The View from Above. From the Editor. From the President. In this Issue: 1 P a g e. Newsletter for the Sacramento Tall Club May-June 2017

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1 The View from Above Newsletter for the Sacramento Tall Club May-June 2017 In this Issue: From the Editor... 1 From the President... 1 What s Happening, STC?... 3 Upcoming STC Events... 3 Upcoming TCI Events... 7 Contact Us:... 9 From the Editor Hello Talls! I ve noticed something odd about our club. Although our membership roster shows over 75 people with paid memberships, I usually see only the same faces at our gatherings. We have a LOT of fun, local events lined up for the next two months, and I hope those of you who seldom if ever attend will consider coming out for something! Yours truly enjoys the TGIFs as it provides a chance to hang out and relax with my Tall friends. But I m also looking forward to Wine and Brew at the Zoo, and the Guinea Pig Gourmet Party. These promise to be amusing and should result in some great photos and stories to share at future events like Convention! Weekends hosted by other clubs are also a great time! We get to meet new people, visit new places, and dance with people whom we can look in the eye. Ladies: imagine dancing with a man on whose shoulder you can actually lay your head! And gentlemen, think about all those lovely tall ladies who need dance partners! So check out the Upcoming Events lists and consider spending time with us! From the President Tall greetings to all of us of UNUSUAL HEIGHT. Sacramento Tall Club just celebrated our 35th anniversary with a great dinner/karaoke/dance event at Frasinetti's Winery in South Sacramento. If you were there, thank you for coming out and celebrating with us. I was recently shown the Articles of Incorporation for the club. This document, was filed with the Secretary of State back in the formation days of Sacramento Tall Club. I want to share some excerpts from that document. WE, the men and women of unusual height, do hereby join together to incorporate this organization in accordance with the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law and do hereby adopt these Articles of Incorporation. The specific purposes for which this corporation is formed are: 1. to present opportunity for social contacts between its tall members 2. to find greater understanding of our common problems as tall people 3. to band together to solve our common problems as tall people, and 4. to promote further and continue on many mutual interests as tall people. I believe that we still uphold those purposes today in the Sacramento Tall Club. The document closes by indicating the first directors. You may know some of these names, or you may not: Susan Carone, Donna Miller, Joey Deaver and Ruby Quigley. We had the pleasure of having Susan (Carone) Kirkpatrick join us for the Anniversary Party. 1 P a g e

2 Kae Sumner Einfeldt started forming tall clubs some 79 years ago. She would have been 101 years old this May. Tall Clubs International pays tribute to Kae whenever we can. It was her dream that we could get together to celebrate being tall, making tall friends and working for the good of all tall people. So I encourage you to raise a glass to Kae on the first Sunday in May and say thanks. Sacramento Tall Club will do just that on May 7. Check our events schedule on the main page of our web site: Personally, when we are together as a group, I don't feel unusually tall. I hope that each of you people of unusual height, find time to come out and join us for an event or two this month. Standing UNUSUALLY TALL! Bob Huggett President, Sacramento Tall Club president@sacramentotallclub.org Officers Reports Balance as of last business meeting: TREASURER S REPORT STC Membership Scholarship Marfan $8, , , Marketing: MeetUp, Facebook, and Yahoo are the ways to suggest events and see what is already on the calendar. The MeetUp calendar is also duplicated on our Web Page at Check these web locations for activities. Do feel free to suggest to people of height you meet on the street or in the store to visit our sites and see what we are doing. Membership: REMINDER: STC membership fees were due March 31 st. If you did not submit your membership fees, please submit them as soon as possible to: Sacramento Tall Club, P.O. Box 515, Rancho Cordova, CA We currently have 15 prospects: keep handing out business cards and encouraging people to join us! (Editor s note: feel free also to share this newsletter to promote the club. It s been designed with that use in mind.) Publicity: We re always looking for ways to get the word out about the club. Remember to keep a couple of business cards with you and handy to hand out at a moment s notice. (And write your name on them so prospects can remember who told them about the club and have a personal contact. ed.) If you have any ideas for any new publicity events or activities, please contact me or suggest an event on MeetUp. The web activity is the window for the world to see what we are doing. A Plea from Your Social Chair Patty is always interested in what events the membership would like to see scheduled. We need suggestions for TGIF s, Mid-Month Dine Outs, Dinner & Movie locations, Business Meeting locations, etc. We need hosts for some of our annual events. Please consider hosting events outside of your home. If there is something you are going to do that you think other people would be interested in, suggest it on MeetUp and we will put it out to the membership to respond. If you have any questions, or need help with MeetUp, please let your social chair know. She can be contacted at home on , cell or at social@sacramentotallclub.org. 2 P a g e

