Berkeley Bowl

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There's not many other things that Carmen and Gene would rather do than shop for food. We all love Berkeley Bowl for it's diversity and abundance and if you're in the area I recommend that you check it out. It's amazing. This video is part of a new series that I'll be doing from time to time. I'll post the food videos to our Bakery web site, sfsbakery.com, as well. OK, I'm back to posting to my vlog!

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Port of Olympia Protest

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People have been protesting the militarization of the port of Olympia since last Monday, when a cargo ship docked with a shipment of military hardware coming back from Iraq. When I got to the port on Sunday afternoon everyone was relatively calm. There had been some confrontations with the police earlier, but no arrests.

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Iraq War Memorial

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I found this form of protest very moving and thought it was a befitting post for Veteran's Day.

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My Ant Farm

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I used an ant hill close to the house to populate my ant farm, with mixed success. Yes, I was able to get the farm going but I wasn't able to sustain it. Soon after I completed this video all of the ants died. My family wants me to add a shot of the dead ants but you can't really tell they're dead because they just look like little black dots. As an aside, the county later came along and mowed on the side of the road that the ant hill was on and cut the hill in half. I guess the ants have been unlucky lately.

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Train to Edinburgh

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Gene and I went to Scotland and spent a week in Edinburgh to check out the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. We tried to catch at least three events daily and felt like there was much that we were missing. There were art, music, theater, comedy, book, and film festivals. We traveled on public transportation the entire time we were in the country, it was easy to get to even the smallest town without a car. Why can't we do that here in Olympia?

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Lumiere #1- Lakefair in Olympia

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The Lumiere rules are as follows: 60 seconds max. Fixed camera No audio No zoom No edit No effects. Made this video at Lakefair, the first time I've gone to the carnival in Olympia in many years.

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Oakland Airport

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I spent some time at the Oakland Airport last week and had some time to kill. When I have my video camera with me that means I start taking random shots. Carmen and Mick live in a cute, little apartment close to Lake Merritt and were kind enough to host me for a few days. I had a wonderful time with them and Carmen completed a 26 mile training run. Run Carmen, run!

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