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Swanberg's and the years of joy

By Conversations with Denise,   Wednesday 07 of January, 2009

Swanberg’s and the years of joy .....

As many of you may have heard, Michelle is closing her shop.  Located at the corner of 21st & “W” Streets (for years it was located at 2nd Avenue & Freeport

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Marketing Promotions /Perceived Value Is Reality

By Dennis Borsina, Posted to Marketing Promotions / Perceived Value Is Reality   Tuesday 06 of January, 2009

   Perceived Value Is Reality

The only way to keep up with the latest about promotions is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about promotions, it won't take long for you to become an influential authority.

                                   Perceived Value Is Reality


By Dennis Borsina

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Life on the Grid Newsletter 12/23

By midtowngrid, Posted to Life on the Grid, Life on the Grid - Newsletter Blog  Monday 05 of January, 2009

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December 23rd, 2008

Hi Everyone,

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Art Show at DEEP

By Kassandra Grossman, Posted to Second Saturday Blog  Friday 02 of January, 2009
Art Show at DEEP
Come to an amazing Art Show at DEEP Jan 10th

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A New Year !

By Conversations with Denise, Posted to "Choice's" ~ Conversations with Denise  Friday 02 of January, 2009

"We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
                                                  

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Ethical Capitalism on The Grid

By Grid Guru, Posted to Grid Guru  Wednesday 31 of December, 2008

Hey there Gridsters,

To stir up the pot a little bit, check out this editorial in the Sac Bee.

Let's invest in our backyard quality of life together.

Happy New Year to all of you and thank you for keeping us from the corporate world.

We look forward to taking it up a notch at this tumultuous time in the country and across Sacramento.

With deep affection, 

The Gri

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Merry Christmas from the Javalounge

By javalounge, Posted to Life on the Grid  Wednesday 24 of December, 2008
Merry Christmas from the Javalounge
our gift to you, and on your gift to us!

Thanks to everyone who supported us in '08, we're really glad and grateful that we're still around. We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! And if you need to wind down on Saturday night after the holiday, we have an exceptionally great thrash and punk show to delight your bleeding ear drums.

 

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Plan to attend a Unique Bridal Expose

Plan to attend a Unique Bridal Expose
Visual Impact Design
Are you getting married soon or know someone who is planning their wedding?  Come join us at Visual Impact Design for a unique Bridal show with live models, extraordinary floral bouquets, appetizers and desserts, music and professionals available for questions and information.  It's free.  And it's conveniently on 2nd Saturday, January 10th from 5:00pm to 9:00 at 1729 L Street.  See you there! 
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Looking for an affordable spiritual retreat?


 

The San Francisco Zen Center holds a special place in my heart. The sounds, the smells, the feel. It is quite an extraordinary place. If you are looking for a spiritual retreat that you can afford I highly recomend their Guest Student program and you can’t beat it for $140 a week!

You will experience early morning meditation, instruction, fantastic vegitarian food,

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Gift Certificates Available Online!

Give the gift of wellness this Holiday Season!

I just added the link to Spa Bloom gift certificates to the Deep Wellness site! You can now purchase a gift certificate online, choose the look you want and print it out or mail it from the comfort of your home or office! Very cool. The gift of wellness is perfect for holiday season giving!

Click Here to check out Massage and Healing Services at Deep Wellness and to buy gift certificates today!

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By Deep Art and Yoga, Posted to Life on the Grid, Community Voices, Deep Blog - by Stacy Hayden  Wednesday 17 of December, 2008

I got an email through Deep this morning from  Ross Hammond, a local Sacramento musician introducing himself and asking to keep him in mind for any events we may have at Deep. The last random email I got from a musician was Jesse Hendricks, who we ended up having play at our Second Saturday October Harvest Festival and found him to be highly enjoyable and professional...so...I decided to go to

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New Year's Eve in Sacramento

By Julia, Posted to Life on the Grid, Night on the Grid Blog  Monday 15 of December, 2008
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Free New Year’s Eve celebration at Old Sacramento’s waterfront that includes fireworks and activities for families and children at Waterfront Park tent.

 Dear Sacramento,
Here is a list of some of the happenings this new year's eve.
We'll be adding to the list - feel free to contribute as well - just click on the "Add Comment" button below. Have a safe and fun night!

- The Grid Team

Old Sacramento Phone: (916) 442-7644
Entertainment: Free New Year’s Eve celebration at Old Sacramento’s waterfront that includes fireworks and activities for families

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2nd Saturday Clean-Up Oak Park, Sacramento Skateparks, Xmas Cheer, Tapestri Square, Volunteering, Art Walks, and The Price of Community

By Grid Guru, Posted to Grid Guru  Friday 12 of December, 2008

Hey Gridsters,

To create community, one must be willing to risk being wrong and acknowledge each step as a social experiment.

There are a lot of reasons why Oak Park is the next Midtown...or the next extension of Midtown, but more than anything it's the palpable and purposeful sense of community derivative of increasing and critical mass of neighbors becoming friends and proactively collaborating on innovative projects.

Tomorrow is 2nd Saturday, and of course, for the

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Second Saturday Art Walk: December 13th


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Second Saturday Art Walk Events - December 13th, 2008

This Art Walk comes just in time for us last minute shoppers who would like to avoid buying default gifts from the mall. And ma

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Pay Your Parking Tickets Online...Or Your Utility Bill

By Grid Guru, Posted to Grid Guru  Thursday 11 of December, 2008
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Dear Gridsters,

There must be a higher power. And I'm not talking about City Council.

If you get parking tickets like The Guru does, you need this option.

The Guru believes that some parking gestapo actually track the car by GPS, but that's just A.U.P. (Acute Urban Paranoia) and we're getting therapy for that.  

No more ridiculously long lines that serve no purpose and cause you to receive...another ticket when the time expires while standing in th

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