On Wednesday, March 3, I attended the 3rd Annual Math and Science Discovery Night at Edward Harris Jr., Middle School.
The NASA Explorer Schools program sponsored the event, so naturally people from NASA were there- specifically one person from the NASA Ames Research Center in the Bay Area, Alicia Baturoni Cortez.
She had a laptop where visitors could fill out their name and address to be recorded on a chip and sent into space for The Glory Mission that launches in late 2010.
I received an e-mail the next day saying I would be part of the “Send Your Name Around The Earth” program.
How exciting! I may never get to go into space, but at least my name will!!
To read more about The Glory Mission visit http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/
It’s actually pretty cool, even without the sending names into space part.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Alice in Wonderland at IMAX
On March 5, 2010 moviegoers will be lining up to experience Alice in Wonderland in IMAX 3D at the Esquire IMAX Theatre.
Through the power of IMAX 3D, audiences will fall down the rabbit hole with Alice, join the Mad Hatter’s tea party and be completely immersed in the fantastical world of Tim Burton’s Wonderland.
Digitally re-mastered into IMAX quality the IMAX Alive in Wonderland will debut concurrently with the nationwide theatrical release from Walt Disney Pictures.
Alice in Wonderland marks the second Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collaboration to be re-mastered for an IMAX release following the 2005 release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure, Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Chesire Cat and, of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover. The screenplay is by Linda Woolverton.
This film has been rated PG.
The Esquire IMAX Theatre is located at 1211 K Street in downtown Sacramento. For information on tickets and showtimes, call 443-IMAX (4629) or visit the Web site at www.imax.com/sacramento.
Through the power of IMAX 3D, audiences will fall down the rabbit hole with Alice, join the Mad Hatter’s tea party and be completely immersed in the fantastical world of Tim Burton’s Wonderland.
Digitally re-mastered into IMAX quality the IMAX Alive in Wonderland will debut concurrently with the nationwide theatrical release from Walt Disney Pictures.
Alice in Wonderland marks the second Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collaboration to be re-mastered for an IMAX release following the 2005 release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure, Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Chesire Cat and, of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover. The screenplay is by Linda Woolverton.
This film has been rated PG.
The Esquire IMAX Theatre is located at 1211 K Street in downtown Sacramento. For information on tickets and showtimes, call 443-IMAX (4629) or visit the Web site at www.imax.com/sacramento.
Cute office humor....
A co-worker just forwarded this to me.
Subject: Window Replacement
Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them.
Helllooo,............just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid.
So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves!
Helllooooo? It's been a year! I told him.
There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up.
He never called back. I bet he felt like an idiot.
That is exactly what I think when I hear those silly sales pitches claiming that some product "will pay for itself"!!
Subject: Window Replacement
Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them.
Helllooo,............just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid.
So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves!
Helllooooo? It's been a year! I told him.
There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up.
He never called back. I bet he felt like an idiot.
That is exactly what I think when I hear those silly sales pitches claiming that some product "will pay for itself"!!
Isleton Museum Grand Opening & Chinese New Year
The Isleton Historical Society, along with the local merchants, will be celebrating the Chinese New Year of the Tiger.
This year’s event will take place on Saturday, March 13 2010 starting at 11 a.m. with a grand opening of the Isleton Historical Society Museum.
The museum is located at 33 Main Street. The day’s festivities will being with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Eastern Ways Martial Arts from Elk Grove will be entertaining attendees with traditional Lion Dancing as well as a Kung Fu demonstration. The Lion Dancers will begin at noon in front of the Pavilion Park on Main Street.
For more information please contact Charlene Andersson at 916-777-5186 or Karen Franscioni at 916-777-6906. Attendance is Free.
This year’s event will take place on Saturday, March 13 2010 starting at 11 a.m. with a grand opening of the Isleton Historical Society Museum.
