2/28/2004

Things You Should Do in California

Holiday Home Tour

December 1,2,3, 2006 In Sacramento, you should go to Sacred Heart Elementary School's Holiday Home Tour Take a self-guided walking tour of six magnificent homes in Sacramento’s Fabulous Forties, decorated for the holidays by top interior designers and florists. The tour takes about two hours from start to finish. The Fabulous Forties East Sacramento is home to a neighborhood that is affectionately referred to as the "Fabulous Forties." An area bound by J Street and Folsom Boulevard from 38th to 47th Streets, this historic neighborhood boasts wide avenues, sweeping green lawns and large, prewar (pre-WWI and pre-WWII) homes that have housed many of the city’s most prominent residents (including Ronald Reagan when he was governor.) The neighborhood features grand old houses that were custom built in the early decades of the 20th century, when architects were looking to Europe for design inspiration. As a result, the Fabulous Forties is renowned for its eclectic "Revival" style architecture. Here you find a variety of dwellings: English cottages, Tudor-style homes, Dutch farmhouses, Mediterranean villas, and Craftsman bungalows. No two houses are the same. Every year since 1973, residents of the Fabulous Forties have opened their homes to the public for the Holiday Home Tour, a self-guided walking tour that benefits Sacred Heart Parish School in East Sacramento. Thousands of visitors from throughout Northern California and Nevada and beyond come to see special homes and their architecture that create an extraordinary neighborhood.

2/18/2004

Los Angeles

LA Hotels
  • Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills
  • Shutters Hotel on the Beach, Santa Monica
  • Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood
  • Beach House, Hermosa Beach
  • Viceroy Santa Monica, Santa Monica
  • Venice Beach House, Venice
  • Malibu Beach Inn, Malibu
  • Inn On Mt. Ada, Catalina
  • Chateau Marmont Hotel and Bungalos, Hollywood
  • Hotel California, Santa Monica
  • Shade Hotel, Manhattan Beach
  • Crescent Hotel, Beverly Hills
  • Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood
  • Dockside Bed and Boat, Long Beach



  • LA Restaurants

  • Chart House, Malibu
  • Chart House, Marina Del Rey
  • Chart House, Redondo Beach
  • Miceli's Italian Restaurant, Hollywood
  • Pacific Dining Car, Downtown Los Angeles
  • Yamashiro's, Hollywood
  • Newcomb's Ranch Inn, La Canada Flintridge
  • The Original Pantry Cafe, Downtown Los Angeles
  • Smoke House, Burbank
  • Schatzi on Main, Santa Monica
  • H.M.S. Bounty, Koreatown
  • Crustacean, Beverly Hills
  • Barney's Beanery, West Hollywood



  • Long Beach Grand Prix
  • Jay Leno Audience
  • Catalina Jazz Club
  • Yamashiro's
  • Magic Castle
  • Topanga Canyon Hiking
  • Corky Carroll's Surf School
  • Cat House
  • Celebrity Polo Matches
  • The Oldest McDonald's
  • House of Blues
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain
  • Vibrato Grill Jazz etc.
  • Copra Nason Art Gallery
  • Brennan's
  • Marina Sailing
  • Fast Lane Racing School
  • Bicycle Club
  • Pasadena Playhouse
  • Dockside Boat & Bed
  • Playboy Mansion
  • The Viper Room
  • The Derby
  • Getty Museum
  • Rose Bowl Flea Market
  • Whale & Ale, San Pedro
  • Grauman's Chinese Theatre
  • Original Pantry
  • Molly Malone's Irish Pubs
  • Tour of California Bicycle Race
  • Catalina Explorer
  • Whisky A Go Go
  • Melrose Avenue
  • Shatzi's On Main, Santa Monica
  • Grand Havana
  • The Milky Way
  • Crustacean's
  • The Inn on Mt. Ida, Catalina
  • Belmont Brewing Company, Long Beach
  • Reagan Library, Simi Valley
  • Sunset Ranch
  • Beach House, Hermosa Beach
  • Santa Anita Racetrack
  • Newcomb's Ranch Inn
  • Jazztrak Jazz Festival, Catalina
  • Museum of Neon Art
  • Bungalow Heaven
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Blessing of the Cars
  • Riviera Country Club
  • Skybar
  • Original Pantry
  • House of Blues
  • The Encounter
  • Ireland's 32
  • Eygptian Theatre
  • Original Tommy's
  • Dearly Departed Tours
  • SambaLa
  • Blue Cafe
  • Santa Anita Racetrack
  • Tom Bergin's Tavern
  • Catalina Tikifest
  • In & Out Burgers
  • Museum of the American West
  • Playboy Jazz Festival
  • Polo Lounge
  • Bevery Hills Hotel
  • Tiki-Ti
  • Malibu Concours
  • Mission Drive-In Tiki Invasion
  • Americafest Rosebowl 4th of July Celebration



