Royal Florist

08/01/2024

Fresh from the Takemori Farms Watermelon, White Sweet Corn, Bi Corn (White sweet corn and yellow corn mix), available today from 9 to 4 @ Royal Florist, 2221 10th Street. (Broadway and 10th)
Thanks for supporting the small, local businesses! And for sharing this post.

07/30/2024

We have fresh Takemori farms corn and watermelon picked this morning @ Royal Florist. text or im your order or stop by!
Thank you for supporting a small, local, business .
Takemori Farms does not sell out of their farm. Please visit Oto's Market, Royal Florist, La Esperanza, Food 4 less, (always look for the Takemori Farms Label) . Thank you.

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07/25/2024

We have Takemori Watermelon and White sweet corn at the shop. Straight from the local, family owned business.

No cold storage, or transporting long distances, well established farm famous for their watermelon. pure DELICIOUSNESS!

See you soon!

06/05/2024

Double bombay Lei

06/05/2024

Double Orchid lei, congratulations 🎉👏

05/24/2024

For a fan.

05/24/2024

05/02/2024

Flying High
Love keeps airport restaurant aloft

The power of community support gave Aviators restaurant and catering a new lease on life.

Last November, the county’s Department of Airports was considering another dining option to replace Aviators at Executive Airport. The county circulated a survey for public feedback.

Cheung-Sang Chik has owned Aviators for 25 years. He was told his lease would end Jan. 31. The county offered a month-to-month deal while seeking bids for other dining options.

Chik said no thanks. “I can’t operate my restaurant month-to-month,” he says. “People call ahead to book holiday and private parties. That wouldn’t be fair to my customers.”

More than a dozen organizations, including Pocket/Greenhaven Rotary Club, Sacramento Senator Lions Club and a group of retired pilots, meet regularly at Aviators. Kids love dining there while watching airplanes.

The décor is nostalgic. Comfort food, beer and wine are delicious and affordable. Model planes hang from the ceiling, adding to the ambiance.

When Aviators’ plight was broadcast on local TV, community members rallied and formed the Save Aviators Committee. The mission: Keep the restaurant right where it belongs. Committee spokesperson Bill Wong says many people volunteered.

Pilots Greg Popejoy and Gill Wright enlisted support from other aviators. Liv Moe, a longtime customer, launched a Change.org petition that yielded close to 4,400 signatures.

Pocket resident Lorna Fong coordinated the campaign. “My family and friends have frequented Aviators for years,” she says. “Chik is sole owner and head cook. His small business needed our help to work with county officials.”

More than 1,300 postcards landed at the office of county Supervisor Patrick Kennedy. Over 3,500 surveys were submitted, with 85% seeking no changes to Aviators. In March, the county suspended plans to seek another vendor. “It was evident the community had no appetite to change the current situation,” Kennedy says.

Written Corky Mau
Photography by Aniko Kiezel AnikoPhotos.com

03/04/2024

An order of "cute froggies" for someone special

02/12/2024

The notes in the cards for flowers ordered this year are just fabulous!! Caring, thankful, blessed, lovey dovey. 😍❤️🥰😘

10/18/2023

★★★★★ "We were coming from out of town for our daughter's wedding and I called several florists in the area searching for someone to make her bouquet. Lynda was just wonderful and created exactly what we had envisioned. Of everyone I called she was the most communicative and her prices wer...

10/18/2023

★★★★★ "Royal Florist did a fabulous job at our wedding - and they did it in 2 weeks! Our wedding had been cancelled and we planned an entirely new wedding in Sacramento in just 14 days. Lynda and her team pulled everything together seamlessly. Everything looked incredible and their flexibi...

10/18/2023

★★★★★ "Royal Louis Florist did my bouquet for my wedding and I love it so, so much. The first photo is from the wedding day, and the second is from the third day or so but the blooms are still holding up really well. It is so beautiful, I wish it could last forever. I had given Lynda some ...

10/18/2023

★★★★★ "Lynda is AMAZING to work with!! I only showed her a couple of inspo pictures and she was able to bring my vision into reality. We sat down and handpicked the colors/ types of flowers in our meeting. She has many years of experience in understanding what works best with the weather, ...

10/01/2023

Grand opening today.

08/20/2023

SF again??!!

08/04/2023

Enjoying your Takemori watermelon so much, you would rather not share??? We are offering six packs. The weather has stunted the size of the melons, but I think these are much better. Just the right size to eat half now and the other half later.
So sweet and hydrating.
Look for the Takemori Farms label. (No filter used. ).

08/03/2023

How do you know when a watermelon is perfect??? When you take your Chinese cleaver and barely cut into it. The melons makes a popping sound and splits. Then you take a plastic spoon swirl it around to make perfect melon balls. No need to slice it. Haha.

07/11/2023

Perfect.

Photo credit guest of Crystal and Scott.

07/05/2023

This weekend's client assignment, roses galore in beautiful Sonoma county. Today's client assignment, a Chinese take out box made of flowers. I love my job. ❤️😂

06/04/2023

Tiffany Tamaribuchi elevates women in the Japanese art form once dominated by men.