Reading Time: 5 minutesNot Quilting at a Quilt Show Not quilting at a quilt show. You’re not a quilter? You may want to go to a quilt show. Cookies, Miracle Ironing board cover, Spices and Flavorings, Knives, tools, and a lot more there’s a lot more than quilts at the quilt show. I have always assumed that a… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fresno Quilt Show Six items from the Fresno Quilt Show. I went to the Fresno Quilt show this week. I went in my usual capacity as the designated driver. On the way to the show, I kept thinking about what to write about this show. I had already showcased the quilts in the Sacramento… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Quilt Show Experience The quilt show experience is something that happens to me every so often. As usual, I’m the designated driver. My wife and my sister have a network that ensures no quilt show goes undiscovered. We usually attend the Fresno, Sacramento, Pleasanton and San Mateo shows.  So I thought since I’m always at one of… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesTop Ten Quilts Sacramento Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival Top ten quilts. This post is, in my opinion, of the top ten quilts from this March’s Quilt Craft & Sewing Festival. I’m not a quilter but I know what I like. So in no particular order I present the top ten quilts from the show… Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesReview Cracker Barrel Restaurant This review is about our recent experience at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Sacramento. It seems that we needed to attend a quilt show in March and after the show, we needed to fuel up before returning home. So my wife chose the Cracker Barrel Restaurant as our stop for this… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Ravioli House Review The Ravioli House is a little place tucked into a San Mateo, CA. the nondescript building where if you blink you could pass it by.  Boy am I glad I didn’t pass on this deli. My wife and my sister decided they needed to attend a quilt and sewing show at the… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesDefrosting the chest freezer I had to defrost the freezer the other day. It reminds me why I have a freezer that does not defrost automatically. It all comes down to the condition of the items in a freezer that does not have automatic defrosting over one that does. How it works It seems that… Read More »