The museum is located at 33 Main Street. The day’s festivities will being with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Eastern Ways Martial Arts from Elk Grove will be entertaining attendees with traditional Lion Dancing as well as a Kung Fu demonstration. The Lion Dancers will begin at noon in front of the Pavilion Park on Main Street.
For more information please contact Charlene Andersson at 916-777-5186 or Karen Franscioni at 916-777-6906. Attendance is Free.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Chinese New Year Recipe
Elk Grove resident Lyna Vo provided me with this delicious sounding egg roll recipe.
Egg Rolls
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 pound mushrooms
1 pound carrots
1 pound yam
1 pound of noodles
2 cloves of garlic
A little salt, pepper
2 teaspoons sugar
Egg roll wrappers
Steps:
First, shred the carrots, cut the mushrooms into small pieces, chop the garlic and cut the noodles. Add salt, sugar and a little pepper. Put the beef into bowl and mix everything together. Put mixture into egg rolls wraps and seal with water on fingertips.
After that, put oil in a pan on high heat. Once oil is heated, cook egg rolls for about 2-5 minutes. When cooked, take out of pan and cool on plate.
Egg Rolls
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 pound mushrooms
1 pound carrots
1 pound yam
1 pound of noodles
2 cloves of garlic
A little salt, pepper
2 teaspoons sugar
Egg roll wrappers
Steps:
First, shred the carrots, cut the mushrooms into small pieces, chop the garlic and cut the noodles. Add salt, sugar and a little pepper. Put the beef into bowl and mix everything together. Put mixture into egg rolls wraps and seal with water on fingertips.
After that, put oil in a pan on high heat. Once oil is heated, cook egg rolls for about 2-5 minutes. When cooked, take out of pan and cool on plate.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Crocker Walk-About Tour Give Downtown Art Lovers an Enjoyable Lunch Break
The Crocker Art Museum in downtown Sacramento will resume its mid day one-hour art walkabout through downtown Sacramento.
If you work downtown, and want to do something educational and entertaining on your lunch break, take a tour of local public art.
The tour starts at noon on the museum steps.
“Public Art Walkabout tours are a great way to exercise your mind and body while learning more about Sacramento,” said Christian Adame, manager of lifelong learning at the Crocker Art Museum. The program was piloted in September 2009 before going on hiatus during winter.
Tour dates are:
Thursday, March 25
Permanent Collection Artists
Thursday, April 8
Conservation of Public Art
Thursday, May 13
Public Art & Architecture
Thursday, June 10
The Crocker Family Legacy
Public Art Walkabout tours are presented in collaboration with the Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission. Reservations are required. To register, call (916) 808-5499 or email education@crockerartmuseum.org.
If you work downtown, and want to do something educational and entertaining on your lunch break, take a tour of local public art.
The tour starts at noon on the museum steps.
“Public Art Walkabout tours are a great way to exercise your mind and body while learning more about Sacramento,” said Christian Adame, manager of lifelong learning at the Crocker Art Museum. The program was piloted in September 2009 before going on hiatus during winter.
Tour dates are:
Thursday, March 25
Permanent Collection Artists
Thursday, April 8
Conservation of Public Art
Thursday, May 13
Public Art & Architecture
Thursday, June 10
The Crocker Family Legacy
Public Art Walkabout tours are presented in collaboration with the Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission. Reservations are required. To register, call (916) 808-5499 or email education@crockerartmuseum.org.
Uncooked to Order- The Raw Food Diet
It makes sense if you really think about it.
Eat the food nature intended to give us- uncooked, in their natural state.
The raw food diet claims that cooking food over 116 degrees Fahrenheit rids food of healthy enzymes.
Most healthy eaters know that cooking the heck out of vegetables makes them less nutritious, so it makes sense that eating them raw would be the best way to get all the nutrients.
But I had never heard about these enzymes cooked food eaters are lacking until doing research on raw foods prior to the Raw Foods workshop at the Elk Grove Library.