3 What s Happening, STC? Giraffe News April finally gave birth! The Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, began streaming video of April in her enclosed pen on Wednesday, February 22 nd. Finally, at approximately 5:20 a.m. on April 15 th, April welcomed her baby boy. He has been named Tajiri a Swahili word meaning hope. Now it s another giraffe s turn to shine! Katie, Dallas Zoo's giraffe, is pregnant for the third time with delivery expected in May. This will be the third calf for Katie and the dad, Tebogo. Nearly two years ago, Katie delivered a calf, Kipenzi, during what the zoo calls the world s first livestreamed giraffe birth. Katie also gave birth to another calf, Jamie, in July The zoo says Katie will give birth in privacy this time and will not be livestreamed. The zoo will give updates on her developments, labor and delivery on its Facebook page. Tajiri and his birth team. ( Photo credit: Interactive Educational Animal Park Upcoming STC Events Friday, May 5 th, 5:30 p.m.: First Friday TGIF Old Town Pizza, 120 Church St., Roseville You loved their pizza, you swilled their beer, LETS DO IT AGAIN! Our host will be there sipping his favorite hopsinspired beverage by 5:30 pm to welcome those early responders who would like to get a quick start on the festivities. We'll hold off ordering food until after 6 for those of you who can't join the early gang. Please RSVP on Meetup or to Jeff D. or Patty H. so we can arrange the proper sized banquet table. Sunday, May 7 th, 12:00 p.m.: "CINCO" DE MAYO BUSINESS MEETING/BRUNCH & TOAST TO OUR FOUNDER Barb K s house. RSVP for address/directions. Enjoy a post Cinco de Mayo fiesta brunch and business meeting with tall friends and participate in our annual toast to the founder of T.C.I.-- Kae Sumner Einfeldt. We'll indulge in breakfast burritos, tacos, salad and dessert -- all provided for your donation of $8.00 for members -- $10.00 non-members. Sodas, water and coffee will be available - please bring your own tequila, cerveza or other adult libations. Champagne and orange juice will be served for the toast. Please R.S.V.P by Friday, May 05 for food preparation needs. Phone (916) or bjkerrin@yahoo.com if you need directions. Saturday, May 13 th, all day: Wine and Brew at the Zoo! Sacramento Zoo W Land Park Dr., Sacramento Stroll through the lush setting of the Sacramento Zoo while you enjoy tastes of local wines and craft beers - all the while supporting the Zoo and seeing the animals. Food is available from local food trucks and the Kampala Cafe. (21+ Event) Event proceeds and 10% of all food sales benefit the Sacramento Zoological Society. 3 P a g e

