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thirty before thirty: no. 18. get an oakland library card

gosh, i didn't realize how much i missed libraries. number 18 on the thirty-before-thirty list was to get an oakland library card, and now i have one!

 

coffee date with maggie + kai

remedy cafe with maggie and kai.

foxy

I wanted to show you this little wooden pendent made by Jill Ringler. Isn't it sweet? I have been wearing it with a totally unrelated scissors charm. Jill is a local artist/craftswoman, and I am hoping to share other local crafters with you on a semi-regular basis.

these photos were taken with camera+, which is a really great camera app. available for the low price of just 99¢. (they didn't pay me to say that, i just like it)

cinnaholic

i had a shopping/lunch day with maggie and her boys, and we went to cinnaholic in berkeley, they have yummy gourmet (vegan) cinnamon rolls. all the topping are too sweet for me so i just got a classic roll, but isn't this tiny roll that kai got super cute?

i also got to spend time with little kole.

coffee

Maggie and I had a coffee date a few weekends ago. Like always it was good to see her and catch up. (You can see her photos here)

Sadly, I found out that the cafe near my house where we met is closing. It was my favorite cafe. I would go most weekends and enjoy coffee on the sidewalk with carlton and a book, or knitting; or sometimes I would just stop in for a coffee to-go and then head to farmer's market. Business was good, but I the owner wanted to move to a new town. He really had the best coffee in the neighborhood, now I am going to have to find a new spot. boo.

bicycle coffee

i noticed bicycle coffee showed up at grand lake farmers market a couple of weeks ago. they brew organic fair trade coffee, all from a cart on the front of a bike. which is pretty much awesome. this is a cool video that tells more about the company. in addition to this cool coffee-shop bike, they roast the beans locally and deliver coffee to offices, and business by bike.

Bicycle Coffee Company from Nick Kova on Vimeo.

 

craft fair treasures

these are the treasures that i brought back from the richmond art fair. one of chase's owl pin cushions, a little bowl, and that giant cone of soft soft lace-weight yarn was a bargain at 50¢.

the little bowl found a place near my new little oil + vinegar birds (design by carol Jacobs).

richmond craft fair

my friend chase had a table with some friends sylvia and Jill at the richmond art center holiday craft fair. doesn't chase make the cutest things? you can see more of her work over at her etsy shop.

the richmond art center was really neat facility. they had a great classrooms, including pottery wheels + kiln and looms! the looms were really neat, i want to take a weaving class now!

an evening walk

I took my camera along on my walk with carlton this evening.

simple wins

I saw this article about NYC and Toronto re-purposing old parking meters into bike racks. While the fancy upgrade does save the cities the cost of removing the posts, it made me smile because the city of Oakland just slapped some stickers on the old meters and called it a day—now that is saving tax dollars.

 

(iphone photos)