WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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Nice weather!.. Changed into shorts (LVC '47 repro 501xx) and read 'Jeans in the old west: a history' - when my uncle and brother weren't flipping through it that is…
Evo 07BK (after-wash) pic w/ brother :-\
Finished it in one go, rivet-ing read… Gets a thumb up!.. Gonna read 'Denim: an American story' by the same publisher next.
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This morning, Mum and I took in the local rose garden. Here are some sights we saw during our morning walk. PS. I do an enormous amount of neighborhood walking in my spare time…so comfortable shoes are very important to me. I find boots not even remotely comfortable -- that's why -- unless I'm hiking on rough terrain, I simply refuse to wear boots (and even then, I wear proper hiking boots -- none of this Alden, Red Wing, White's stuff...my feet are waay too small for those anyway). For city streets and urban environments, I prefer sandals, Birkenstocks, Danskos, and yes, God forbid...even running shoes !!
What I'm wearing :
Ladies Oakland T Large from www.pure510.com
IH Super Tan Belt from SESF (W32)
IH 634S from SESF (W30)
Softwalk Sandals from zappos (6.5N)Hope you enjoy the scenery from our morning walk. Oakland homes are just beautiful, aren't they ? They look distinctly different from San Francisco homes – but they are equally lovely.
This rose garden is mostly kept up by neighborhood
volunteers…The garden is the most lush right after the rains,
say around April or May. Today it was pretty dried up...
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Two WAYJDT posts in one day ! Well, Mum and I hopped over to San Francisco for a bit today – lower Russian Hill.. (Polk Street). I'm wearing the same as before -- Oakland T from www.pure510.com, IH Super Tan Belt, IH 634S, Softwalk Sandals. San Francisco is about a 15-30 minute drive from my place in Oakland (depends on traffic). Most of the time, I take BART over (public transit) but today we drove.
Hope you enjoy the tour.
View down Polk Street, San Francisco:
Everyone loves Royal Ground coffee. I don't see what the big deal is. I much prefer Philz (a small Bay Area chain, San Francisco original)…but I needed some caffeine in my system after a big lunch.
I had no idea what www.vince.com was til I got on the website and saw for myself.
SF City train - Muni
Finally got my cup o' Joe. Coffee is pretty much my only addiction. Everybody's got something, don't they ?
Mum chatting it up with some Royal Ground patrons…
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philz iz amazing. i buy their coffee beans when i go home so i can bring it and drink it at college..
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Me and my jeans (IH 634S) walked like a million miles today and snapped several photos of Lake Merritt, "The crown jewel of Oakland". NYC has got Central Park. San Francisco's got Golden Gate Park. LA has got Griffith Park in Hollywood ? And Oakland's got Lake Merritt Park ! Hope you enjoy !
There is an unlimited supply of hot people at Lake Merritt…
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Well, of course, I'm working today but on most days, I have lunch on Telegraph Road in Berkeley – which is walking distance from my workplace. I almost always end up at Naan n' Curry...after all, my ethnicity is South Indian ! Telegraph Road is the hippest place to be in Berkeley. Mostly, at lunch time, you run into Cal professors, Cal students as well as druggie street kids with their sick (as in unhealthy, not well) dogs.
Note Amoeba Records and Rasputin Music, two Berkeley classics. I'm surprised that they're still open in this shitty economy and age of iTunes -- but they supposedly have an awesome vinyl record selection.
And, oh, I only go for one trip to the buffet. That heaping plate you see is all I eat for lunch. I'm not 'fraid of onions and raw chillies !
I'm wearing : Schott Perfecto Steerhide, AA Tri-blend Vneck, IH 301S, IH Super Tan Belt, Sperry Topsiders.
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