at Kral’s. Jeff makes the best prime rib roast. There was a theme this year for the del Castillos:
Waiting for the adults to give the GO signal .. everyone on their own device.
I escaped before the chaos of gift opening began – lol. Great evening, lots of visiting, excellent meal!
at my house. Despite what it looks like, everyone was smiling and laughing.
Not much to do at Grandma’s house. I did appreciate help with a particularly challenging jigsaw puzzle: except for the edge pieces, all the pieces are the same shape with only the tiniest variations.
“Little baker girl” – also a restaurant in Newcastle.
I met Dennis – aka 7th-grade-boyfriend (65 years ago) – in Newcastle for dinner. Fun to catch up every once in a while.
Linda, Ann, Joan, Kathy, Ade:
at St Ignatius. I went to the 9:30a performance.
3rd and 4th grades don’t have buddy classes, they form the choir for school year.
Buddy classes: 8th and 2nd. Every group sings two songs, one is a traditional carol.
for all the District 1 commissioners and committee members.
Councilmember Lisa Kaplan:
The bridge over I-5 which connected the Sacramento River Trail with the new 5-miles Del Rio Trail has been repaired.
The grand opening was this morning. A group of us rode in from N Natomas.
Quite a few Active Transportation Commissioners showed up.
Big deal – Mayor McCarty, director of State Parks, Councilmember Jennings, all the local tv stations.
We met at Bella Bru on early Monday evening.
N Natomas has many decorated homes, but the most amazing decorations are in an area called Rockmont Circle.
Every year Santa Larry comes in early to accommodate our bike group. This year I decided to say thank you by bringing him and his helper, BarbaraL, a hot home-cooked meal for dinner. The hardest part was finding parking in Old Sacramento.
Dinner needed to be served like we were camping, so I brought individual servings of turkey tetrazzini, salad and cookies. BarbaraL closed the door at 6:30 and we had one hour before the crowd would want to get in to see Santa.
Jibe organized another 50% off if you ride your bike to a local restaurant. I led this one. Our starting group – Laurie, Henry, Milan, Lori, Brenda, Kimberly – however note how Kimberly is standing. She fell while standing over her bike and twisted her left ankle. We loaded her bike back onto the car and she drove home.
This little tree on Redbud Trail is decorated monthly by someone unknown.
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