A scavenger hunt is being organized to get you acquainted with Sacramento's sustainable side! Get your walking shoes and "green" thinking caps on as well as have your smart phones ready, and join the City of Sacramento, Greenwise Joint Venture, and 350 Sacramento at the free "Cut Your Cubes" scavenger hunt on November 10 beginning at 1 p.m. Teams of two to four will vie for gift baskets valued at $500, and will include gift cards to local businesses and more. "As part of the scavenger hunt, we want people to discover what sustainable features are downtown, in Old Sacramento, and in midtown," said Maurice Chaney, media and communications specialist with the City of Sacramento. "We have a

If you’re into the thrill of the hunt and the triumph of discovery, gather your friends and prepare to flex your mental muscle Saturday in the Mastermind Hunt: Sacramento. This information-based scavenger hunt spanning the Midtown/downtown area pits teams of self-made sleuths against one another in a friendly game solving a series of fun and challenging clues that lead to landmarks, public art and local businesses. Teamwork is key in the Mastermind Hunt: Clues can involve wordplay, puzzles, trivia, simple code-breaking or other challenges, according to the Mastermind website. Thinking outside the box and using your team’s collective brainpower will win the day. Teams solving the most cl

Fresh off the heels of May is Bike Month, the non-profit Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen will host its fourth annual "Hunt the Grid" bicycle scavenger hunt through midtown and downtown Sacramento this year on Second Saturday, June 9, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, hosted at the Bicycle Kitchen's shop at 1915 I Street, next to the railroad tracks. "Hunt the Grid IV" is a repeat of the wildly popular scavenger hunt that sends teams of two to four riders racing across the central city in a friendly competition of pedals and wits to seek out trinkets, images, and Sacramento landmarks both popular and obscure, from a movie ticket stub to the statue of Don Miguel Hidalgo and Dorothea Puente's house to tha

Over 30 teams of bike scavengers took to the streets of downtown Sacramento Saturday in a race against time to interpret clues, hunt for items and complete challenges for the Bicycle Kitchen’s annual Hunt the Grid bike scavenger hunt. If cyclists didn’t know Sacramento before the hunt, they sure do now. The hunt, now in its third year, is an event where teams of four hit the pavement and try to solve clues based on well-known venues and random oddities of Sacramento. Bike Kitchen staff member and event organizer Ryan Sharpe, 32, planned the event with his staff non-stop for six weeks. “No one is going to look at the city in the same way,” he said. The city was broken up into quadrants,

Think you really know Sacramento? Find out tomorrow during The Mastermind Hunt: Sacramento! Teams of family and friends will race through parks, around landmarks and even inside local businesses deciphering clues to secret locations in this urban adventure presented Saturday June 11 by Mastermind Treasure Hunts and Downtown Grid. Partial proceeds from this fun and challenging event will benefit Hands on Sacramento, the Valley’s full-service volunteer action center. The hunt will start and finish in the courtyard at 1801 L street, but covers both Downtown and Midtown. Tickets will be available on the day of the hunt starting at 3:00. The hunt runs from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. For more informatio

The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen is pleased to announce that registrations are (finally) open for the third annual "Hunt the Grid" bicycle scavenger hunt.  This year's hunt promises to be the best yet, with more prizes, more teams, and more clues to suss out and items and places to hunt for!  Test your knowledge of midtown and downtown and your eagle-eyes against the Bike Kitchen's volunteer huntmasters! That's not all; Hunt the Grid III will segue into a special fifth anniversary Second Saturday party at the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen!  After five years of operation across two Sacramento locations, a tremendous group has come together to wish the Kitchen well on its next five years.  The A

The thrid annual Race for the Ring is coming to Sacrament on May 21, 2011. This text messaged based treasure hunt on bike through downtown Sacramento is sponsored by Rogers Jewelry Co and directly benefits programs at Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. Teams of two will pedal, scoot and wheel their way through downtown Sacramento guided by text message clues in search of over $35,000 in prizes. Each week leading up to the event, we will interview someone who is involved in the race to find out why they are racing for a reason. Interview with Michelle McCauley, contestant in last year's event. A bit about our racer Michelle grew up in Southern California and moved to Northern Califo

Most law-abiding citizens would rather not dabble in any business involving murder and mayhem, but Evangeline’s Costume Mansion finds a way to entice even its best-behaved visitors. A quick visit can turn into an entertaining hour of aimless milling around. But now customers can infuse some purpose into their wandering as they guide themselves through a murder-themed scavenger hunt, gathering interesting facts at stations throughout the store about some of history’s most notorious villains and gruesome killers. Evangeline’s store manager Jen Kossmann is responsible for organizing and implementing the hunt into the already-overwhelming layout of the store. Kossmann said the design for eac

Teams of family and friends will race through parks, around landmarks and even inside local businesses deciphering clues to secret locations in Hunt the Grid, an urban adventure presented June 12 by Mastermind Treasure Hunts and Downtown Grid. Partial proceeds from this fun and challenging event will benefit Hands on Sacramento, the Valley’s full-service volunteer action center. With the success of films like National Treasure, and reality shows like The Amazing Race, treasure hunting—solving puzzles to find “secret” locations—is more popular than ever. Hunt the Grid, an information-based urban treasure hunt, challenges players to discover answers that can only be found at specific Sacram

Second Year for Midtown Non-Profit's Fun-Seeking Fundraiser As part of Sacramento's May is Bike Month celebrations, the non-profit Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen will host its second annual "Hunt the Grid" bicycle scavenger hunt through midtown and downtown Sacramento on Saturday, May 8, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, hosted at the Bicycle Kitchen's shop at 1915 I Street, next to the railroad tracks. "Hunt the Grid II" is a repeat of last year's wildly popular scavenger hunt that sent teams of four riders racing across the central city in a friendly competition of pedals and wits to seek out trinkets, images, and Sacramento landmarks both popular and obscure. Over one hundred participants signed