Join Sacramento Modern (SacMod) for a celebration of the Roush Residence in Sacramento on June 2, 2012 from 1pm - 6pm. There will be food, drink, music, and knowledgeable people on hand to discuss this remarkable mid-century modern home. The Roush Residence was designed by Terry Waters, a Taliesin Fellow with Frank Lloyd Wright and friend/colleague of renowned modernist John Lautner. Waters was also an apprentice of desert modernist Walter S. White. Waters' work was published in acclaimed design magazines such as Arts + Architecture and Domus. True modernists will be delighted in seeing this ultra-modern and unusual circa 1954 steel frame structure with open web beams. Appetizers and bev

Donut king Danny Johnson just opened one of Old Sacramento's newest businesses. Johnson parlayed an infatuation with donuts into Danny's Mini Donuts – 30 years after putting himself through junior college by making donuts. Only this time, the donuts are really, really small. Measuring 1 1/2 inches wide, a dozen of the plain light cake donuts contain about 13 grams of fat. Johnson also offers them topped with cinnamon sugar, powdered sugar, chocolate, vanilla or carmel seconds after frying them in a miniature donut maker. Candy sprinkles are optional. Krispy Kreme uses the same kind of machine. That company's donut maker is about 15 feet long and 4 feet wide. Johnson's American-made Lil'

 "A university town is only as strong as its independent bookstores.  They assist in the exchange of intellectual thoughts." - Kim Tanzer                 "The independent bookstore - you know we're almost dinosaurs." - Carl Kroch                It was a beautiful morning.  My girlfriend Jess and I decided to take a bike ride around the neighborhood.  We didn't have any particular place to go, so we went down to Butch and Nellie's, our local coffee shop, to grab a cup of joe and discuss the nature of our ride.  My first thought was the California Railroad Museum, but the little woman wasn't feeling that.  Thus ended the charade that our ultimate destination would be anything besides lunc