4 For tickets and more info click on or visit the following: Early Bird Ticket Prices, through May 7th Adults 21 & older: $45 Sacramento Zoo members receive $2 off per ticket Designated Driver 21 & older: $15 *Tickets are non-refundable. Rain or shine. Friday, May 19 th, 5:30p.m.: 3 rd Friday TGIF Meadowlands Restaurant and Bar Meiss Rd, Sloughhouse It's FRIDAY!!! Come out, relax and enjoy this spring evening in the company of your Tall Friends. The MEADOWLANDS serves their own pasture raised beef, along with fruits & vegetables from their own gardens + Davis Ranch. Located at the original Slough House Inn building, built in They have a host of specialty drinks including Corpse Reviver (gin, Cointreau, absinthe, cherry liqueur and lemon) and the Calamity Jane (vanilla vodka, spiced pear liqueur, Curacao, white cranberry juice and lime). Red and white wines are by the bottle and glass, along with multiple brews. The price point, given the quality, the toll won t hold you hostage. Bar bites are $4 to $9, brunch is $8 to $19, dinner goes for $8 to $28. Read more here: Please RSVP so we can get a table large enough for our group. Saturday, May 20 th, 5:30 p.m.: Guinea Pig Gourmet Party 2017 Steph s place in Lincoln. RSVP for address/directions. This well-attended annual party challenges all of us to get outside our recipe box and cook something from scratch THAT YOU VE NEVER MADE BEFORE & bring it to the party, along with copies of the recipe to trade. We can either trade em or burn em but have yet to have a recipe that was such a disaster that we had a bonfire. Tall people are such great cooks! Now listen, EVERY YEAR some folks whine (and you know who you are) about not being able to cook but can they come anyway. NO!!! Other folks tweak the recipes they found and that s a no-no too. We ALL routinely tweak recipes but this is about the challenge of FOLLOWING THE RECIPE TO THE LETTER. RSVP on Meetup and let Steph know which category your dish fits best: appetizers, salads, mains, veggies, or desserts. Got questions? Call Steph and/or need directions? Cost: Members $10 with dish, Non-members $12 Bring a main dish and get in for $5!!! 1st time Prospects: FREE Soft drinks will be provided. BYOB as usual. All proceeds benefit the STC Scholarship Fund. Guinea Pig Update: If you haven't done this before, here's the scoop: 1. Pick a recipe you've NEVER MADE BEFORE and FOLLOW THE RECIPE EXACTLY - No substitutions or "tweaking" allowed! This is the hard part. 3. Bring your creation and a couple copies of the recipe and we'll either trade 'em or burn 'em. Disasters are welcome! 4. No dish = no come!! 5. PLEEEEZE pick a category beforehand and let us know so that we can get a variety of dishes. Categories are: Appetizers, Salads, Mains, Veggies, Desserts. Keep it simple or get wild & crazy with it - Your Choice. (BTW, rolls & butter are NOT a dish... ;-) 4 P a g e

5 Wednesday, May 24 th, 6:00 p.m.: Mid Month Dine Out - OAK PARK BREWING COMPANY 3514 Broadway, Oak Park Come out & join your tall friends at this new location. Oak Park Brewing Company is more than just a brewery, they also offer a full service restaurant. It is their goal to offer local, seasonal, and sustainable foods while using their beers and brewers grains in the recipes. For more information, click on the link below. Please RSVP so we can get a table large enough for our group. Saturday, May 27 th, 5:00 p.m.: Tall Club Dinner and a Movie - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES Century 14 Stadium Ethan Way, Sacramento This meetup will be updated with corrected times as soon as thy become available. Let's meet up for a Dinner and a Movie on Saturday May 27, We will meet at Applebee's on Arden Way for Dinner and then go to enjoy a moving at the new Century 14 Movie Theater. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES opened on May 26th so this will be the first weekend its showing. Synopsis: Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea including him. The Century 14 theater suggest you reserve your seats in advance by going to Hope to see you there. Friday, June 2 nd, 6:00 p.m.: 1 st Friday TGIF Brookside Restaurant & Bar, 9819 Horn Road, Sacramento It's FRIDAY!!! Come out, relax and enjoy the company of your Tall Friends and enjoy some of Brookside's fantastic appetizers and dinner menu. There will be music and dancing outside on the patio. Please RSVP so we can get a table large enough for our group. Saturday, June 3 rd, 6:00 p.m.: Italiano Dinner & Scholarship Fund Raiser Bob and Patty s place. RSVP for address/directions. Come to the Huggett's House and support our STC Memorial Scholarship winners and hopefully meet this year's recipients and parents as our honored guests. Rusty will prepare an Italian Dinner, and the wine and conversations will be flowing. Cost is $10 per member and $15 per non-member. There will be tickets sold for a chance to win a raffle. Also there will be a raffle for a chance to win one of the baskets of goodies donated by members. More later on how you may contribute items toward one of the baskets. Soft Drinks will be provided BUT Rusty will need help to consume a 5 Liter bottle of 2014 Rocca delle Macìe Chianti Classico Famiglia Zingarelli which he won at a youth summer camp fundraiser recently. Italian Menu: Antipasto course, Caesar Salad, Garlic Bread, Spaghetti w/ bolognaise sauce, Panna Cotta (Italian Dessert) Be sure to RSVP and state if you're bringing a guest. 5 P a g e

