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Neighborhood Guides
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Neighborhood GuidesParks and green spaces around the Greater Sacramento Region
Sacramento gets called the City of Trees, and the nickname does most of its own explaining, since the shade here is public and it is planted…
Neighborhood GuidesTen reasons NOT to move to Natomas, CA
Natomas is one name covering two housing markets and a flood zone that is still interim, so the honest case against living there is water…
Neighborhood GuidesThe national parks within a day of Sacramento
Sacramento sits within a day of more national parks than almost any other city in the country, and that is worth weighing when you decide where…
Neighborhood GuidesTen reasons to move to Natomas, CA
Natomas is a single name covering two housing markets, and Interstate 80 is the line between them, so the freeway decides which one you are shopping…
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to find fall color around the Greater Sacramento Region
Every autumn somebody asks me where to find fall color around Sacramento, and the honest answer is that it depends on elevation and how cold…
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to actually get breakfast around Sacramento
There is a version of this list that ranks breakfast places, and there is a version that tells you which ones are still cooking when you…
Neighborhood GuidesTen reasons NOT to move to Elk Grove, CA
Every town has two versions of itself: the one you see when you are looking, and the one the people who live there would hand you…
Neighborhood GuidesWhere to Shop Local Around Sacramento for the Holidays
The Saturday after Thanksgiving is Small Business Saturday, and the shops it points at are the ones a neighborhood leans on all year, not only…
Neighborhood GuidesHow to choose a caterer for a holiday party around Sacramento
Every December I notice the same thing about the hosts who actually enjoy their own parties, and it is not that they are better cooks. It…
Neighborhood GuidesWhat to actually do in winter around the Sacramento region
Every winter I make a list of things I am going to do around here, and every winter about a third of it survives contact…
Neighborhood GuidesWhat to do with the kids when school is out around Sacramento
By the third morning of a school break, the promise has usually run out. The first day is a holiday. The second day is a break.…
Neighborhood GuidesTen reasons to move to Elk Grove, CA
Elk Grove is the rare suburb where the first thing to understand is which government you are paying. The pool, the trails, the sports leagues…
