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For almost 14 years Lily was an ambassador for the B&L, welcoming one and all, especially those with snacks. When she came to the end of the road some of our friends reached out to artist Maren Conrad and asked to commission this mural not knowing that she and Bobbin were already working on the project and they started within a week.

And on the night of family meal it was all finished except for the lilies- each of the 200+ guests were invited to pick up a brush and paint by numbers. Never has there been a better send off, the love that exists in Sacramento never fails to amaze. Thank you.

Though neither Lily nor I wrote “The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog” safe to say the words and sentiment of Blemie and Eugene O’Neill ring true for both of us.

I would like to believe that there is a Paradise where one is always young and full-bladdered; where all the day
one dillies and dallies with an amorous multitude of houris [lovely nymphs], beautifully spotted; where
jack rabbits that run fast but not too fast (like the houris) are as the sands of the desert; where each blissful
hour is mealtime; where in long evenings there are a million fireplaces with logs forever burning, and one
curls oneself up and blinks into the flames and nods and dreams, remembering the old brave days on earth,
and the love of one’s Master and Mistress.

❤️

Patrick & Bobbin Mulvaney

This year has been hard, as it comes to an end we find ourselves asking “What is the B&L when there are no customers and it has been closed most of the year?”  Then we watched Its a Wonderful Life and the answer came during the scene when there is a run on the bank and customers want to withdraw their money from Bailey’s Building and Loan.  George Bailey tells the crowd “you’re thinking of this place all wrong, as if I had the money back in a safe.  Your money is in Joe’s house and in the Kennedy house and a hundred others.  Now we can get through this thing all right. We’ve got to stick together though.  We’ve got to have faith in each other.”

That’s the answer, the B&L is you. Even though our staff isn’t able to deliver the same great food and service your ongoing support of and faith in us is what let’s us believe in a brighter future.

So to everyone who is part of the B&L- Thank you and we look forward to celebrating together at this wonderful old Building and Loan just as soon as we are able.  In the meantime we ask that you treat yourselves and others with the kindness and grace you have shown to us over the last 15 years and especially the last 9 months.