Adventures in Berkeley
Apr. 23rd, 2012 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aGroceries. Tried out another new grocery store last week, this time the Safeway out on Solano. It was a loser. Their selection was a little snotty and their store design was horrendous, so that for example you can't get through the front of the store if there's anyone in line to check out. The biggest minus, though, was that there are hills both ways between us and the Safeway on Solano. Fairly notable hills if you're biking. I suspect we shan't be repeating that again.
Shakespeare's. Stopped by Shakespeare's Books on Sunday, which is something that I haven't done much in recent years. I was very surprised to find a new energy there. New staff, books priced as if they were competing with the internet, discussions of what was selling and how to make it sell better. It was almost a whole new store. Apparently the owner has brought in a new manager to run the store for him. Which is a good thing, because it had become increasingly moribond over the years.
Trees. Our new trees have leaves again! Buds started appearing a few weeks ago, and this last week they bloomed(?) into leaves. So, I guess we kept them alive through a first winter. Now we just have to keep watering them for another year+ more, and then they'll hopefully be robust enough to get by on their own.
Bike Computer. Figured out the other day why my bike computer has become so unreliable. You see, I read the manual and was reminded that the bike computer is supposed to reboot itself (erasing all its data) if you press both of its buttons simultaneously. As of a few months ago, it started doing that when you just press one button. Whoops.
Shakespeare's. Stopped by Shakespeare's Books on Sunday, which is something that I haven't done much in recent years. I was very surprised to find a new energy there. New staff, books priced as if they were competing with the internet, discussions of what was selling and how to make it sell better. It was almost a whole new store. Apparently the owner has brought in a new manager to run the store for him. Which is a good thing, because it had become increasingly moribond over the years.
Trees. Our new trees have leaves again! Buds started appearing a few weeks ago, and this last week they bloomed(?) into leaves. So, I guess we kept them alive through a first winter. Now we just have to keep watering them for another year+ more, and then they'll hopefully be robust enough to get by on their own.
Bike Computer. Figured out the other day why my bike computer has become so unreliable. You see, I read the manual and was reminded that the bike computer is supposed to reboot itself (erasing all its data) if you press both of its buttons simultaneously. As of a few months ago, it started doing that when you just press one button. Whoops.