Controversy Follows Columnist Breton
Over the last six years Marcos Breton has carved out a career as one of the most read columnists in Northern California. Breton who began his career at the San Jose Mercury news has never been afraid of controversy.Since becoming a columnist for the Sacramento Bee’s sports section in 2001, Breton’s columns have frequently drawn criticism and praise from readers.In 2006 the Bee ran a segment entitled “Breton has defenders, detractors.” In the segment Steve Silva said , “It is good to see more people are writing to the Bee about Breton. His Col

Running On Empty.
Their claim is “the Last Honest Pizza” and they operate Just about everywhere.Yes I am talking about that ubiquitous Pizza magnet known as Round Table.As a poor starving college student, on this occasion literally, I and some friends went to the Hornet’s nest, Round Table, to fill our starved bellies.On this occasion the wait was only a few seconds and the place was practically empty.I chose to order the Italian garlic supreme Pizza with a skinny crust.Our wait time was not long, 12 minutes and the service w

Danger,Danger.
Being a 30 plus single person you may find it shocking that I might occasionally peruse the murky world of online dating.However living in a home in the rolling foothills of El Dorado County, close to a winery and  with a newly installed wi-fi connection, the temptation was too great.As a regular Facebook user and cheap skate, I noticed an application, called “are you interested.” The purpose of this is to match up various single Facebook users who are not already matched up. So with nothing better to do I decided to give it a try.One of the suggestions was a 28-year-old woman

New Products
Walking down the isles of the local supermarket you may occasionally notice products such as Planet laundry detergent or Seventh Generation towels. On a recent trip to Holiday supermarket in Somerset, Calif. I talked with manger Greg Van Poole who said,“(sales of) organics are picking up.”, “Usually they cost a little more but you can get them for less when they are on sale.” This follows a national trend.According to the organic food association in 2008 sales of organic products increased by 17 percent over 2007. In addition to being healthy many of these products have other advantages.Many