLAR; 8pm, THE COUNTESS KATYA SMIRNOFF-SKYY, AARON ROSS, YOUNG NUDIST, $27-$32 8pm, $22 CASUAL FOG; 7:30pm, $12-$14

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SUNDAY 6/21

TIMOTHY RHYME, 60 EAST, 7pm; Reggae KRAYZIE BONE, 8pm, $15-$30 w/ Wokstar and guest deejays, 9pm, $5

Skratchpad, 8pm, call for cover

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

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Jonathan Richman (early) Fairground Saints (late) Tainted Love Andy Allo Talking Heads Tribute The Ting Tings Big Business/Black Mackerel B Side Players The Aristocrats Built To Spill Andrew Castro The Helio Sequence / WIild Ones Young Rising Sons / Hunter Hunted Avant Tribe of the Red Horse Morgan James Dylan ‘65 Noah Guthrie Soul Asylum / Meat Puppets Father Sister Crayon Torche Ottmar Liebert The Mother Hips Good Ol’ Boyz

BOCA DO RIO, 9pm Tu; ICONOCLAST ROBOT, TWO PLANETS; 9pm W, no cover Kamikaze Karaoke, 9pm M; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Alazzawi, 9pm W, $3

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu; Northern Soul and Cornhole, 8pm W

VETIVER, KEVIN LEE FLORENCE, RANGE OF LIGHT, WILDERNESS; 8pm, $15-$18

Jen Kirkman, 8pm Tu, $15-$18

Metal Mass Brunch, noon, no cover; Sunday Sinema, 8pm, no coverRoger

Carpio, Tim Matranga, 9pm M; Cactus Pete, 8pm Tu; Twisted Trivia, 8pm W

BONEYARD RATTLERS, AARON LINKIN, JAY SHANER; 8:30pm, $5

Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M; Comedy, 8pm Tu; GLENS OF SMOW, 7pm W

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Saturday, July 18 take out

Saturday, July 25 terry sheets

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THURSDAY 6/18

FRIDAY 6/19

SATURDAY 6/20

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN

JULIE MEYERS, DOMINIGUE FRICOT, VINNIE GUIDERA; 8:30pm, $6

MATHEW HIGGINS, THE LIVELIES; 8:30pm, $5

ADAM BLOCK, CALLOW, ROYAL JELLY; 8:30pm, $5

Jazz session, M; BASKET HOUSE, CLOUD-SPOTTER; 8:30pm W, $5

OLD IRONSIDES

1901 10th St., (916) 442-3504

Acoustic Folk Music Night, 8pm, no cover

INFERNO OF JOY, BLACK SADDLE HOOKERS, LONELY BULLS; 9pm, $6

THE TROUBLEMAKERS, THE SUTTERS IV, MS. SCHNEIDER FOUR; 9pm, $7

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover; Open-mic, 9pm W, no cover

ON THE Y

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

CHAOS IN MIND, KAUSTIK, SOUR DIESEL, SEKTOR209; 8:30pm, $6

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

CORKY SIEGEL, AKI KUMAR, MARK HUMMEL, KYLE ROWLAND; 8:30pm, $25

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, 8pm, $20

LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS, 8pm W, $20

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

ONOFF, FOR ALL I’VE DONE, THE HYBRID CREEPS; 9:30pm, $5

RIOTMAKER, MDSO, SURVIVING THE ERA; 9:30pm, $5

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, W, no cover

BRYAN WHITE, JOSH BUDRO BAND; 8pm, call for cover

TAKE OUT, 10pm, call for cover

WILD CHILD, 10pm, call for cover

KYLE ROWLAND, 3pm, call for cover

Top 40 w/ DJ Rue, 9pm, $5

Top 40 w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9pm, $5

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

PEEKABLUE, 9pm, call for cover

HUMBLE WOLF, 9pm, no cover

ALEX JENKINS, 9pm, no cover

1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

670 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-3731

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825

PISTOL PETE’S

140 Harrison Ave., Auburn; (530) 885-5093

POWERHOUSE PUB

614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586

THE PRESS CLUB

2030 P St., (916) 444-7914

SHADY LADY SALOON

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Then do it! Now would be a good time to take a sabbatical from any situation that feels too demanding or frustrating. You wouldn’t incur the wrath of the gods or the twists of karma if you sneaked away to indulge in some recreational frivolity.

For the foreseeable future, “relax” and “surrender” are your words of power.

