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August 14, 2016 by tomdalzell
Simple Life Fantasy: South Bristol, Maine
My family went to South Bristol, Maine, for a few weeks every summer from 1958 through 1971. For the first two summers we rented the large house in the background, on Long Cove. After that, we rented the converted brown-shingle boat house in the foreground, shown here at low-ish tide. Driving into Maine on […]
August 8, 2016 by tomdalzell
Quirky Berkeley – the book – is here now!
It’s true! It’s here. Berkeley’s crown jewel Heyday Books, an independent nonprofit publisher, has published the first volume of Quirky Berkeley. It features the photographs of John Storey (on the left), drawings by Traci Hui (center), and writing by yours truly (on the right). This photo is from the launch party at the north branch of the […]
August 7, 2016 by tomdalzell
Updates
I update my posts regularly. I will now log the updates for the Quirky Berkeley fandom. Starting with the latest, here they are: March 4, 2017: I added this horse to my supposedly “wild west” post. March 4, 2017: I added this lovely mailbox to my post on artistic depictions of dogs and cats. […]
August 7, 2016 by tomdalzell
Outbuildings (or is it – Out Buildings?)
When I walk Berkeley I imagine aggregations – a collection of photos of, say, quirky topiary. There is another way that aggregations happen. I reflect on the photos I have, posts that I have made, and I see an aggregation to be made. That was the case here. Here I aggregate mostly previously published photos […]
July 30, 2016 by tomdalzell
The Faces at Mad Monk
Ken Sarachan’s Mad Monk is open. For many the building on the southwest corner of Telegraph and Haste will always be Cody’s. For many more, there will be no memory of Cody’s. So it goes. Inside Mad Monk – books and records. Also inside Mad Monk, there are nine painted metal portrait sculptures by Mark Bulwinke. […]
July 23, 2016 by tomdalzell
The Two-Square Tower at CVS/Long’s/Bill’s
You have seen the tower at the CVS pharmacy on Stattuck and Rose – formerly Long’s Drugs, and before that Bill’s Drugs, and before that Lucky’s. The supermarket was built in 1947 and opened in April, 1948. And not that it matters – between 1964 and 1967 Lucky’s operated the store under the name Bonanza. […]
July 17, 2016 by tomdalzell
NIAD – Cool Art, Inspiration, Funky Richmond – DIY!
“Tom,” you ask, “where can I buy some cool art to add quirk to my Berkeley home, yard, or workplace?” “Tom,” you ask, “where can I go to be inspired by the human spirit?” “Tom,” you ask, “where can I go on funky funky 23rd Street in Richmond?” NOTE: I had to check. If the quotation […]
July 10, 2016 by tomdalzell
And a half
This blog has evolved in several ways in its two-plus years. The relevant evolution here has to do with production values. In the beginning, I wasn’t about production values. My vision was that iPhone photos of varying quality would be the basis for the blog. And I didn’t know about sizing them and didn’t care […]
July 4, 2016 by tomdalzell
Getting to Eureka – a fraction of the fun
It is the Fourth of July, and holidays are time for a field trip. Where? Field trip to Eureka! It is a long drive. It is a beautiful drive. Although the highway now bypasses most of the towns in Mendocino and Humboldt counties, it is still a drive with a high quotient of old […]
July 4, 2016 by tomdalzell