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January 31, 2005
Capitola Village, by the sea
A short while out of Santa Cruz, hides Capitola Village. There hides Mr Toots coffee-house and some nice little eats. I spent the day there studding for my databases mid term. My room gets boring after spending three consecutive days in it.
MR Toots, good coffee, good live music, good atmosphere... but empty during a weekday.
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January 23, 2005
Alessandro 23 on 23
On the 23rd Alessandro turned 23... So we naturally we celebrated into the night. Above is Alessandro, Sally and you know who.
Jose, Jordan, Raph and Sally. Lady Di, Yael and Sarah and this guy.
Sharon, Talia, me, Darcy and Becca... Italian birthday boy and Italian birthday gal!
Seems Italian is the flavour of the month.
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January 17, 2005
Berkeley, Peace and Rock n' Roll.
With the Martin Luther King Holiday this weekend, Sally Alessandro and I drove up to Berkeley. It's only fitting since Berkeley holds a prominent place in the political landscape of modern America. The activists weren't out in force yesterday, but the campus was alive as was nearby Telegraph Avenue and it's myriad of hippie street vendors. Above you can see both Sather Gate and Tower.
MLK (1967) in front of Sproul hall, near Sather Gate [left]. Sally and I [right]
The Golden Bears, the symbol of California is this UCB's mascot. Pity there aren't any to be seen. Beside the statue another furry, but cuter, native critter. The bells of the Sather Tower Carillon (note spelling). Apparently the spelling and pronunciation of Carillon as in the University of Sydney Carillion is a mistake, as is Carillion Avenue in Newtown, and the National Carillion in Canberra!
The awesome view atop of Sather Tower. The University of California Berkeley campus is directly below, in the distance on the left is San Francisco city, to the right [north] is Marin county. (I'll provide a hires version soon)...
To get the word out in Berkeley; staple it to a light pole. Are you Fiat Lux or Fiat Slug? ...Either way dude, peace.
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January 10, 2005
Photo Lag
Okay I got home, to Santa Cruz and didn't update this site with my last few pics. Here they are, and even an east coast video [6MB] to boot. Enjoy!
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