Posts Tagged ‘sacramento dessert’

Home for the Holidays

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

This weekend provides a rare opportunity for people like you and me to get a glimpse inside some of the wonderful homes of East Sacramento during the Sacred Heart Home Tour. Admission is a bit steep at $30 ($20 advanced) but it’s for a good cause…

 

Speaking of delightful old houses… check out this charming Georgian house advent calendar (first spied on Posy’s adorable blog). I could crawl inside and live there forever!

If you are planning to drive around looking at Christmas lights this December, be sure to stop at Ginger Elizabeth’s for a cup of her amazing Oaxacan Hot Chocolate with homemade marshmallows. [If you recall this was on my list of to-do’s for December] I’m so addicted to everything in her shop… I have to restrain myself and count the days between visits.

After indulging at GE’s shop, you might want to walk/jog/dance it off while listening to some new tunes. I’m at an age now where I rarely buy new music but I was in a bar on Thankgiving night… which sounds more dubious than it was… surrounded by fresh out of college hipsters and listening to a great band on the jukebox. I liked the tune so much, I leaned over the bar and yelled to the bartender “who is this?” – pointing up in the air at some undefinable entity above. The bartender continued to dry a glass as she stoically replied, “The Kills.”

And this next bit is what makes me feel old… I actually got out a pen and piece of paper and wrote down the name of the band. C’mon! Because The Kills is just too hard for me to remember? I could understand if it was Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci…

Anyway, I bought the cd and have been enjoying it this week. I also recommend going back and checking out their previous releases.

Sacramento Dessert Nostalgia

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

I’m up late tonight after overindulging in too much caffeine-laden Ghirardelli chocolate and am now consumed by obsessive mental list making.  Instead of fighting it, I’ve decided to share one of the lists with you now.

Sacramento Dessert Places That I Miss

Farrell’s – Nobody ever mentioned any plane crash to me.  I loved that place.  I don’t remember much about it except a lot of commotion when someone’s birthday was announced and there was a sundae with the word “trough” in the name.

Swensens – Perhaps the first time you could get malt balls on your hot fudge sundae.  I’m trying to remember the location – was it in the old Arden Fair mall?

Double Rainbow – No Double Rainbow and now no Tower at Watt Avenue.  If Sam’s goes under, that strip mall will be a complete wasteland.

Winchells donuts – I’m told these are still around in Southern California.  I think the “old fashioned” was my favorite.

Tarts and Truffles – So many things that I loved about this bakery.  Whenever anyone had a birthday in my office, I used to get the Chocolate Euphoria cake from T&T even if the person would have preferred the Fruit Basket cake from Freeport Bakery.  I also loved the T&T maple with chocolate chip donuts and the take/bake pizzas.

The Joy of Cookies/My Mom’s Cookies – Far tastier than Mrs. Fields, these mall cookies were cakey and delicious.  For awhile there was a store in Market Square and a portable outside Macy’s on K Street.

Gelato Robi on J Street – aka Gelati Robi, a great place that made me feel sophisticated and worldly at the ripe old age of 16.  The place didn’t last long.

Can’t remember the name dessert place on 21st near N street – I remember getting a latte and a slice of some sort of chocolate torte here quite a few times, but am completely blanking on the name.

I’m sure there are other great places that I for one reason or another didn’t frequent (Philips bakery comes to mind).  Hopefully putting this list down on paper (virtually) will get it out of my head and allow me to fall into blissful sleep.  If not, there are a couple of Nyquil liquid gels with my name on it (kids – don’t self-medicate!).