Well, to start off, I’m full and happy after a lunch at Curry Corner. It’s a great Indian Food lunch buffet here in the Natomas area. All you can eat and all gooooood.

Last night we saw an advance screening of a new movie, City Island (web site, more info, even more info). It’s a very funny comedy with heart. We were laughing out loud and so was everyone else in the theater. Great writing, brisk pace, and funny! Go see it!

And let’s be sure to add some April birthday wishes for my sister Steph, my ex-sister-in-law Connie, and our friend Jared (the big 30).

And talking about Jared, he just started up a food-related blog over at JaredEatsWorld. Go visit and tell him stevenology sent you!

Last Friday night we went to see the Sacramento Rivercats baseball game. It was fun, always is, but they lost. They choked at the end. Oh well, you can’t win them all.

OK, faithful readers, what do you think of all THAT?

There’s more info about her and why she ran the race in my blog post the other day. Check it out. But the important thing is that she set a goal and then accomplished it. And in the meantime, she made a bunch of money for her chosen art charity.

Way to go, Petra. We’re hecka proud of you!

and it’s not too late if you want to make a donation   ;-)

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If you would like to donate make checks payable to “Race for the Arts” and send to Petra B. Wynbrandt, P.O. Box 340564, Sacramento, CA 95834-0564.

Read her statement in her own words after the jump:

Please support me (Petra B. Wynbrandt) in the Race for the Arts!

I am participating in the Race for the Arts on Friday August 28th.  The will be my first 5k run/walk in 20 years! (Actually my only other 5k was in 1989). 

The Race for the Arts is a charity event to raise funds for non-profit art organizations.  100% (yes 100%) of all donations I raise will go to the Women’s Wisdom Project, an art program of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.   This program is free for all women!  It’s a healing through art type program, which I am a strong supporter of.  I believe art was significant in helping me through chemo brain while I was going through cancer treatment.   Although I had lots of support from friends and family, and the financial means to pay for my own art classes, I am very much aware that many women don’t have these same advantages.  Supporting this program is a way I can help those women.   

If you are interested in making a pledge to the race, please contact me at pb@dazedandfused.com.  Checks are to be made out to “Race for the Arts” .

Thank you,

Petra B 

More information about the Women’s Wisdom Project can be found at http://www.sfbs.org/womenswisdompg.htm

If you can benefit from the Women’s Wisdom Project art program please contact the program manager, Helen Plenert (916) 456-1980 or hplenert@sfbs.org  to attend an orientation.  It’s free for all women!

If you are interested in donating to the Women’s Wisdom Project at a later date, please visit the website or program director listed above.  Even if you aren’t sponsoring me in this race, I encourage you to consider this wonderful program for your charitable giving.  (I have no involvement in this program, I just appreciate the work they do.)

So how about it, help out a worthy art-related charity. And make stevenology happy too! Donate now!!

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I’m not a huge sports fan but I do like to watch basketball. We have season tickets to the Sacramento Kings. OK, you can quit smirking now. I know they just finished the season with the worst record in the NBA. And the worst record for a Kings team ever. That’s why they can only get better!

We like going to quite a few games and usually sell some of the tickets too. But we were seriously considering not renewing our tickets for the next year (2009-10). After thinking it over, we decided to renew after all, based on a ticket price reduction (for season ticket holders only) as well as some extra benefits and perks that they’ve thrown in. The team is rebuilding and I do think they will improve. There will be one or more new players via draft picks soon, maybe even some impact players. And you never know what kind of trade they might cook up.

So, let’s see what happens. We’re sticking with the team and they could use the support. They stunk up the joint have plenty of room for improvement, sure, but I think there is some reason to be hopeful. At least I hope

And if you are looking for some game tickets for next season, let us know. Ours will be cheaper than the box office price!!

So leave me a comment below, maybe it will help them win…

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But just in case you want to know or comment, here are some things I did in the last week or so:

Today we had a great all-you-can-eat Indian food buffet lunch at Pooja in West Sacramento. Man, it was really good, go there! The we went to friend Jared‘s new house near there. He and his girlfriend Ashleigh just bought it and it is very nice, it should be a great place for them.

Yesterday we worked on the front lawn for part of the day, it looks much better. Then we went to the Sacramento Kings game. They retired Vlade Divac’s jersey in a really nice ceremony, and then the Kings were two points ahead with 1.7 seconds left. And the damn other team tossed in a three-pointer at the buzzer. How painful is that?!?!

Monday we took one of the cars in for a 30,000 servicing. Petra name-dropped a different dealer and the one that we took it to gave us a discount! Way to go, PB! Then Petra had her weekly mentoring some kids at the nearby school.

Sunday we went to another Kings game and they beat a very good team. Way to go Kings!

Saturday we worked in the back yard for most of the day and got some work done there. Looks nice, thought there is still plenty to be done

Right now I’m listening to a Tom Waits bootleg video that is hella cool. It’s mostly from the 70s and 80s and is vintage Tom. If you like him, you’ll know what I mean.

And the very first sneak peak for the upcoming Bumbershoot festival was announced today. Check it out at www.bumbershoot.org, lots more artists to be added and announced in the next few months.

Also, Prince was recently on the Jay Leno Tonight Show for three nights in a row. Did anyone else see that? If so, what did you think?

See that’s the kind of rivetting ranting that was part of the old blog. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

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It started Saturday the 16th with the First Annual Elk Grove Artists Open Home Studio Tour. We got a bit of a late start and only had time for three or so stops. However, each stop had multiple artists showing their work. And just in thos stops we saw African tile art and dolls, various types of painting, fused glass, beading, and more. We ran out of time because [more after the jump]

Petra was due at a cooking class, learning about Indian Chaat food. After she finished with that, it was time for us to head to the Sacramento Rivercats baseball game. It was a good game, and the Cats won. Afterwards there was a pretty impressive fireworks show too.

The next day (Sunday) was the “Day In The Zone” concert at Gibson Ranch Park. The featured artists were Daughtry (pretty good), Lifehouse (not bad), Tristan Prettyman (ok, entertaining), Ace Young (better than I expected), and Method Echo (ok). It was great weather and there was plenty of shade. It was a nice event and we both enjoyed it more than we expected to. If you went (or have an opinion), let me know in the comments.

Only one thing to do after all that two days of fun. Yep, you guessed it. A visit to 524 Mexican Food on Northgate. Mmmm. Oh, and yes I did have a beer for you!

The Cats lost 5-1, though. They had a few decent moments but could never really get anything going. Well, you can’t win ‘em all, as they say. We enjoyed the game even if it was TOO HOT! And as a bonus to you, my faithful readers, for your viewing pleasure I have included a nice photo of Dinger, the Rivercats mascot, caught scratching his armpit. Ah, so nice. And at least it was his armpit!

So now, you tell me. Is baseball fun and relaxing? Or slow and boring? I know it’s the Great American Pastime but what do YOU think?