Theologian Karl Barth speculated that when the angels get together to praise and honor God with music, they perform the compositions of Bach. But when they are playing for each other, they are more likely to choose Mozart. I guess that’s because Mozart’s stuff is loose and free and inventive compared to Bach, who’s formal and sober and systematic. Mozart is more for parties, while Bach is for serious occasions. I’m seeing the coming days as a time when you, like the angels, should be especially willing to express yourself in very different ways, depending on the audience.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are

fully committed to being both honest and kind, you will have more power to heal other people than you’ve had in a long time. You will have a resemblance to a magic potion or a wonder drug. Here’s a caveat, however: The therapeutic influence you have to offer might be scary to those who aren’t ready to be cured. The solutions you propose could be disruptive to anyone who is addicted to his or her problems. That’s why I advise you to be discerning about how you share yourself.

P.S. The medicine you are generating is not too potent for your own use. It’s exactly what you need to transform limitation into liberation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Each of us has at least one pesky ghost or nagging demon that occupies a dark corner of our psyches. It may have been there for years, or we might have picked it up more recently during a phase of temporary insanity. In any case, most of us can benefit from conducting a periodic banishing ritual. Now would be prime time for you to do just that. Ready? With your imagination, draw a clockwise circle of your favorite-colored light on the floor or ground. Next, identify an image that makes you feel happy and safe, and visualize four versions of it at the four cardinal points, hovering three feet above your circle. Then say this: “I dissolve any hex and banish any pest that has been draining my energy. I purge any wasteful emotions, unsound ideas and trivial desires that I may have grown attached to.” To put the seal on your magic, laugh for two minutes.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before

E. Annie Proulx became a Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist, she wrote a series of how-to books, including a dairy foods cookbook and an instructional text on making your own hard cider. But the manual of hers that I especially want to call your attention to right now is Plan and Make Your Own Fences & Gates, Walkways, Walls & Drives. It might be inspirational for you to read it. You’re in a phase when it makes perfect sense to create new paths for yourself to travel on. This will allow you to forgo at least some of the paths that others have built and that can’t actually take you where you need to go.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

By my estimation, 97 percent of the population is chronically starving for the pleasure of being listened to with deep empathy and focused intelligence.

Very few of us enjoy the prolonged and undivided attention of a receptive ally on a regular basis. It’s rare to be in the presence of a person whose sole agenda is to be innocently curious about you. Your assignment, Capricorn, is to go on a quest to remedy this shortfall. Figure out how you can get the skillful listening you’re missing. (P.S. One way to prime the magic is to offer yourself up as a skillful listener to others.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m getting itchy to see you blow your own cover. I would love you to come all the way out of your hiding place, even if just for a while, and see what happens if you make full disclosures and brave displays. My hope is that you will close the gap between the real you and the images that people have of you. Does that sound interesting? Or have you become so fond of being a big riddle that you can’t imagine any other way to be? Maybe I can tempt you to be more self-revelatory if I add this: Taking your disguises off even briefly will enable you to discover intriguing secrets about yourself. And then once you put your disguises back on, you will seem more mysterious than ever.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At

this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, British singer Sam Smith won in four categories. His tune “Stay with Me” was named Song of the Year. In one of his acceptance speeches, Smith expressed appreciation for the difficult muse who inspired the song. “I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love with last year,” he said. “Thank you so much for breaking my heart, because you got me four Grammys.” I invite you to come up with a comparable expression of gratitude, Aquarius. What experience that seemed like tough luck at the time has actually turned out to be a blessing? Now would be a perfect time to acknowledge and relish and make full use of the unexpected grace.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A new cycle will

begin for you after your birthday.

Between now and then you will be wrapping up the current cycle. I invite you to do so with a flourish. Don’t just wait around passively for the themes of the last 11 months to fade away or go to sleep.

