Years ago, my husband and I signed up for the National Marrow Donor Program, just in case we could save somebody's life. It seemed like a good thing to do. In fact, I had forgotten all about it until I received an email the other day from the National Marrow Donor Program. My heart stopped. Because you know what they probably want. Oh, yeah, I heard that little voice inside my head scolding me. You know, Weintraub, being a good citizen is easy to do when demands are unlikely to ever happen. Now you've got to step up to the plate and perform. Do you have what it takes?
I took a deep breath and opened the email. Ahhh. They just wanted to make sure my home address and email address were correct. But I would have done it if it was a request. Still, I admit that I was pretty relieved. At the moment, I've got too much work on my hands to take time off. The fall real estate market is pretty hectic for me. Over the past 3 days, I've received 5 or 6 offers and am in the middle of multiple counter offers.
One counter offer for a short sale came back signed and accepted when I was sitting at the chef's table at Mulvaney's Building and Loan last night. Yeah, I left my BlackBerry on during dinner. In fact, I shot this photo with my BlackBerry. If you haven't been there, it's Patrick Mulvaney's restaurant over on 19th by L in the old firehouse. I have one word for Mulvaney's and that word is BAAAACCCCCON. If you love bacon -- and what's not to love? -- You'll love Mulvaney's. It's motto: freshest ingredients of the day.
You can watch them cut up the bacon and set it to cure from the chef's table. Its signature bacon also arrives in many dishes. And it's simply delicious. I ordered a baby greens salad with pears and cheese that had bits of bacon sprinkled throughout. The bacon was in little chunks, sweet, chewy and exploding with flavor. Followed that dish with California bass, resting on a bed of broccoli rabe and cannelloni beans. The server asked me how I wanted my fish cooked. I've never been asked that before.
Well, I'm pretty sure I don't want it raw, and I certainly don't want it crispy and dried out. Bass should be moist, slightly flakey and, um, cooked. So whatever you call that, that's what I'd like. At Mulvaney's, it's called medium. You wouldn't think that two small dishes would leave no desire for dessert, but that's what happened. Although, I did sample my husband's lavendar sorbet, yum.
A client had given me a gift certificate to Mulvaney's a few weeks ago after closing on her home in East Sacramento. So, Sarah, if you're reading this blog, thank you for the dinner -- it was fabulous. We'll be back to Mulvaney's again. Thanks for introducing us to one of my new favorite restaurants in Midtown Sacramento!
Photo: Elizabeth Weintraub, Mulvaney's Building and Loan, Sacramento
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Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout the four-county Sacramento area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate. DRE License # 00697006.
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