Photos of the Week: 1/28

The view from LSA's stairwell. Do you see the trend of pictures from work this week? Busy week.

Photos of the Week: 1/27

I still enjoy these palm trees on the walk home from Etcheverry Hall.

Photos of the Week: 1/26

Took this from the bus, on Solano Avenue. Really, Berkeley? I guess "Cry mightily" is an accurate response to this billboard.

Photos of the Week: 1/25

Our faculty interviewee looks like Jeremy Pivens! I vote for this one.

Photos of the Week: 1/24

I ought to get a mat for this, but I love my christmas present! The Art Institute in Chicago was basically Kyle's and my first real date.

Photos of the Week: 1/23

I work in a lab. Also, this rat was as big as my foot.

Photos of the Week: 1/22

A bit hard to see here, but Pleasanton's motto is SELF-RELIANCE. This town is legit.

Photos of the Week: 1/21

There's a secret garden at the crest of Arch street, near the center for new music. I come here to read sometimes.

Photos of the Week: 1/20

Down deep in Doe library; I was looking for James Salter's short stories.

Photos of the Week: 1/19

Squirrel!

Photos of the Week: 1/18

I liked the fiery colors of these trees in front of their more stately evergreen neighbors.

Photos of the Week: 1/17

Ivy and bricks outside Hilgard Hall.

Photos of the Week: 1/16

I tried to take this surreptitiously, a "street style" picture of the three hippie-est young women I've ever seen in Berkeley!

Photos of the Week: 1/15

On campus: a building for preserving the "native values of rural life."

Photos of the Week: 1/14

My very French, colorful lunch: macarons, baguette, and assorted cheeses.

Photos of the Week: 1/13

"Let me just fix your shin for a second," said one football player to the other.

Photos of the Week: 1/12

Rainy, foggy day, but in Norcal we love our enormous palm trees. I took this photo by pointing the camera straight up.

Photos of the Week: 1/11

Favorite Berkeley graffiti: PATHOS.

Photos of the Week: 1/10

At Triple Rock with friends from high school!

Photos of the Week: 1/9

Spotted on my way to work: the WatchKitty.

Photos of the Week: 1/8

At the corner of Cedar and Scenic, an elephant! Made of rubber.

Photos of the Week: 1/7

Tree art on the Berkeley campus (near North Gate)! Accompanied by a three-stick teepee structure behind it. This was very well put-together, and threw a pretty shadow.

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A corvid on some power lines, on my way to work. Can't get enough of the sky here.

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I live next to a Capuchin monastery, and this is their holiday setup. (I didn't take a straight-on shot because a monk was working at his desk right behind the statuary, and I didn't want to disturb him.)

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In Laurel Heights for an orthodontist appointment, I ran across this gorgeous brick building, complemented by the unbelievable California sky.

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I live near this seeming former old-timey grocery store, but I don't know the history. Beautiful sign.

Photos of the Week: 1/2

Fog in the Berkeley hills on my walk back from the grocery store.

Photos of the Week: 1/1

The marquee when Kyle and I went to see TRON LEGACY had this political statement to make.