Instead, set an intention to bring them to a climactic close. Schedule a splashy graduation or a grand finale. Plan a cathartic party or a celebratory rite of passage. Take a playful leap of faith or try that magic trick you’ve been saving for the perfect moment. Or all of the above!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I’m tired of

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Bay

of Fundy is a branch of the Atlantic Ocean between the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It’s renowned for its tidal range. When high tide comes, the water may be as much as 53 feet higher than what it is at low tide. The shift back and forth happens twice a day. I’m wondering if in the coming weeks your emotional ebb and flow will have a similar variability. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you could experience both very high highs and very deep depths. Please note that when I say “depths,” I don’t mean sadness or despair. Rather, I’m talking about a profound ability to feel your way into the heart of things.

all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep,” said author Jean Kerr. “That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?” In accordance with the current astrological omens, Virgo, you should feel free to play around with that impish idea. Just for now, appreciate and enjoy the surfaces of things. Make decisions based on first impressions and instant analyses. Give your attention and energy to what looks appealing to you, and don’t think too hard about stuff that presents a boring appearance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Now is a

favorable time to wish upon a star. In other words, you can enhance the likelihood that your wish will come true if you choose this phase of your cycle to enlist the assistance of a higher power. It’s your duty to make sure, however, that you wish upon the right star. Pick a higher power that can truly help you with your wish, not necessarily one that has worked for other people’s wishes. Here’s another

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How do you break the ice in the hip-hop class?

I get up there in the classroom, and I’m like, “Alright, who can tell me who Afrika Bambaataa is?” And they’re like, “What?”

“OK, who are the five guys in Grandmaster Flash’s group?” And they’re like, “I know it, I know it,” and they’re coming up with the answers, and I’m just joking with them about that stuff. It was like instantly we were just kind of connecting with this cool history and culture.

Tough question.

There’s Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy and ...

That’s right. Melle Mel is the one guy I kind of home in on with his influence on rap.

Cowboy, he came up with the term hiphop, so I’ve read. He was making fun of a friend who was going to join the army, and so he sort of like scat improvised mocking him, like you’re marching: “Hip-hop, hip-hop.”

Do you know what these guys have done to be in prison?

No, I don’t. A lot of them, I’d say almost all of them, I don’t know what’s going on. The way I think about that has been, “Here I am looking at you now, and time is going forward and we’re going forward, so we need to think in that direction.” Just kind of on a personal level, it’d be devastating thing to be remembered for the worst things I’ve done.

How’d you go from punk rock to classical guitar?

If I get into something, I really get into it—like skateboarding, I was so serious about it. I was so persistent. So my personality kind of lends itself to that.

And so I kept grinding into guitar as a high schooler, just working at it more and more, and just starting to discover fingerstyle on my own, and writing music on my own. As I got to college, I didn’t know what I wanted to study, and I had a moment where I was

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outside of this organic chemistry class, and I wasn’t quite sure where is was going—really having this big question-mark moment. Over some time I reflected on all the music I had been driven to do and motivated by, and I just knew I needed to just jump in fully. And that was two weeks into that semester, and I switched all my classes and I just literally jumped in kind of late. But I loved it right away.

Are any students really talented?

I haven’t met anyone in there that’s already taken classical guitar, but a lot of times they know about guitar and can do a couple riffs.

Part of the success of it all is that the classical guitar is really challenging, and I found out really early on that they respond to structure and to challenge. And so when I first started, it was really strict, it was like pretty hardcore. There was no wiggle room. I was like a drill sergeant classical guitarist guy. But you know what, it was funny, they really responded positively to that.

How else do prisoners respond to your classes?

I’m an artist, I’m not a therapist. But just by pursuing excellence in what I do, and demanding that, I guess the music really became this interface for an exchange of humanity and transformation is kind of what starts to happen.

There’s actually one guy that I work with now from my first class, and he’s become an exceptional guitar player.

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He’s doing everything from Bach to “Here Comes the Sun” fingerstyle. He actually just performed yesterday two Bach gavottes from the sixth cello suite arranged for guitar, and it was like, “Wow.” I can’t really talk names, obviously, but I’ll tell you this: They have these little monikers, names they come up with. One of these guys that I’ve been teaching for a long time, he’s since given up that name, and changed his name back to his real name. It’s like; “What just happened?”

Like the real him was starting to come out?

Right. Another guy that was in this class, in the same yard, when we first started, even though he had kind of earned his way in, there was still an attitude. You could tell. Later, I got letters from his mom. This is so heavy, but his mom would write me and one of her letters said, “I can’t thank you enough for your work with my son.

I had visitation time with him,” and then she goes, “thanks for giving my son back.”

I was like; “What just happened? Oh my gosh, I’m just teaching music, this is crazy.”

But I could see that transformation in him as well—his attitude, he was different, he was appreciative, grateful. Ω Gabe Becker plays guitar in the rock group the Silent Game (www.reverbnation.com/thesilentgame, performing on Saturday, June 27, at Shine Coffee), and also as a solo classical guitarist (www.facebook.com/GuitaristGabeBecker).

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