Resources:
Harbor House Inn
Phone Number- (707) 877-3203
Address: 5600 CA-1, Elk, CA 95432
Website- theharborhouseinn.com
Sue Johnson Custom Lamps and Shades
Phone Number: (510) 527-2623
Hours: Monday-Saturday 12-6, Sunday 12-5
website: suejohnsonlamps.com
When you shop at this custom lamp shop, most lamps and shades are available separately. They also have lamp repair services.
Though I have never personally purchased a lamp here, I have visited the shop and fell in love with the beautiful lamps. They are gorgeous.
I found a gardener working on a gorgeous Rockridge garden today, her name is Cecily Hunter! Her work is gorgeous!
Gary Kamiya is the author of the #1 San Francisco bestseller, Cool Gray City of Love:49 Views of San Francisco, which won the Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction.
The Provisions Cafe bakes their croissants in a cast iron oven from France. There are wood floors, a beautiful view and is super cozy!
Photography by WMM, July 2021
East Bay Provisions
Located inside the Claremont Club and Spa
41 Tunnel Rd.
Berkeley, CA
94705
Our favorite burger place in the San Francisco Bay Area is Eureka! There is an outdoor patio at the Concord location with wood tables, plants and this place is also family and dog friendly!
I am planning a summer of love tour for family visiting from out of town! I will be adding to my sites but here are a few of my favorites!
Summer of Love Bay Area Self Tour
Packing List:
Picnic with baguettes and butter, fruit, and wine, meat, cheese.
bubbles
ladies wear flowers in your hair!
tie dye everything
I. North Beach-
The first stop is the City Lights Bookstore owned and operated by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. City Lights was at the center of the San Francisco Beat scene, where many famous Beat Generation poems were published and read, including the epic Allen Ginsberg poem, "Howl." Next door is Vesuvio's, where Beatnick writers like Jack Kerouac and Kenneth Rexroth hung out!
II. Market Street-
Fillmore Dance Hall is famous for legends like Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, and the Grateful Dead make their names in San Francisco.
III. Haight Ashbury-
This area is the center of the radiance of the 60's peace and love movement.
At that time, you could rent in a Victorian home for between $100-300 a month.
For virtual tours of the beautiful victorian homes in San Francisco, see tourvictorians.com.
IV. UC Berkeley
Rallies, marches and protests in 1967
Playlist:
Grateful Dead, "Don't Ease Me In."
Beatles film, "Hard Days Night."
Janis Joplin, "Ball and Chain." Monterey Pop Festival
Scott McKenzie, "Flowers In Your Hair." This song is one of my favorites, it was written by John Phillips and sung by Scott McKenzie was produced and released in 1967. They used it to promote the Monterey International Pop music Festival.
"The Claremont is one of the few hotels in the world with warmth, character, and charm."
-Frank Lloyd Wright
"The Claremont is a manifestation of Westward Vision- and a lot of Forty-Nine gold. The claremont is the living bridge from the Gold Rush to Tech Boom and the safe observer of Social Movements, Literary Shifts and American Dreams. It's Buddha-like pose amidst the Berkeley hills as America's Top Urban Resort will not soon be lacking in inspiration or interpretation."
-Brantly Martin, August 2016
"When the Claremont opened, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were still perfecting -and squabbling over - electricity back on the East Coast. In Berkeley, the architect Leola Hall was busy building homes in her unique Craftsman style that would go on to define the area- while in her spare time fighting for women's rights to vote. Today the Claremont lights up at night as a reminder of, and mirror into, America's progress and innovation- one often spearheaded by the East Bay over the last 100 years."
Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel
Greyhouse Books
History: The Claremont Hotel opened in 1915. The hotel was designed by architects, Charles W. Dickey and Walter Reed. Dickey was an Alameda native who operated an architectural firm in Oakland and is affiliated with famed San Francisco architects Reid and Reid. (See historic hotels.org for more information about this hotel and other historic hotels.)
The guests at the Claremont Hotel and Spa and order a beautiful picnic basket filled with yummy food for around $85.00 so they can explore the nearby hiking areas! This is just one example of the special touches that the Claremont adds to make this an old bungalow favorite hotel to recommend!
The croissants in the Commissary are cooked in a German cast iron oven!
They have a theme this summer, "Summer of Love," with fun events planned. They have an old VW bus in the parking lot as a mascot, and beautiful murals!
Photography by WWM, July 14, 2021
Resources:
Claremont Club & Spa- A Fairmont Hotel
41 Tunnel Rd.
Berkeley, CA
94705
Phone-
(510) 843-3000
E-mail-
claremont@fairmont.com
I discovered Local Food Adventures from a dear friend who took her children on the Rockridge Ice Cream Tours. I really wanted to go with my family but then covid hit and the world stopped! I called Local Food Adventures today and Lauren said they are currently not doing tours to give the Bay Area time to recover.
She is currently doing Bay Area Food Gifts. Here are some different Local Love Gift Box Themes:
Food Tour Highlights Gift Box:
Price- $99.
This box includes:
-a bottle of Tuscan Herb infused olive oil from Amphora Nueva
-1/2 cup jar of Erbe Italiane di Lusso spice blend from Oaktown spice Shop
-17.6 oz bag of Rustichella d' Abruzzo pasta from Market Hall Foods
-18 oz jar of Super Q Mild Barbecue Sauce from Everett & Jones Barbecue
-2 one oz. bars of Barlovento dark chocolate with Haleakala Sea Salt from Diablo Foods
-4 oz. Rachel of loose leaf tea from Papillon Coffee
-Custom Local Food Adventures reusable shopping bag.
-Online access to Cooking at Home with Local Food Adventures: Recipes from Top Chefs as Seen on Our Tours Digital Cookbook.
-"The Stories of Our Food Tour Partners" insert
-Handwritten Message of your personal greeting
-Nationwide USPS Priority Mail 1-3 Day Shipping
14Orders are available on the 15th and 30th of every month!
Check out the other food gift boxes on the website! She also offers an online ice cream social and kit! I love the way Lauren is helping local businesses as well as creating smiles and happy tummies around the world!
Resources:
website- localfoodadventures.com
Mailing address-
Local Food Adventures
6114 La Salle Avenue, #542
Oakland, CA. 94611
E-mail-
info@localfoodadventures.com
Phone-
(510) 604-6546
Lauren provides the following services:
-Virtual Events, such as baking events or ice cream socials
-Local Love Gift Boxes
-Gift Cards
-Local Yummy Blog
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