Dining on the River
Summer’s here, and it’s about time you got down to the river
By Greg Sabin
 One of the treats of a Sacramento summer is watching the world float by on the Sacramento River. In my mind, there’s no better way to enjoy the river—other than putting on a pair of trunks and jumping in—than grabbing a seat at one of the many restaurants along the riverbank and sipping on a cocktail or tucking |
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Feats of Clay
Famed ceramicist came to art from the world of science
By Jessica Goldman
 It’s a bit of a shock to discover that celebrated local ceramicist Lee Kavaljian was once told he couldn’t have his dream job. “I wanted the art curator’s job at the Art Institute of Chicago,” the Illinois native says over a cup of coffee at an East Sac Peet’s, where everyone, barista and customer alike, greets him by name. “So I looked up the guy’s name in the phone book and made an appointment to see what I needed to do to get the job.”
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Marylon Rose
This Secondhand Rose brings the community together at her antiques faire
By Catherine Warmerdam
 On the second Sunday of each month, nearly 300 vendors and more than 3,000 visitors congregate under the freeway at 21st Street and between W and X for a collective celebration of all things old. An antiquer’s paradise, the Sacramento Antique Faire offers something from just about every era and for every taste. The one priceless thing that’s not for sale? The fair’s great community vibe. In this interview, fair |
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Noshing at Noon
Downtown lunch places hit the spot
By Greg Sabin
The lunch business is a tough racket. Ninety percent of your patrons come in between the hours of noon and 1, hungry, harried and looking for a brief distraction from the workday. A restaurant owner can spend hours prepping, cooking and organizing just to be ready for that lunch rush. Almost every customer is a local, so serve one bad meal and the word spreads like wildfire. The lunch business may be a tough racket, but these three downtown spots have perfected it.
Fog Mountain Cafe - 1000 I Street
Chef Eric Harnish and his crew manage to put out some of |
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Great Gatsby’s
This Arden restaurant serves Sacramento’s most careful burger
By Greg Sabin
 My friends Chris and Mel just wouldn’t let up. They kept extolling the virtues of a strange little restaurant in the Arden area. The place featured hamburgers and diner fare and, said the two, delivered all of it with a sophisticated flair that belied the humble contents of the menu. I trusted their opinions, sure, but just couldn’t see what could be |
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Laughing All the Way
This mom of six finds the humor in everyday parenting
By Jessica Goldman
 You might expect someone with six kids to have a sense of humor, not to mention nerves of steel.
Duffy Kelly, local journalist and author of Don’t Take It From Me, a collection of essays on her exploits and escapades as a mother, is no exception.
“Life as a mom is hard,” Kelly says over coffee at an Arden-area Starbucks. “It’s boring, it’s tedious, you always have a big pile of socks to match and you drive around for hours doing errands. But you have to take the everyday things and focus on the positive. You have to be able to make fun of |
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