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We had some time to spare before our lovely dinner at Chez Panisse (more on that later), so we poked around an area of Berkeley called the Gourmet Ghetto. Here are just a few of our favorite stops: The Holistic Hound is a doggy boutique worthy of the fanciest of canines, so we felt it necessary to procure Neville’s first

I LOVE to pick fruit and berries. I grew up in West Texas , which, although beautiful in a desert sort of way, did not offer many chances to pick large amounts of fruits and vegetables. So, in my grown-up years, I look for picking opportunities whenever possible. When Ellen discovered a hill of blackberry bushes right behind her neighborhood

I completely understand the urge to say “Hey, let’s go get an ice cream cone,” or “I’ll meet you for a latte,” but it never really occurred to me to suddenly think, “Hey, I could sure go for a cupcake,” …. until now! With cupcakeries popping up all over America, I think I might soon, find myself driving the kids