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Local Business & Event (Davis & Sacramento)

Locals: Free Parenting Classes (UC Davis, Woodland Healthcare & More)

March 11, 2010

All of these classes are FREE and open to the public, community, and held in Davis, CA. Some requires advance RSVP – sign up now if you’re interested!
UC Davis – The Center for Child and Family Studies, Department of Human and Community Development, UC Davis
Monday, April 12th [...]

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Locals: Pig Day at Davis Farmers Market 3/6

March 5, 2010

Tomorrow, 3/6 Saturday is the 20th Annual Pig Day Celebration at the Davis Farmers Market from 9am to 1 pm rain or shine!

Celebrate pigs, food and local agriculture. Pet baby pigs and check out farm animals raised by Davis High School’s Future Farmers of America.
Farm breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs, juice, proceeds benefiting local community, [...]

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Free Museum Admission: Bank of America, Mummies, Cartier Jewelery Exhibit

March 5, 2010

This is the week of Free Museum Weekend again! Each Bank of America card holder will get free admission to museum all over the country this weekend, 3/6 Saturday and 3/7 Sunday. These are the FREE museums and special exhibits in our area:

Sacramento: California Museum, Crocker Art Museum
Davis: Explorit Science Center
San Francisco: Museum of African [...]

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Mother & Baby Source Giveaway Winners!

March 1, 2010

I’m so excited that my hands are shaking (lol) when I entered “1″ and “23″ on random.org for the Mother & Baby Source Giveaway! Here are the screen shots of the result – using the comment number from here.

1st run, $20 MBS Gift Certificate – #8 (Am I lucky or what, no kidding – that’s [...]

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Ace Hardware: Bring Your Own Bag 20% off (2/27)

February 27, 2010

Today 2/27 is Ace Hardware BYOG (bring your own bag) 20% off sale  – also advertised in your postal mailer. Get 20% off everything you can fit in your own bag! Except for power tools/small appliances, which’ll be 10% instead of 20%. See details HERE. Support our locally owned ACE! Thanks daviswiki for the pic.

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UCD Arboretum – FREE Flute Making Workshop

February 24, 2010

The UC Davis Arboretum is having an Elderberry Flute Making Workshop 2/28, all ages are invited, including children! See HERE for details.
Sunday, February 28 – Native Californian Elderberry Flute-Making Workshop
1–3 p.m., 146 Environmental Horticulture
In this FREE two-hour workshop you will learn how to make a Native Californian elderberry flute from East Bay Regional Parks docent [...]

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Reminder: Mother and Baby Source (Davis, CA) Giveaway Ends Thursday, 2/25

February 24, 2010

The Mother and Baby Source store (Davis, CA) $30 gift certificates giveaway ends Thursday, 2/25. Winners will be generated randomly using comment #.
To enter, leave a comment at this post, in the comment, include the following:

That you’re a subscriber through e-mail or a feed reader, or a follower through Facebook or Twitter (thanks for your [...]

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Locals: Alphabet Moon Toys 20% off (Sat-Sun)

February 20, 2010

Alphabet Moon Toys in 235 F Street, Downtown Davis is moving to another location (where the previous Naturalist is). This weekend, Feb 19-21 is their moving sale. Everything in the store will be 20% off. I’ve shopped there myself – a great place to get quality toys but not breaking the bank, they have a [...]

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Giveaway and Reviews: Mother & Baby Source $30 Gift Certificates

February 19, 2010

As a mom of 2 young children, I’ve researched every single baby item (reviews, durability, ease of use, resale values) before I buy it. I had to do so much of my research online – where we used to live in the mid-west, there is no stores like Mother & Baby Source in Downtown Davis, [...]

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California Duck Days Feb 19 – Feb 20

February 18, 2010

The California Duck Days is this weekend, Feb 19-Feb 20, supported by the Yolo Basin Foundation. It’s an annual celebration of wildlife and wetland, with field trips, children’s activities and more, For activities and workshop on-site, the cost is $20. Ticket for 1 Field Trip (includes On-site Activities/Workshops) = $23.00 per adult, and two field [...]

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Davis Library Booksale (2/5-2/7)

February 4, 2010

The Davis library book sale is here again, February 5, 6, 7. Times are as follows:

Friday noon to 2 p.m., members only, join at the door
Friday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ($5 a bag day)

Books range from 50 cents to a dollar for children’s, and [...]

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Women’s Self Defense Class (RAD) – Davis Police

February 1, 2010

I’m a huge fan of the Women RAD class and you got a GREAT workout from the class  – and it’s only $25 for materials fee.  I think it’s important for all women/moms to learn how to protect themselves. See flyer for more info.
Class Date: February 17-March 17. Time: 6PM-9PM
Location: Holmes Jr. High MPR, Davis, [...]

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Fruit Prices Roundup 1/30

January 30, 2010

Another great week for all kinds of citrus. Prices valid 1/27 through 2/2. Check out the navel oranges at Raley’s (.38/lb), organic oranges at Nugget (.97/lb) and organic pink lady apples at Davis Food Co-op ($.99/lb) this week.
Citrus – Conventional

Navel Oranges $.38/lb Raley’s/Bel Air, $3.99/10lb Yolo Fruit Stand (YFS), $.99-$1.19/lb Davis Food Co-op (Co-op), [...]

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Davis – $30 on 1-30 – 30% discounts “downtown-wide”!

January 30, 2010

Over 40 Davis Downtown business is participating in this annual event, where the following retailers will have special discounts, today, 1-30 only! The idea is to encourage resident and out-of-towners alike to spend on local businesses and retain the revenue for Davis. If your favorite store is not listed – just call and ask! They [...]

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