CAPS Tennis at Galleria Mall ---> GREAT!

Have you been to the CAPS Tennis at the Galleria Mall yet?

Go to their website here: http://www.gocaps.net/teams/article.aspx?article_id=783

We went to a tennis event with Steve's office on Wednesday and it was a blast. I couldn't believe how nice the event was and was sad we had never gone sooner. If you have an opportunity and tennis even remotely is interesting to you, please take the opportunity to see their fantastic set up.

The tennis matches were great to watch. Such great rallies. The event flowed through singles, doubles, mixed doubles (never got to see this) with various other activities woven between matches.

They even had an area for little ones. They had a great play area and plenty of activities to keep the event entertaining for all ages. They had these great poster contests for the younger children and it was so nice to see the kids so excited at the opportunity for their artwork to be paraded around to the crowd. I was thoroughly impressed as was Steve.

The design and layout of the concessions, court and surrounding areas were fantastic. The landscape people advertising their services went over and beyond with their efforts. The area looked beautiful. They always involved other activities through the breaks in the match to keep the viewer's interest going. To keep it real, I did have one thought be warned parent(s) ... the kid zone is RIGHT there when you walk in. I can keep my eldest child in check, but my little two year old, not so much. You are warned that one of you will be committing to missing the match. Perhaps it had to be there for various reasons right at the entryway. And it really was a great set up there, so I don't mean this to deter you. Besides you can drown your sorrows with the mile-long ice cream line. It MUST'VE been some good stuff. :-)

If you are coming to event or buying tickets, I suggest you make the attempt to NOT purchasing the seats facing West before sunset. Brutal sun. And I have had many of our friends ask, "Wasn't the heat intolerable?" You know, actually it wasn't. Where the event is held is elevated seating (it is tennis) and the court flooring perhaps acts as a buffer between radiating the heat from the black asphalt. I don't know. It was really nice and we had a pleasant breeze coming through that evening. Oh and bring a cushion if you are not up for the plank seating challenge.

Both Steve and I thought Gary Gelfin did a great job at announcing the game. He did ALL that he could to get the crowd into the event. We have liked Gary since he was on GoodDay Sacramento.

Please support this local event. I wish we had sooner.
http://www.gocaps.net/teams/article.aspx?article_id=783

On a separate note, but still local level ... looking for a good little restaurant if you haven't been there already. Last night we tried Cha Cha's and it was so good. That is a great little Mexican restaurant in Rocklin off Stanford Ranch. Very good! So nice to experience great service in a restaurant with good food and with interesting artwork, sculptures and fixtures surrounding you.