6 Tuesday, June 6 th, 7:00 p.m.: Monthly Business Meeting IHOP International House of Pancakes Sunrise Blvd,, Rancho Cordova Come help plan events and welcome any prospects that come to our monthly meeting. Arrive early to order any food and get a head start on your dinner! Look for us in the back room. Friday, June 9 th, 6:00 p.m.: 24 th Annual Taste of Fair Oaks North Ridge Country Club Madison Ave, Fair Oaks LAST YEARS EVENT SOLD OUT!! GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! Tickets $45 each. Ticket includes all you can eat and drink throughout the night. Choose from over 55 different restaurants, wineries, and breweries. Come out for an evening on the Private Golf Course, and enjoy food, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks from the Fair Oaks area and surrounding communities all under one roof. There will be music, a putting contest, silent and live auction, wine wall and some other surprises plus the Best of the Best Classic Cars. This is a great way to spend an evening with Family and Friends. MUST be 21 and older to attend Support a great cause and give back to your community. Sunday, June 11 th, 4:00 p.m.: Meet us to Fly... at ifly ifly Harding Blvd, Roseville Have you ever wondered how it would feel to skydive but would never willingly jump out of an airplane? Come join your STC friends and go indoor skydiving at ifly in Roseville, just off Douglas Blvd., Sunday, June 11th at 4:00 pm. You can even visit the facility and watch kids and grandparents fly/float in their vertical wind chamber free anytime. Visit the ifly website: and watch the video. STC s package includes: Exclusive flight session: Just for our group with instructor in the vertical wind tunnel with each flyer. 24 flights to share among all flyers (two 2-4 minute flights per person). Safety training course. All required flight gear (helmet, jumpsuit and goggles)-souvenir digital video for each flyer. Personalized flight certificate! Payment: Call Samantha at ifly, , tell her you are with the Sacramento Tall Club and want to make your payment of $49.99/pp for June 11th. You will be all set to safely skydive! This is an open event. So invite others and kids are welcome. EVERY THURSDAY STARTING JUNE 15 TH 6:30-9:00 p.m.: Fair Oaks Concerts in the Park FAIR OAKS VILLAGE PARK Main Street, Fair Oaks Put on your dancing shoes, pack your picnic dinner and lawn chairs, and join us in front of the stage, near the center aisle. The Fair Oaks Recreation & Park District, the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce, and the Fair Oaks Foundation for Leisure and the Arts proudly present the 2017 Concert in the Park series. Concerts in the Park are a free series of 6 P a g e

7 concerts for the Fair Oaks community. It s an opportunity for families to come together to enjoy a relaxing summer evening in the park. STC is a co-sponsor: Jennifer G & Larry N will be your hosts. Friday, June 16 th, 6:00 p.m.: 3 rd Friday TGIF Chevy's Fresh Mex Garden Highway, Sacramento It's FRIDAY!!! Come out, relax and enjoy the company of your Tall friends at Chevy's on the River. Sit back and enjoy the river views while sipping margaritas or whatever your favorite summertime libation. Snack on appetizers or dine on their regular menu. Our Social chairperson, Patty H., will be your host. Please RSVP so we can get a table large enough for our group. Saturday, June 17 th, 1130 a.m.: Beer Tasting and Monster Mini Golf Fort Rock Brewing Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova We will meet up at the new Fort Rock Brewery Tasting Room located next to The Old Spaghetti Factory in the Nimbus Winery Building in Rancho Cordova. After having lunch, we will wander over for a round of Monster Mini Golf (mini golf, indoors, with 80 s rock-n-roll, monsters, and blacklights). After exhausting ourselves on the links, we can head back to Fort Rock to do some tasting of their fine brews. Please RSVP so we can get a table large enough for our group. Wednesday, June 21 st, 6:00 p.m.: Mid-Month Dine-Out / June Birthdays Cafe Dantorels th Street, Sacramento We are celebrating our June Birthdays, so come out, relax and enjoy the company of your Tall Friends. Cafe Dantorels, located in Curtis Park, is a purveyor of freestyle American dining from the esteemed chef Victor. Since 2012 Cafe Dantorels has been supplying Curtis Park with expertly crafted cuisine. From the beginning, Cafe Dantorels set out to become a destination where you can experience a wide selection of delicious food, excellent coffee, red or white wine, and craft beers all in a community centric atmosphere. With live shows and art for sale on the walls Cafe Dantorels has something to offer for everyone. Check out the website at Friday, June 30 th, 6:00-9:00 p.m.: 5 th Friday TGIF Smokey Oaks Tavern Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks Thank Goodness it's FRIDAY!!! Come on out and celebrate this 5th Friday & summer with your Tall Friends. Smokey Oaks Tavern is a favorite for the locals. The food is good. Appetizers run $9 - $10, Salads $8-12, Sandwiches $11-13 and Entrees $ It is on Fair Oaks Blvd just West of Sunrise. Jennifer G will be your Host. Please RSVP so we can get a table large enough for our group. Upcoming TCI Events These items and more are posted at and Summerfair Cincinnati 50 th Anniversary. June 2-4, Coney Island Park on the Ohio River, in Cincinnati, OH. Join the High Cincinnatians for this unofficial, non-tci gathering. Summerfair is a 3-day fine arts and crafts fair with artists from around the country selling and showing their finest artwork is 14 different media. Additional information is available at a flyer is attached. 7 P a g e

