i left my stomach in berkeley

i haven't visited berkeley much since i graduated & left, but, i have to say, berkeley is wonderful. the weather is great, the food is great, the school is great, the football team is great (granted, the football didn't become great until after we graduated)... :)

went up to berkeley on saturday with maria, joy, and sandy, and we ate our hearts through the city. we didn't get to hit every eatery we wanted to visit, so we'll just have to go to those places next time!

by the way, i have no pictures, since we were too impatient to take pictures before eating. :)

didn't spend much time in southside (only visited sway on telegraph) since there was a cal football game and we wanted to avoid the football traffic as much as possible. so instead, we headed to north berkeley, where we visited gregoire - split the roasted leg of lamb sandwich, potato puffs, and potato gratin. next, we hit love at first bite to fill ourselves on their very delicious cupakes. green tea & strawberry are still my top two favorites there. after that, made the obligatory visit to cheeseboard - both the bakery & pizzeria. not deterred by the one hour meter we had to keep returning to feed, we didn't stop there. hit "gourmet ghetto" a really cute food court in the same area, where we discovered kirala has a to go station. also has a great gelato place, where we filled ourselves on some gelato. we didn't even make it to the 4th street neighborhood area, which is basically like a downtown los gatos in the middle of berkeley.

if you thought we were crazy, not only did we eat at every one of those places, we also came home with our fill of cheeseboard & cupcakes.

sigh.

i love berkeley!

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coming for a week in november...

can't wait!

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my allergies have been HORRIBLE these past few days, even after taking medicine. my eyes are totally swollen today, it feels like i've been crying for the past ten hours or something - puffy and itchy and sticky. is there something in the air?

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there are a lot of new shows this year that seem very intriguing! i'm interested in the very least in six degrees (jj abrams!), the nine, and heroes. but there are several more on top of that. ack! dont' know what to do.