and the knit goes on

Posted on January 6, 2004 by mariko

Just wanted you all to know that in between bites of brioche, bread, cookies, and chocolate, I AM still knitting. I just have nothing specific to report about it right now.
I like gadgets, but I don’t consider myself a cutting edge gadgety gal. I certainly don’t know anything about MP3s and all that, but how tempting are these:
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They are MINIATURE. And I LOVE miniature things (except chocolates, of course). And it comes in PINK. And GREEN. Sigh.
Thanks to fellow native Portlander Amy and Annie for pointing me to a wonderful web site. This gal Eva lives in Berkeley and posts snippets of conversation she hears while out and about! So great! When I lived in Berkeley I used to carry around a notebook and jot down interesting conversations, too. People say interesting things in Berkeley (and elsewhere, too, I’m sure, but Berkeley is, well, you know, Berzerkley). Anyway, Eva seems to wander around North Berkeley quite a bit, which is where I lived at one point. Ahh, Peet’s Coffee and the Cheese Board!

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9 Responses to and the knit goes on

  1. Jessica says:
    January 6, 2004 at 23:21

    That In Passing blog rocks. I was laughing so hard my husband came over and read over my shoulder for about 10 minutes. What a riot.

  2. carolyn says:
    January 7, 2004 at 07:02

    dude. my ipod is the best thing that ever happened to me. (p.s. in passing is always fun isn’t it. i used to go there all the time but not so much lately.)

  3. annie says:
    January 7, 2004 at 08:09

    I want to go to Berkeley! Both those places sound awesome. As does the PIE place you mentioned on my blog yesterday. I have a friend who moved to Portland then Seattle, and all he did was rave about how great the PIE is. I love pie. Now I am going to be forced to make an apple pie.

  4. elizabeth says:
    January 7, 2004 at 08:40

    I LOVE cheeseboard pizza! yum! that was my favorite saturday lunch. now that i’m in sf I’ve contracted the typically city laziness and don’t go over the bridge too much anymore…but the thought of cheeseboard just might do the trick.

  5. Amy says:
    January 7, 2004 at 08:57

    Glad you like Eva’s site. Berkeley is definitely its own universe. I don’t remember much about it when I lived there (I was 3yo!) My mother used to take me for walks in my stroller through People’s Park — she was the young wife of an IBM corporate executive and looked a bit out of place in 1965 Berkeley’s Peace & Love environment!

  6. JStrizzy says:
    January 7, 2004 at 09:55

    I love that In Passing is located in my area, so I get to read about places I know and types of people I recognize. When I was still living in Berkeley, though, it made me a little paranoid sometimes.

  7. Silvia says:
    January 7, 2004 at 12:31

    Just thinking about Cheeseboard pizza makes me want to cry! Yummy yummy yummy…

  8. Allison says:
    January 7, 2004 at 12:52

    I too am lusting after the Ipod mini, mainly because of it’s size and cool colors and because it can hold up to a 1000 songs! I could carry most of my CD collection with me!

  9. alison says:
    January 7, 2004 at 17:36

    Must. Have. Tiny. Pink. iPod.
    And speaking of Yummy, I spy a Food Gallery! Thanks a LOT, Mariko, for making Taiwanese food even LESS appealing…

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