Archive for May, 2010
By William Burg photos by Jesse Vasquez
Shawn Eldredge is a house painter, general contractor and neighborhood activist. His first attempt at public office, a bid for Sacramento mayor in 2008, gave him more notoriety for his long hair and Led Zeppelin T-shirts than his policy positions. After shedding the hair for a charity event this spring, and trading the T-shirt for a Kevin Seconds-designed “Shawn Eldredge for District 3” T-shirt (with a zeppelin on it), Shawn explained some of his vision for Sacramento while hanging out at Temple Coffee’s 28th & S Street location. Read more »
By Jackson Griffith photos by Scott Duncan
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home,” a sign over the door tells you as you’re leaving Art Ellis Supply, a comfortably funky purveyor of artist’s and bookbinder’s materials that has been a fixture on J Street in Midtown Sacramento since 1948. It’s something Sharon Tanovitz, half of the husband-and-wife team that has owned the shop since 1976, found somewhere and decided to share. The source? “Anonymous,” she says. “The other one I’ve always wanted to do was: ‘Remember – everyone was a beginner once.'” Read more »
Here’s the delicious apple sauce recipe I promised in my article on cooking classes. This is a superb accompaniment to some pan-fried pork chops. This sauce will make your mouth go crazy.
Paulette Bruce’s Ginger Applesauce
For more information about Paulette’s cooking classes go to: goodeatscookingclasses.com
Ingredients
5 Pippin or Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
¼ cup sugar
juice and zest of one lemon
2 tablespoons sake
1 tablespoon peeled and grated ginger
pinch of cayenne
Directions
Place the apples, sugar, lemon juice, zest, and sake in a saucepan. Heat it not quite to the boiling point.
Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook until the apples are tender, about 15 minutes.
Be careful not to scorch the apples.
Stir in the ginger and cayenne.
by Guphy Gustafson photos by Jesse Vasquez
No doubt y’all are just as sick of writers scoffing at the phrase “world class city” as you are of hearing it out of the mouths of our politicians. But I can’t let it go. Sorry readers, I just cannot let it go. Every person who has picked up a “women’s” magazine knows the importance of being attractive. They also may learn that the easiest way to do this is to play up your assets. So how can we apply this advice and turn Sacramento into a World Class Lady? Read more »
By Sarah Singleton Photos by Scott Duncan
Jonathon Modrow and Kimio Bazett didn’t know what they were getting into back in 2003 when they decided to open up a neighborhood bar in Sacramento. They had taken over a nineteenth-century building that once housed local hotspots Drago’s, Café Montreal and Café Paris, amongst other incarnations. Little did they know that they had purchased The Money Pit. Read more »
Story and photos by Michele Hébert
Cheerful Euphorbia, Heuchera, and Erysimum flowers wave in the spring breeze, while the blue-winged Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly mingles in the air with honey bees. Rare and exotic trees like the wispy Kashmir Cypress and cartoonish Bunya-bunya tree tower over native irises and feathery yarrow plants. The WPA Rock Garden in William Land Park, built in 1940 as part of the New Deal’s Work Projects Administration, has become a haven for local fauna, a destination for gardeners and photographers, and a refuge for Sacramentans young and old. Read more »
I like letters.
Putting together each issue of Midtown is a little bit like building a bike while riding it at the same time: you just keep moving and figure you’re doing good if the wheels don’t fall off. Read more »
The Odonata release party was off the chain! That’s brewer Peter Hoey, below left, and Shack owner Gary Sleppy on the right. They sold out of the saison, and a few other beers as well. Gary was elated at the turnout. The bottles of saison are still waiting for full carbonation to occur, so for now, on draught is the only way to sample this beer. Wow, what an awkward sentence that is. Oh well, this is just a blog!
