Artfully Sustained

Artfully Sustained

Next time you’re strolling Front Street in Old Sacramento, stop at the Art Café at Atrium 916.

You won’t be served food. You’ll be served art—a ball of clay or a canvas and paints to bring out your inner artist.

“I wanted there to be a place where people can come and just hang out and make art and connect with others,” says Shira Lane, the Israel-born, Australia-raised founder of Atrium 916. “Art can be isolating and intimidating, so the Atrium is designed to be zero-barrier and as accessible as possible. Just walk in and ask a question. We’re like the atrium of the heart: As you go through us, you get more oxygen.”

Surf’s Up

Surf’s Up

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Spiritual Progress

Spiritual Progress

There’s nothing I love more than travel. Like the circuit-riding preachers of old, I’ll fly anywhere to speak to a crowd.

The only way travel improves for me is when I use frequent-flyer points for free flights.

So I was in a good mood recently as I took a free seat on a Southern California flight to see my family.

My usual airline doesn’t assign seats, so I’ve developed a strategy to find the best seat. Unfortunately, the strategy failed me this time. I took the last available spot, a middle seat over the wing.