You could meet a d.j. a glass blower, some one who wants to sell you a million dollar loft, a painter, a pillow maker, or a women who plays a stand up base made out of an old broom handle and an upside down steel bucket; all by wondering the streets of Midtown Sacramento... every second Saturday of the month.
Second Saturday is a great time to check out local artists and Midtown art galleries, bands set up on street corners and in front of hair salons within blocks of each other. Cute shops and boutiques that dot the grid keep their lights on and their doors open later than usual.
It’s a delight for those of us who love to people watch. So many different kinds of people wonder the streets of midtown looking for good music, good food and a good time; it has a way of compelling you to investigate places that you might not otherwise walk into everyday.
Lumens light and living shop on 21st and K has large glass windows that display chandeliers and modern light fixtures. If you live in midtown you drive by it all the time.. But if you were in no need to purchase a lamp or a $900 fan you might not necessarily walk in.
On second Saturday, it’s a different story, all the shops and boutiques, even a local light shop, seem to attract unlikely visitors.
Dog owners crowd the tiny Four Paws Pet Boutique searching through dozens of collars and t-shirts, and people watchers congregate at Tapas and near the patio at Tres Hermanas.
Although there are people that insist that you have to start at the Phoenix Gallery and work your way down, there is no real path that you have to take to get the most out of the night. You will be amazed at how much you can see when you don’t have a plan of where and what you want to see.
Its only draw back... It seems at times to be a little cliquey; the hipsters hang out near the d.j., the business executives congregate near the L Street loft sales studio on 19th st., and moms pushing strollers talk near La Petit Paris.
With so many types of art and music, you would think there would be more inter-mingling, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen. People tend to stick to their corners of interest; When it seems the whole point of the Art Walk is to venture into different places.
Midtown is not the only area of Sacramento that celebrates second Saturday. Downtown Sacramento, East Sacramento and Uptown, (near Del Paso Boulevard) all support their local artists and businesses.
There is a little bit of something for everyone around all around Sacramento, every Second Saturday of the month.
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This column provides an overview of what this event is but seems to come up a little short in analyzing what's going on, or really commenting.
More specifics - perhaps more of a closeup looked at the woman (singular?) who plans a 'stand up base made out of an old broom handle and an upside down steel bucket' would have made it more column and less public relations.
Still, there is no arguing about the completeness, except for one thing:
Don't they serve wine at these things?
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