It's common for a developer to name streets for family members.
It's more unusual to name it after a person's appearance.
That, however, is the family lore describing how Ada Way in River Park got its name.
It's a short, curved street, named for a short, curvy woman, according to Pam Slater, whose great-uncle Louis Carlson named many of River Park's streets for family members.
Carlson and his partner John Sandburg were developers who also developed the Del Dayo area of Carmichael and Strawberry Manor in Sacramento.