For the next seven days, the Metroblogging sites around the globe will be unveiling seven gifts their cities can share with the world - one gift a day for seven days (to see what the rest of the world is contributing, click here.

Pushing this blog’s jurisdiction to its logical boundaries, and hereby laying claim to Roseville, I offer to you the greater Sacramento gift of Molly Ringwald.

Molly Ringwald brings sushi to the Midwest.

Always from the wrong side of the tracks, pouty and pretty in pink, giving her panties to nerds, yes, she’s our girl. More than just a gift to the world, Ms. Ringwald contributed to a generation’s worth of developing teenagers. How else would we have realized the full potential of leggings and felt hats? How else would we have known how to apply lipstick correctly.

She paved the way for good girls everywhere to go after the bad boys, the rich boys, and the richer boys. So light those cake candles, call your crush, and celebrate our pop princess gift to the world!