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    Sacramento & the Gold Country

  • California State Capitol
  • Crawdad Festival
  • All Outdoors, Coloma
  • Villa Toscana, Amador
  • Thunderhill Park, Willows
  • Thanksgiving Run to Feed the Hungry
  • Trash Film Orgy
  • Cafe Bernardo
  • California Railroad Museum
  • Sutter's Fort
  • Jack Russell Brewery, Camino
  • Shasta Lake Marina, Lake Shasta
  • Victorian Christmas, Nevada City
  • Holiday Home Tour, Sacramento
  • Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
  • Parachute Center
  • Apple Mountain Golf Resort
  • Capitol Cellars
  • Graffiti Summer, Modesto
  • Strauss Festival, Elk Grove
  • Chalk It Up, Sacramento
  • Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
  • Poor Red's Barbecue
  • Coloma
  • Sacramento French Film Festival
  • Volkslauf, The Ultimate Challenge, Bakersfield
  • Daffodil Hill, Volcano
  • Symphony of the Sierras
  • Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee
  • Murphy's Historic Hotel
  • Buck Owen's Crystal Palace, Bakersfield
  • Red Bluff Roundup
  • Chateau du Sureau
  • Erna's Elderberry House Cooking School
  • Cafe Bernardo
  • Enotria
  • Zocalo
  • Frank Fat's
  • Tapa the World
  • Sacramento Capitals Tennis
  • Fairytale Town
  • Shakespearean Theatre Camp
  • West Coast Brewfest
  • Cal-X Harness Racing
  • National Yo-Yo Contest, Chico
  • Sacramento Grape Escape
  • Fair Oaks Theatre
  • Crocker Art Museum
  • Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival
  • Salsa Sacramento
  • Sofia Restaurant
  • Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary
  • Pea Soup Andersen's
  • Ficklin Vineyards
  • Madera Wine Trail
  • Sacramento Rivercats
  • Cal Expo Fireworks & Talent Show





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    North Coast & Wine Country

  • Carols in the Caves
  • Schramsberg Vineyards
  • Rutherford Hill Winery
  • Cliff Led Vineyards
  • Pine Ridge Winery
  • Jarvis Winery
  • Rombauer Vineyard
  • Golden Haven Hot Springs
  • B.R. Cohn Winery
  • Doobie Brothers Annual Concert
  • Redwood Run
  • Napa Valley Bike Tours
  • Mendocino Brewing Company
  • Sonoma Mission Inn
  • Sonoma Valley Wine & Film Festival
  • Chardonnay Golf
  • Skunk Train
  • Sonoma Mission Inn
  • Copia
  • Samoa Cookhouse
  • Pacific Blues Cafe, Yountville
  • Waves to Wine Bike Tour
  • Downtown Joe's, Napa
  • Pelican Inn, Muir Woods
  • Safari West
  • Silverado Country Club
  • Uva Trattoria
  • Sonoma Plein Art
  • Reggae on the River



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