My husband and I bought a huge, lovely old Colonial Revival house in
Sacramento. We've been doing a lot of remodeling, and sometimes I think
it will never end. Currently we're simultaneously working on remodeling
a half-bath, extending the irrigation (the plot is 1.8 landscaped
acres), and putting up some exterior Arts & Crafts lighting. Among many
smaller projects. I have been reorganizing all my sewing stuff, which
considering there are few things I hate more than tidying, is quite
painful. But! Someday we will be done.
I've been looking around on the net. As far as I can tell very little is
going on here in terms of costuming, historic reenactment, etc. That's
hard to believe, considering Sacramento is a reasonably large and
sophisticated city. I'm sure I'm missing something. There must be local
groups who don't have much of an Internet presence. Can anyone who lives
in this area tell me more?
Au rest, if anyone is thinking of moving out of the SF Bay Area,
Sacramento has much less expensive housing. Pricewise, our house here
was pretty much a direct trade for what we were paid for an
undistinguished 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom house in the Sunset district of
San Francisco, complete with ancient galvanized plumbing and gravity
furnace. This area has mature trees everywhere--all the streets,
everybody's lawns, shopping malls, you name it. It's really lovely. We
love the climate (no more fog!), and there's almost no traffic (compared
to SF). You can get almost anywhere, including the suburbs, in 10-30
minutes. It's just great.
So, if anyone has any information on what to do here I'd be grateful.
Fran
Lavolta Press
Books on making historic clothing
www.lavoltapress.com
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