For the 37th year, homeowners in the “Fabulous Forties” neighborhood in East Sacramento have opened their homes for the Sacred Heart Holiday Home Tour. The annual event, which benefits the Sacred Heart Parish School, is a singular opportunity for the public to tour some of the most gorgeous homes in the city and view the efforts of a small army of professional decorators, florists, artists, and garden designers.  Each home has a principal designer who brings together a holiday masterpiece incorporating the history and architectural features of the property and the individual style and taste of the homeowners.  Said Margo Reid Brown, whose lovely home was opened for the tour: “This is such

The International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) Sacramento will present its annual IMAGiNE Showcase entitled “REBELution” on Thursday, April 29, 2010 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the California Automobile Museum. This roaring 20s-themed event will feature fresh, new designs from 13 fashion design and marketing students, and will showcase displays from graphic and interior design students involved in a conference room redesign for Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern California. With all three of IADT’s disciplines on display, the sheer glamor of the event is sure to be memorable for years to come. Also joining the festivities is interior designer Matt Locke, who is the new spoke

Sacramento restaurateur Ernesto Jimenez was excited, yet afraid to take on the challenge of creating a restaurant in a 6,000-square-foot corner space in the old Arnold Brothers Motor Cars building. He already was the owner of the colorful Mexican restaurant Ernesto's when he and partners bought the 77-year-old building in 2001. And he'd been dreaming about his next restaurant for years. He wanted it to be something special. "It was a beautiful old building, so the restaurant had to match the exterior," he said. "I didn't want it to be just another restaurant. It had to be something beyond that." His visits to the new space at 18th Street and Capitol Avenue told him there was a lot of wo