Bay Area Book Festival 2025

 Berkeley hosted the Bay Area Book Festival. It was the first time I was able to go in a couple of years. There was no one famous but a lot of local authors there.

There were people selling things related books:

A journal made of a book cover

A purse from a book

And some books:

And a bunch of local authors:

EJ Tanda

Jonathan Rice

Doc Bastard

Kate Grant

Lucy Holmes Higgin

Jonesy Elise

It was a great time and I really enjoyed meeting a bunch of talented local people.

Music Monday: Songs of My Graduation Week

 Music Monday: Here are some of the songs that were on the Billboard Top 40, the week I graduated high school in the middle of June of 1987:

At # 38:

 At #27:

At #17:

At # 12:

At #4:

#1:

 

Hope everyone has a great week.

Lilac Alley Murals

 

In the mornings, I go by this donut shop and I pass by this alley that has all kinds of cool murals:

It cool seeing these in the morning.

The Cereal Cocktail Bar

 

In San Francisco, there is a pop-up called the Cereal Cocktail Bar. It is bar where cereal is infuses with your favorite drinks:

Cereal ads are all over the place:

And they ran old cereal commericals:

The Jackson Five

And then there were the food and drinks:

The Cereal Cocktail Bar is a pretty cool place. 

Having fun at Carnaval 2025

 

I went to a fun time at Carnaval 2025 in the Mission District in San Francisco. Carnaval is a huge event that celebrates all Latinx culture. Carnaval can draw upwards of 500,000 people for the weekend. I go on Saturday when the crowds are a little less:

There are the vendors:

One thing I am trying to do is highlight local vendors if I am able to:

Tommy Nello

Francisco Franco Studios

Artist Miller Hoffman

Estilo Clothing

There was lots of music:

Loads of Food:

Bubblegum Aqua Fresca- So good

But mainly it is the people that makes Carnaval:

Carnaval is back to where it was before the pandemic. It is an amazing time.