The house we're staying at has a lovely front garden with cherry tomatoes,tiny peppers, kale, and a lot of herbs, including this spectacular rosemary bush (I might have to snip a bit to bring home because it travels so well).
This is a parking lot sign I’ve never seen before - not even in a hospital where you might expect it (it was actually in the local Safeway lot):
On the next to last night here, we had drinks at Skates on the Bay, one of our favorite spots by the Berkeley marina. We've been sampling the fried calamari all along the way on this trip (I think 4 different versions). We recalled that almost 5 years ago we went to Skates for dinner. There was a wait for a table so we sat at the bar and ordered drinks and the kung pao fried calamari. It was so delicious and abundant that in the end, we decided we didn’t need dinner and left happy. So this time we planned on just that and no dinner. It’s always tricky when you have that kind of memory - was it really the food and wine, or was it the company or a special moment that made it so good? But we were not disappointed. Beautiful views, perfectly crispy and spicy calamari, and an Oregonian pinot noir to accompany it. A very satisfying farewell to the Bay.