I certainly didn’t want to miss out on these important enzymes, so I did some research.
Turns out, many medical professionals say that our bodies naturally make these enzymes that raw food dieters say are missing from cooked food.
But I decided to recreate some of the raw food recipes at home anyway.
I made the vegetable gazpacho and the mock-tuna salad that I sampled at the workshop.
The mock-tuna uses almonds, avocado and seaweed (various other ingredient too, but those are the main flavors). And it’s OK. Edible, but I wouldn’t want to eat this type of food for long.
The gazpacho is good, but not for a soup. It would be good on crackers or maybe mixed into mashed potatoes. It’s just too strong too eat as a soup alone. I might mix it with some lentils and vegetable broth, or if you eat fish, pour it over baked fish.
Since raw food requires no cooking, you’d think preparation would be a breeze.
Turns out, it’s a little more detailed than simply slicing a banana and some apples.
I used a food processor, a blender, measuring cups and some knives.
To get full from the raw food diet you must include nuts, avocados and other healthy proteins and fats.
Nuts tend to be a source of contention for raw food purists. Nuts should be soaked first to activate the enzymes, according to some, but I didn’t soak the almonds I used for the “tuna.”
Raw foodies have created many recipes that are meant to be a copy of something most people would consider “normal food.”
I like that Lori Easterwood said she heard from the owner of Sac’s only raw food restaurant, The Art of Food. He said everyone eats raw food; some just eat more than others.
Many people enjoy salad and fruit, which is raw.
I think I will incorporate more raw fruit and vegetables into my diet, but exclude copycat meals, because they don’t live up to the real deal.
This workshop was very interesting. The food is healthy, whether you believe raw food diet claims or not. I just wished I liked it more.
Salad anyone?
Eat the food nature intended to give us- uncooked, in their natural state.
The raw food diet claims that cooking food over 116 degrees Fahrenheit rids food of healthy enzymes.
Most healthy eaters know that cooking the heck out of vegetables makes them less nutritious, so it makes sense that eating them raw would be the best way to get all the nutrients.
But I had never heard about these enzymes cooked food eaters are lacking until doing research on raw foods prior to the Raw Foods workshop at the Elk Grove Library.
I certainly didn’t want to miss out on these important enzymes, so I did some research.
Turns out, many medical professionals say that our bodies naturally make these enzymes that raw food dieters say are missing from cooked food.
But I decided to recreate some of the raw food recipes at home anyway.
I made the vegetable gazpacho and the mock-tuna salad that I sampled at the workshop.
The mock-tuna uses almonds, avocado and seaweed (various other ingredient too, but those are the main flavors). And it’s OK. Edible, but I wouldn’t want to eat this type of food for long.
The gazpacho is good, but not for a soup. It would be good on crackers or maybe mixed into mashed potatoes. It’s just too strong too eat as a soup alone. I might mix it with some lentils and vegetable broth, or if you eat fish, pour it over baked fish.
Since raw food requires no cooking, you’d think preparation would be a breeze.
Turns out, it’s a little more detailed than simply slicing a banana and some apples.
I used a food processor, a blender, measuring cups and some knives.
To get full from the raw food diet you must include nuts, avocados and other healthy proteins and fats.
Nuts tend to be a source of contention for raw food purists. Nuts should be soaked first to activate the enzymes, according to some, but I didn’t soak the almonds I used for the “tuna.”
Raw foodies have created many recipes that are meant to be a copy of something most people would consider “normal food.”
I like that Lori Easterwood said she heard from the owner of Sac’s only raw food restaurant, The Art of Food. He said everyone eats raw food; some just eat more than others.
Many people enjoy salad and fruit, which is raw.
I think I will incorporate more raw fruit and vegetables into my diet, but exclude copycat meals, because they don’t live up to the real deal.
This workshop was very interesting. The food is healthy, whether you believe raw food diet claims or not. I just wished I liked it more.
Salad anyone?
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