spaceman

by kevin m.

life is serious

by alex c. berkeley.

berkeley kite festival

Berkeley Kite Festival, 30.07.11

I miss this so much!! childhood memories in Berkeley.. <3

east bay home

The Craftsman bungalow. These modest houses (bungalow refers to a one or one-and-a-half-story house) have a rustic, woodcrafted look about them. They are also called "craftsman" because during the height of their popularity from 1890-1920, the owners themselves were often the designers. Examples of these houses can be found in Rockridge, Temescal, and around Milvia and Cedar Streets in Berkeley.

from East Bay Heritage: A potpourri of living history (A California living book)
scan by Oaklandish.

bordertown skatepark

east bay express, 22.12.10.

bordertown skatepark.

citymaus

some self-promotion here:

citymaus is my smart blog, wherein I reblog news, videos, photos relating to urban planning & design, sustainability issues, smart growth, bikes & bike lanes and the like.

FOLLOW me please, if you're on tumblr.

and especially if you're interested in any of the above topics

and live in the Bay Area, San Diego, or California in general.

pulling him back

by andrei s.

perfect wind for flying

by andrei s.

soar

by andrei s.

berkeley dock

by andrei s.

bay

by andrei s.

his view from his home in the berkeley hills, I'm guessing.

Elmwood Cafe

Elmwood Cafe opened in March after a yearlong restoration, and Pearce, a first-time cafe owner, is thrilled to have the corner of College Avenue and Russell Street thriving anew.

"Ozzie's has been a part of the community fabric for 89 years," says Pearce, an East Bay native. "When it went under, a lot of retailers were looking at the space and thinking of gutting it. I met with the owner and said, 'Give me a shot at it. Let me save everything and restore it and try to bring it back.' "

Consider Ozzie's reborn, but with a decidedly chic slant. While Pearce kept the original woodwork and postwar stools, the new cafe's menu and decor reflect the increasingly upscale Elmwood neighborhood.

Ozzie's is reborn as Elmwood Cafe. 29.04.2010, sfgate.

Fuck me and my wallet. esp if I still lived 2 blocks down (actually 'up' is correct directional word).

College Ave. with Lulelemon, the Wine Store, Ici, that cafe next to Ici, Mrs. Dalloway's, and now Ozzie's is Elmwood Cafe... Not a bad thing, buildings and facades are renovated, neighborhood is thriving. Just that it's so much more upscale-sy and I think I'd be a bit uncomfortable if I was still living in that area. like I wouldn't fit in. Actually I feel uncomfortable about this even as I'm not living down the street there anymore. Me: broke ("low income") asian college student. Not helping that I have pretty good taste and like to try new restaurants every so often, and that when I'm back in the Bay I immediately try to cross off all the restaurants on my list whose food I've missed for too long.

fuck my wallet.

SADFACE; TEARDROPx2; SIGH

at least I'll be working full-time for a month school lets out. and I'll get free sushi. but also will be eating out most of the days of the week. and that i've been spending a lot of big-ticket music events (coachella, etd.pop, edc).. also going to look into midi controllers soon..

fuck.

whatever. today I'm going to have a reasonably-priced sandwich for lunch, and then a cupcake that's half the price of the sandwich for dessert.

..and think about how citizens from the Euro Zone visiting America have it so much better. although recently the exchange rate is sort of pleasant.

I miss Ozzie's Soda Fountain. The new upscale cafe clearly does not serve ice cream floats.

the hate man

Q: You require people to say "I hate you" before you begin a conversation. Do you really hate everyone?

A: I do. But it's a new way of hating. It's about being straight with people. The dictionary defines hate as hostility, but that's heavy. My idea is to be straight about negative feelings that we all have, which is what hate is, and then you can have a real conversation. Don't be threatening or angry or snotty — just straight.

Homeless ex-reporter opted for Berkeley streets, sfgate, 11.april.2010

dos niños

by a.valentina

redesign the old Bay Bridge span?

One of the architectural renderings by David Dana for his design imagining the east span of the

Bay Bridge recycled for use as a community including farms, housing and a nine-story hotel.

nyoirin

1/12/2010 5:17:32 AM

So if the bridge is unstable now and costs too much to repair, what do they think will happen when they put housing on it? It will magically become stable?

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design fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge span by john king, jan.12th, SFgate

longest roll

photo: Noah Berger

Japanese Consul General Yasumasa Nagamine confirmed that UC Berkeley students made the world’s longest California roll at Sproul Plaza in Berkeley on Sunday. Several hundred students used 200 pounds of rice, 80 pounds of avocado and 80 pounds of cucumber to construct a 331-foot roll.

Way to go. Roll on you asian bears.

(not sure myself if I mean to be be sarcastic.)

BTW, I changed my blog title again because I realised that "illalla" is too fun to say.

"kiitos" is Finnish for "thank you", and "ei kestä" means "you're welcome".

It'd be nice to have more free time so I can get back to learning Finnish.

berkeley hillside

eli lyons, photo by m.burstein

I don't know how I've never been there before. x[

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Today I unintentionally ran 6 miles, instead of my usual 4. Ughh these big curving La Jolla/UTC streets are so disorienting. I should consult a map next time before deciding to try a new route. Also, my chances of getting hit by a car are increasing. I just need to get over my fear of getting hit by a car and not hesitate running across the crosswalk right when the light turns green.

I'm pretty tired right now, should go to bed, but I've gotten into the habit of blogging every day.

recording studio

Berkeley/Berkeley High's indie rock band (featured in the "high school bands" issue of East Bay Express last year—article) Please Quiet Ourselves' sophomore album is due soon. Or already out?

PQO's myspace (not all band members pictured above)

From their debut album (listen on imeem):

Sunburn, Color Chart, and Minor vs. Majors

Wurster Cottage

When Twitter co-founder Biz Stone tweets, a million people listen. So it wasn't surprising that when he recently posted a message about selling his home, the broker's Web site he linked to was so overwhelmed that it froze up.

"We loved our Wurster cottage in Berkeley but it's time to move - if you're into architecture, check it out," read the tweet.

—Twitter co-founder selling Berkeley cottage, sfgate

Many people don't like these little Chronicle homes articles which because they seem like advertisements. But I enjoy them because I like looking at architecture.