Places that are now closed plus dinner & a movie! Little Star Pizza & "Episode IV: A New Hope"

As we left Oakland and headed towards Berkeley,

we could see Sather Tower in the distance...

Rasputin Music

Not too far from Amoeba Records was yet another record store...

that Bert and I were eager to show TC.

Amoeba Records, Berkeley

Now we were in Berkeley after having experienced hipsterdom in Oakland.

The afternoon was still "young" and there were two established vinyl pillars of the community to still visit.  We parked near this brightly painted bathroom which happened to be at the historic People's Park.

More on this later...

As we walked down the street, I noticed this mural in an empty lot. Apparently, it gets painted over a lot.

Our first stop was just down the street on the corner of Telegraph and Haste, Amoeba Records...

The Hog's Apothecary

Like unknowing fools, we actually reparked when we could have just easily walked here...

The Hog's Apothecary was just one block away from Homeroom...

Sub Rosa Coffee

Diagonally across from 1-2-3-4-Go! Records is this building...

which houses a guitar and bike shop as well as a tiny coffee place...

1-2-3-4 Go! Records

One of TC's requests during our trip was to visit record stores, particularly this one...

known as 1-2-3-4 Go!

Summer Road Trip Day 1 - Homeroom

Leaving waaaay before the crack of dawn...as in 3 am, we set off for our annual summer road trip...

to the Bay Area and Northern California. Our first stop was the Starbucks in Tustin off the Red Hill Drive exit; it opens at 4:30 and we got there right when they opened...