Goodbye Downtown
This will be my last week living in downtown Sacramento. We are moving to the 'burbs for more space and yard for the younglings. I've lived downtown for 6+ years, and will miss it. I thought I would capture some experiences that I look back at fondly (in no particular order):
- Biking or cabbing it to bars.
- Stumbling hungover to Waffle Square, or Fox & Goose (if the line wasn't too long).
- Catching a band at Old Ironsides.
- Walking to Old Sacramento and Downtown Plaza for some weekend shopping and snacking.
- Walking to Friday Concerts at the Park during the summer.
- Selecting a piece of torte from Rick's Dessert Diner (which is so delectable, it takes me two days to finish)
- Going for strolls around Southside Park.
- Seeing odd characters hanging out on my street (such as clowns, transvestites, and various others)
- Walking and biking to various brew-fests and wine-fests (West Coast Brew Fest at Miller Park being my favorite).
- Neighbors like Tony(80 y.o.) and Casey(RIP) who lived on my block for decades.
- The delicious pie and plain service at Zelda's Pizza.
- My corner store that always has a good variety of cold beer (and other groceries of course), cashiered by Tony... a deadpan asian guy with a mullet.
- Making lots of cool friends at Dive Bar Connoisseurs.
- Being close to everything, with so many great dining options.
- Mooching free wine at 2nd Saturday Art Walks.
- Hipsters at the supermarket.
- A short commute.
- Sunday walks to get lunch at Burgers and Brew, followed by some fro-yo next door.
- Pulling Libby to the Southside Park playground on her train.
- Big shade trees in the summer.
A few things I will not miss:
- Big leafy trees in the fall.
- Close encounters with the smelly, homeless kind
- Dog shit on my front lawn
- People stealing my stuff
- The ridiculous Sacramento City Council
- Fearing for my life anytime I walk down K Street Mall.
- Stray cats
- Rude party kids down the block up too late noisy.
- Air quality
- NIMBY's and communists in my neighborhood association.
- Graffiti
- Police helicopters with searchlights and loudspeakers.
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