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Neighborhood Guides
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Neighborhood GuidesCoffee shops around the Sacramento Region, and which room fits your morning
The coffee shop you choose says less about the coffee than about what you need that hour, and the region has a different room built…
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to cut your own Christmas tree around the region, and how not to bring home a giant
Two decisions shape every Christmas tree trip around Sacramento, and both of them are cheaper to make in your driveway than in a muddy field…
Neighborhood GuidesMuseums around Sacramento, and how much of a day each one takes
The museum you pick around Sacramento should depend less on what you are interested in and more on how much of an afternoon you actually have…
Neighborhood GuidesCozy restaurants around the region, and what actually makes a room feel like one
Cozy is not a style of decor so much as a set of conditions, and most of those conditions can be checked from the doorway before…
Neighborhood GuidesDine Downtown: the one week a restaurant picks your dinner
Dine Downtown is the one week of the year when Sacramento restaurants hand you a shorter menu at a single price, and the shorter menu…
Neighborhood GuidesValentine dinner around Sacramento when you did not book ahead
Valentine dinner is the one night a year when every room that takes reservations is full and the rooms that do not are quietly holding…
Neighborhood GuidesTen reasons to move to Sacramento, CA
Sacramento is not one housing market. It is a stack of them, and the house you are looking at belongs to exactly one layer, which decides…
Neighborhood GuidesWinter farmers markets around Sacramento, and what is actually in season
Winter is the season when the Sacramento region keeps more farmers markets open than most people expect, and the produce is better than the weather suggests.
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to find a birthday cake for your dog around Sacramento
A dog bakery is a strange little business, because the customer cannot eat anything in the case and the person paying is buying a birthday they…
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to eat near Sacramento DoCo, by how far you will walk
The hardest part of eating near Golden 1 Center is not picking a restaurant, it is deciding how far you are willing to walk before…
Neighborhood GuidesHappy hour around Sacramento: where it happens and what the deal costs you
Happy hour is the one part of the restaurant day when the kitchen and the customer want the same thing at the same time, which…
Neighborhood GuidesFather’s Day around the Sacramento Region: what actually happens
Planning this day in the Sacramento region works better once you stop hunting for one big event and start instead with the thing he already likes…
