Theater in Berkeley
If you love theater, this is a great place to live! Aurora Theatre Company, in the Berkeley Arts District, began the season with a rich and riveting production of Awake and Sing full of powerful performances. Through December 13th is Fat Pig which has been getting rave reviews – I will have a chance to [...]
Stale Bread
What to do with it? Here’s a cross-cultural approach! There are the usual fixes: French toast (especially made with challah – yum), bread pudding, croutons, Italian frittata. Over the holidays I usually have an Italian panettone (this is a fruited bread) and the next day I turn it into an English trifle. Jerry and I [...]
Berkeley’s Cragmont Neighborhood
Well before today’s green movement, Berkeley’s first developers were pioneers in shaping an urban landscape where the architecture existed in harmony with nature. It was at the beginning of the last century that Joseph John Mason and Duncan McDuffie plotted out the Cragmont neighborhood, not on a grid pattern, but on streets that followed the [...]
Live Music in Berkeley
I forgot to mention the October Bob Dylan concert at the Greek Theatre on my previous post. The cold night turned pleasant and brought out an incredible diversity of people to see the legendary icon. If you’ve ever been to a Dylan concert you know it’s always a challenge to recognize your favorite songs [...]