8 Pre-Pre-Con Road Trip! This is for those that are traveling to Pre-Con 2017 who may want to extend their stay on the west coast by 5 days. We will start our journey in Santa Rosa on Monday, June 24, Tuesday, we would then travel up the Northern California's and Southern Oregon's coastline, arriving in Lincoln City on the 29th. This will all be loosely planned and nothing will be mandatory. There are plenty of hotels and campgrounds along the way, so which ever lodging you prefer, it will be up to you. You will need to plan and reserve all your own bookings. There is no planned transportation, so you will need your own car, get a rental car, or bum a ride. We will work to coordinate and provide information as to who is going and if they can accommodate additional passengers. Drive time will be no more than 3 hours each day allowing for lots of time to site see and explore. We will investigate and make hotel suggestions (Best Western hotel chain) For those that want to camp or RV it, we will have suggestions as to where to stay. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. As a group, we can decide places, dinner restaurants, etc. to meet up at, and share our adventures. If you are not able to make it the full 5 days, you are absolutely welcomed to meet up with us at any point on the route. The schedule so far looks like this: 6/24 Santa Rosa, CA. (wine country) 6/25 Ft. Bragg, CA. (Mendocino, Botanical Gardens, Glass Beach) 6/26 Garberville, CA. (Avenue of the Giants, Historical Benbow Inn) 6/27 Crescent City, CA / Brookings OR. (Ferndale, Eureka, Arcata,. longest travel day) 6/28 Coos Bay, OR (Cape Arago Lighthouse, Coos Bay Boardwalk, Coos Art Museum) 6/29 Travel to Pre-Con hotel in Lincoln City, OR If you are interested in learning more, please Patty H. with your contact information. (Name, Address, Cell Phone #, and best address) A private Facebook page will be set up so that information can be more freely shared. Pre-Con 2017, Lincoln City Oregon. June 29-July 2, WE HAVE A LOCATION AND DETAILS!!!! Please see the attached flyer. Convention 2017, Portland Oregon. July 3-9, Flyer attached, or you can register online at The page is password-protected: the password is the same as for the TCI website. Contact an officer if you need the password. Details regarding Convention activities are in the attached flyer. 12 th Annual Harvest Moon Weekend. October 27-29, Join the Central Jersey Tall Friends Club for their annual weekend, and relax before the insanity of the winter holiday season begins. Flyer attached. Your STC Officers: All-Officers officers@sacramentotallclub.org President: Bob H. president@sacramentotallclub.org Vice President: Barbara K. vicepresident@sacramentotallclub.org Secretary: Carla M. secretary@sacramentotallclub.org Treasurer: Rusty B. treasurer@sacramentotallclub.org 8 P a g e

9 Scholarship Chair: Nancy S. Marketing Chair: Harry L. Social Chair: Patty H. Editor: Alice Q. Membership Chair: Jennifer G. Sergeant at Arms: LeeAnn S. Publicity: open Webmaster: Dave S. Contact Us: STC Hotline: STC Meetup Group: STC Facebook Page: STC Yahoo Group: STC Web Page: Tall Clubs International Facebook Page: Tall Clubs International webpage: 9 P a g e

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