There are many places and people I seek out when I want to get away from it all...when I'm in my hometown, and I want a quiet respite, I often find myself sitting at the bar at the Downtown Sacramento Il Fornaio restaurant...sipping a Cappuccino or wine...chatting with my favorite bartender and buddy Frank...one of the finest ways I know to spend a stolen hour...
Impossibly tall, beautiful wood doors open to the portico at Il Fornaio, Downtown Sacramento...
There are many other things I love about these visits...the beauty of the interior, which reminds me of being in Florence, Italy...the expansiveness of the high ceilings...the lovely portico made ready for a party...the idea that for one hour, no one knows where I am...
Then the bustle of the waiters picks up as diners start arriving...signaling that it's time for me to head home...