Showing posts with label Summer in West Sac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer in West Sac. Show all posts

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Swimming Classes at the Rec Center Pool



The West Sacramento Recreation Center has a variety of swimming lessons and programs for you kids and family. Top photo is a shot from a Starfish Class and below is the Parent and Me Class.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Beat the Heat: Hawaiian Shaved Ice at Blue Blizz


With temperatures reaching 106 in the valley this week...Samantha, Blue Blizz Frozen Yogurt employee, makes a Hawaiian Shaved Ice for customer Robert. When we were kids we called them Snow Cones and my favorite place to buy one was Helvetia Park!
Trivia:
In Cuban neighborhoods, they are known as "granizados"
In Puerto Rican neighborhoods, they are named "Piragua"
In Mexico, California, Texas and the Southwestern United States,they are called a raspado.
In the Dominican Republic they are called "frío frío"
In Guatemala(Central America) they are called "Granizada"