On Wednesday I had no class and decided to spend my afternoon taking a leisurely walk to Solano Ave. My sun-starved eyes were in shock from the brightness outside but I managed to discover a few interesting things regardless.
There were a lot of toy/game stores along the way. It took all my restraint not to wander into each of them.
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| Maybe I can ride one of these tricycles to burning man |
I found the sister cellar to the North Berkeley wine shop that I frequent. Took a look around the shop, definitely more expensive than the North Berkeley one.
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| There was a wine bar in there that I passed up for the time being... |
Eventually I found my way to a middle eastern deli. Everything looked delicious but I settled on buying a bottle of tahini (for my babaganoush) and four falafel balls (that quickly became three) for dinner.
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| Tasty little corner shop |
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| Nice hot falafel ball? Yes please. |
On the walk back I gave in and decided to try a flight at Solano cellars. The red flight of the week was themed on "must" weight--a concept that was new to me. The higher the must weight, the higher the alcohol content.
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| The Melville was really good. Didn't get much reading done on my novel though. |
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There was a wine rep present who was trying to sell wines to the cellar.
They got to try at least 5 pours of wines and spit all of them out and then poured out the dregs.
Nooo! I'll be the wine receptacle. |
The shop owners were quite nice and the female one definitely warmed up to me after I bought a bottle. The concept of different weekly wine flights is fun though and although it is a 30 minute walk from my place it is only a 5 minute bus ride. Maybe I'll bring some friends next time and share the discoveries of my wandering.
In other news--I've settled on a summer job for 2015! I'm staying in the bay, and days like yesterday only served to reaffirm this decision.
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