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We will never forget

Click the image to view the video After my cousin Marcy's wedding, I asked my mother what she'd like to do.  She said "Let's take a drive through Manhattan" It was a lovely serene Sunday afternoon.  We stopped in Jersey City to view the Lower Manhattan skyline, where I took Continue Reading

365 Things To Do In Berkeley #19 – Join us in a Downtown Berkeley Photo Walk!

Downtown Berkeley Photo Walk Arts, Poetry, Giant Fish, Lizards, Music, Organic Produce, Neon, Restaurants, Cafes, Deco, Planets and more Click on the map to go to the interactive google map page Select Street View - see what we'll be seeing! Join Keoki Seu and Continue Reading

We will never forget

 2 Sep 2001 After my cousin Marcy's wedding, I asked my mother what she'd like to do.  She said "Let's take a drive through Manhattan" It was a lovely serene Sunday afternoon.  We stopped in Jersey City to view the Lower Manhattan skyline, where I took this Continue Reading

Oakland’s Paramount Theatre – an off-the-charts Art Deco Jewel

Paramount Theatre in Downtown Oakland is one of the few off-the-charts Art Deco Gems all over the world, joining the Palladium Building in London, Chrysler/Empire State Buildings in NYC, Film Center Lobby also in NYC, and the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in Continue Reading

“My Aunt is 93 and wants to find the 1917 Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Berkeley Home she lived in”

That's today's most interesting phone call! So Carol went to our tax records and found all homes in zip code 94707 which were built in 1917. Me?  I love maps, so I quickly created a map of all the homes, then emailed the link to the caller. Curious?  Here's where they Continue Reading

Christo Visits The Albany Public Library

Carol and I visited New York City to see Christo's Gates Project in Central Park. Little did we know that he'd slip into Albany and wrap the Albany Public Library at 1247 Marin Avenue! Continue Reading

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