Today's Awwww (Pawwww?) Photo

At Vik's Chaat Cafe in West #Berkeley on Allston Way.

They're moving a few blocks south in a few months.

Perhaps a visitor from Jupiter, a gaseous neighbor?

Enlightened by the reading light in my car meant I got a charge out of
jumper cables this morning

Zand Pastries in #Albany

Zand Pastries in #Albany www.zandpastry.com

Sonoma Salmon

We took off late Tuesday Afternoon to and headed up to Sonoma. Turns out there's a Tuesday Night music and food fest - a farmer's market - in the town square.

Sonoma's only about 40 minutes from Berkeley - so near, so different.

Great for a quick getaway when you're ready to get out of Dodge.

Still Life With Lawn Chairs

Cornerstone Place is just south of Sonoma California - and a pretty place to visit. They've interesting stores, and intriguing gardens.

Sonoma's just 40 minutes from Berkeley - a great place for a quick getaway

Montclair's Egg Shop

Montclair - The Egg Shop

They've some superb steam engine models on display - and good food too!

USS Hornet and Apollo 11 - History in Alameda

History buffs, and those wanting to honor the generation which saved the world, should visit the USS Pampanito in San Francisco, the USS Hornet in Alameda, the USS Potomac in Jack London Square, and the Jermiah O’Brien.. one of the last remaining Liberty Ships

The USS Hornet became one of the most decorated ships in naval history. The ship recovered Apollo 11 space capsule which contained the first men to walk on the moon. The Hornet is reputed to be haunted.

We've gone to Memorial Day Events at the Hornet... and even heard the Glenn Miller Orchestra there

3 Years Of Electricity Usage

I just graphed our most recent 3 years of Electricity Usage. We
installed a 24 Panel PhotoVoltaic System (electricity from the sun) with
battery backup 3 years ago.

There are still 2 months left of our one-year usage cycle, but you can
vividly see the effect that compact fluorescent (CF) bulbs had on
electricity usage. Orange line is this year, blue line (with a few data
points missing at the end of the cycle) is 2007

Those CF bulbs work great!

Just do it.

Ira

Ira, Ben, and Jerry in Oakland's Jack London Square

Hunderwasser comes to Oakland's Jingletown. Institute of Mosaic Art.
3001 Chapman

Happy 4th!

It's 6:29 am and our big beautiful 48 star flag is out...

Here's a favorite photo of mine - NYC 42nd Street looking at the Chrysler Building.