Profiles
This Is George Skelton’s Happy Face
George Skelton on Schwarzenegger's "stupid" cigars, Reagan's sex life & why he thinks Jerry Brown is scared of him. The 51-year career of a powerful political curmudgeon.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
Charles and Ray Eames were among the greatest designers of the 20th century, and their signature creation, the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, turned 50 this year. But Ray, who was born and raised here, is still a relative unknown in her hometown.
Déjà Brew
Before Prohibition, Sacramento was the beer-making capital of the West, and the largest hop-growing region in America. Here’s how an unlikely cast comprised of a Princeton architecture major, the grandson of a U.S. Secretary of Defense, a world-renowned grocer and a man known as the “Pope of Foam” conspired to create what may very well be Sacramento’s most authentically local beer in almost a century. The farm-to-fork movement is about to meet farm-to-pint. Drink up!
The Music Man
In the ’80s, Charlie Peacock was jamming with Randy Jackson in midtown Sacramento and being asked to open for a then-fledgling U2 in Davis. These days, he’s collaborating with the American Idol judge on TV projects and having Bono over to his house for breakfast. This is the unlikely tale of a kid from Yuba City who moved to Nashville to become a Grammy-nominated producer and multiplatinum songwriter, and his journey back home to where he once belonged.
A Life Aquatic
It's the time of year when Sacramentans appreciate the Delta the most; not for its beauty or bounty, but for its celebrated breeze that salves the summer heat. Over the last three years, photojournalist Max Whittaker has chronicled life on and around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, tracking down the boaters and billionaires, the partiers and the protestors, and the scientists and swimmers who occupy this watery labyrinth that sustains our crops and bursts with its own vibrant ecosystem.
Silver Girl
For Kristiana Spaulding, a passion for vintage trailers has taken her down some unexpected twists and turns—designing silver Airstream-inspired jewelry, renovating and renting her fleet of retro-chic homes-on-wheels to national TV shows.
The Naked Eye
Pamela Anderson dropped her robe for him, Paul McCartney bought one of his pieces, and Claudia Schiffer tried to have his nude painting of her lounging on a hot dog destroyed. Oh, and one of America’s greatest artists says he’s better than Andy Warhol.
Great New Places to Eat
There’s a saying that when one door closes, another one opens. Last year was tough on local eateries, but some very exciting restaurant doors have opened in the past few months, including one inspired by a food truck, another by a 56-foot-long bunny, and others by cuisines ranging from French to Mongolian and Indian to Southern (grits, anyone?). So feast your eyes on our favorite new spots, and you’ll see why we think the food scene is looking very sunny-side up.
The Tastemaker
He’s been called the Indiana Jones of the culinary world and the man who “knows more about food and wine than anyone else in America.” How did the son of a Sacramento mayonnaise salesman become a buttoned-up grocer while leading a double life as a globe-trotting gourmet? Just who is Darrell Corti and why do so many important people think he has the planet’s greatest nose for quality?
The Hollow Man
As the top pick for the 1968 49ers, Sacramento’s Forrest Blue was a giant. But after a career of impressive stats, the one that counted most was the one nobody wanted to discuss—the concussions he sustained on his path to glory.
Game Boy
Mark Otero built a gaming company that brought Silicon Valley to Sacramento. Here’s how rolling some very funny-shaped dice paid off in a big way. And how it almost didn’t.
Best of the City 2011
Summer cocktails, lime-soda mocktails, mobile food trucks, jazzy Fridays, a sweet riverfront suite, a cupcakery that delivers, a King-sized rally, and a whole lot of purple. Here are a few (dozen) of our favorite things about this place we call home.
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