Weekend Adventures Update

Sep 21, 2024 | weekendadventuresupdate.blogspot.com | Carole Terwilliger Meyers

This travel blog focuses on things to do in BERKELEY and SAN FRANCISCO. It also features more travel destinations throughout Northern California. All are presented in small, easy-to-digest chunks of text along with plenty of photos so you really get the picture. Discover even more weekend adventures at my BERKELEY AND BEYOND website at www.berkeleyandbeyond.com. This blog is a continuation of my out-of-print guidebook--WEEKEND ADVENTURES IN SAN FRANCISCO & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Aug 9, 2024 | weekendadventuresupdate.blogspot.com | Carole Terwilliger Meyers

880 South2021 Alameda Ave., (510) 521-1247. Open 4th Sat of month; tour 1-4pm. $5. Designed as his family home by architect Henry H. Meyers and built by his German-born father Jacob Meyers in 1897, the construction cost to build the two-story Meyers House then was $4,000. Now a house museum, it is an example of the Colonial Revival style that was popular around the turn of the century. The house was considered an upper middle-class residence at that time, and rooms are small, as was usual then.

Aug 7, 2024 | weekendadventuresupdate.blogspot.com | Carole Terwilliger Meyers

80 North2727 Milvia St./Derby St.Operating within a gigantic, open indoor space that was once the Iceland ice skating rink, Sports Basement--Berkeley offers a huge selection of Hoka shoes, a massive selection of bikes, and way, way more sports-related gear. Some used sports gear and clothing can be traded in for store credit, and many items are accepted as donations (details at website).

Jul 31, 2024 | weekendadventuresupdate.blogspot.com | Carole Terwilliger Meyers

880 South3770-B Piedmont Ave./MacArthur Blvd., (510) 250-9215. Daily 11-8. Situated in a duplex shared with Dona Mexican restaurant, Pomella specializes in Middle Eastern and Israeli fare and offers counter service--items are brought to the table. Big bowls of composed salads are particularly popular, and most items are meant to be shared. Ingredients are mostly organic, lamb is grass fed, salmon and shrimp are sustainably farmed, and the flatbread and pita are freshly housemade.

Jul 25, 2024 | weekendadventuresupdate.blogspot.com | Carole Terwilliger Meyers

880 South37501 Niles Blvd./H St., (510) 790-0944. W-F 11-3, Sat-Sun 11-4. Reservations advised.   Henry James once said, “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” True. Sydney Smith said, “Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea?--how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.” True again.