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Entries Tagged as ‘local’
6 July, 2009
Our Mushroom Farm
About as local as it gets. To grow your own mushrooms check out Far West Fungi.
15 June, 2009
WW Knit in Public Day 2009
This Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day. The Berkley Knitters made a good show of it and we headed out to a local park to enjoy the sunshine (although we all forgot sunscreen and ended up a bit pink).
There was a great spread with chocolate chip cookies, couscous salad, brie, baguette, tomatoes, cherries, [...]
8 June, 2009
Maker Faire 2009
I don’t know if I have ever been in a place with so many talented, crafty, DIYers in one place before in my life. There was even more stuff that we just didn’t manage to see and we can’t wait to go back next year. I think the botton above by Sean says it all. [...]
26 May, 2009
Smell the Roses
After a gray and chilly weekend, the weather finally warmed up today and it was wonderfully sunny. We took the chance to head outside and discover the Oakland Municipal Rose Garden which is just a few minuets away. Most of the roses are now past their peak bloom time but there where still lots of [...]
18 May, 2009
Tied and Dyed
Some color for a Monday, these are the other tie-dyed shirts that we wore to the Whole Earth Festival.
My tank top. Raspberry, turquoise, golden yellow and avocado green.
Libby’s T-shirt. Golden yellow, avacado green and azure blue.
12 May, 2009
Whole Earth Festival 2009
We started with the first cherries of the season at the farmer’s market. We bought a big bag and munched on them all day in the warm sun.
There was music and dancing on the quad, we crashed on a blanket and ate more cherries and shared Carrie’s garlic fries.
There were booths with clothes of all [...]
20 April, 2009
Wild Things
This weekend I went on a fun trip to the Oakland Zoo with Will and my old college roomie Carrie. We had a blast. The zoo is small, at least compared to the zoo’s of my childhood LA and San Diego, but it is actually really nice because it is small. I have never felt [...]
