the Sac Rag

A) The Ohio Players
B) James Brown
C) The flavor of my pulled pork sandwich from Yunece yesterday.

What do these things have in common?
They’re all funky.
That’s right, there was some serious funk coming off of my pulled pork sammie from Yunece 61 the other day. We’re talking get-down-with-your-bad-self, break-out-in-a-cold-sweat, make-me-hurt-myself kind of funk Add to that the nearly tasteless potato salad served on the side and you can pretty much toss my whole visit into the crapper. Continue reading “Yunece 61″ »

A quick reminder that the Sacramento Area Music Awards are tonight at the Crest Theater. Doors at 5, show begins at 6. More than a dozen local bands will perform. I will be sporting the sweet-ass Cinderella shirt that I chose from my roommate’s selection of 4 Cinderella shirts. Why? Not sure.

$10 at the door.

Hall of Famer third baseman Mike Schmidt will be making an appearance tomorrow at Raley Field before the River Cats game.

Former Major League third baseman Mike Schmidt will visit Raley Field on Friday, July 18th to help raise awareness of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as enlarged prostate. The Hall of Famer has partnered with Minor League Baseball to launch the national program, “BPH Game Plan Starts with U: Catch the Whole Game,” aimed at urging men to talk to their doctors about annual prostate screenings.

Say it with me: Usin the whole fist there, Dinger?

Fans are invited to meet Schmidt from approximately 7:05 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. on the Foul Ball Patio (left field line) where he will be available to autograph free Mike Schmidt over-sized baseball cards.

Cool!!

This isn’t the first time that the racist idiocy that is the comments box at the Sac Bee has come to my attention. We here at the Rag, and other bloggers like Heckasac have often pointed out the problem.

Today’s racist idiocy comes from this story of the shooting death of a young woman in Oak Park: Continue reading “Sac Bee comments must be stopped - UPDATED” »

Our 7th (!) wedding anniversary was yesterday, and we made a weekend of it by celebrating with dinner out on Friday. Now since we have three little kids we don’t exactly eat out often, so when we do we run into that age-old diner’s dilemma: stick with a restaurant you know and love, or take a chance on something new. With the usual, you are very likely to be pleased, and with something new, you can only rely on word of mouth (or word of Yelp) recommendations. And there’s no accounting for taste, especially with the more adventurous kinds of food. We usually err on the side of the classic you know and love. It’s not that we’re not adventurous eaters–not Anthody Bourdain rancid shark, pig anus adventurous, but we can step out of our comfort zone when it seems like a winner.

This year we opted for a favorite we hadn’t visited in a while: Three Sisters.

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A short road trip out to the Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel will, once again, giving us the opportunity to try out for a nationally syndicated game show.

Three weeks ago, a few of us tried out for Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and I received my postcard yesterday saying that I’m officially in the contestant pool.

Next Friday, the Jeopardy! Brain Bus will be pulling into town (at least this one won’t require a 4am wake up time!)

Who wants to go?

Last night, while waiting for Quiz Master Ken to grade the Streets of London Pub Quiz answer sheets, Stickie and I were chatting with Lisa and Todd.

I asked what final things they feel like they need to do before leaving town, and Lisa asked, “Oh, like our Sacramento Bucket List?” She referenced yet another breakfast at Tower Cafe and outing to The Trap, and they’d recently gone rafting on one of our region’s raging waterways. I suggested throwing out the first pitch at a Rivercats game or spending the night at Sutter’s Fort.

What would be on your Sacramento Bucket List? Beating The Bee at pub quiz? Hitting every single gallery on Second Saturday? Riding the log ride at the State Fair with Poppy? Breakfast at the Market Club?

Hyperbole be damned! Tonight is California’s Grape & Gourmet.
Cal Expo, buildings A & B
5:30pm-8:30pm
Taste from 600 award-winning wines (designated driver and liver recommended)
Award winning microbrews and cheeses
Samples from over 90 area restaurants
Tix are $50, $70 at the door
www.thebestcaliforniawine.com

Sac Bee’s Rachel Leibrock reports that Dave Walker and Lois Hart will be retiring this year, according to Lois herself in a very cute detail. And I have to confess that I did not know that Dave and Lois were the first anchors of CNN, or I forgot it. But I found the video (You have to sit through Ted Turner talking first…)

A little belated, and not as good as the ones zokuga snapped at the Folsom Cattle Drive but I thought I’d share my photos from the Fourth of July classic hometown parade in Nevada City. Click through for a slideshow…
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