Category Archives: Scouting Berkeley
Sourced: How those mosaic bollards came to be
Kim Weisberg’s post on Friday, about the mosaic bollards on Ashby and Fulton, prompted a wealth of responses. Among them, the person behind the mosaic bollard transformation herself, Lisa Bullwinkel, who got in touch via the Comments section. Here’s what she has to say:
How lovely to be appreciated! I think a lot of us in town do a whole lot of wonderful things and no one ever says thanks, so this is great!
I work at … Continue reading »
Scouting Berkeley: Mosaic street blockers
Berkeley has a reputation for eclectic creativity, often reflected in brightly painted murals, BART station drum circles, and colorful protests. Some of my favorite random examples of Berkeley character are the “concrete street blocker thingies” (for lack of a better term — does anyone actually know their technical name?) at the intersection of Ashby and Fulton. [Update: reader Thomas Lord helpfully informs us they are called bollards.] Each of the four bollards has a unique mosaic, and … Continue reading »
Scouting Berkeley: Biking 101
A few weeks ago, at the age of 25, I learned how to ride a bike. Yes, I had been taught as a child; but upon trying to ride after over ten years with virtually zero bicycling experiences, I realized that riding as an adult is quite different. Luckily, our local Berkeley REI offers a class just for folks like me.
At 10 a.m. on SuperBowl Sunday, I met five other adults … Continue reading »
Scouting Berkeley: Kitchen on Fire
By Kim Weisberg:
I recently attended a cooking class at Kitchen on Fire (motto: “if these two clowns can cook, so can you”). Founded in 2005 by chefs Olivier Said MikeC (pictured), and located at the Epicurious Garden in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto, Kitchen on Fire aims to demystify home cooking and entertaining using primarily local and organic ingredients.
My boyfriend and I had planned on rainy evening traffic and ended up arriving a half hour early, so we stepped downstairs to Mint Leaf, where we ordered drinks to take upstairs (the bartender was not fazed by our request, and simply told us to bring the glasses back after class).
Scouting Berkeley: Ohmega Salvage
By Kim Weisberg:
Ohmega Salvage is one of those places I’ve wanted to check out for a while. I must have driven past it a hundred times, but have never just stopped the car to explore this quirky world of reclaimed riches. Until this past Saturday that is, when an antiques-loving friend and I decided to put on our explorer hats, wander around and take photographs (see slideshow, above).
Ohmega Salvage says it buys and sells … Continue reading »
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