Saturday night we were running late for the Oddball Films event we were planning on going to so, as we sat in traffic waiting to get across the bay bridge, we called Thatchery to see if there was something else to do. He was going to a friend’s birthday party at a Irish pub in [...]
After our disappointing trip to The Temple Bar last month I was beginning to think that Trader Vic’s in Emeryville was our only option for tiki bars in the East Bay. Until yesterday.
Sarai and I were at a coffee shop in the Elmwood area of Berkeley yesterday afternoon and, since it was so nice out, [...]
The Temple Bar last night was a bust. We arrived around 9:30 Saturday evening, a time at which you’d expect any bar to start filling up, especially on a night with DJs scheduled and flyers up around town. There were three other tables in use at the time, with the majority of the place empty. [...]
We wandered into the Elbo Room one Sunday around 6:00pm and ended up staying until after 11:00. The bartender was really nice and he had great taste in music. Rather than having a CD changer, music was left up to the staff. He played My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Nick Cave, and I don’t remember what [...]
