Posted by drjodi on February 20th, 2006 under Journal
A middle-aged woman has settled in on the grass along the shore of Oakland’s Lake Merritt to enjoy the afternoon sun. She is wearing a large-brimmed hat and leaning against a lime-green shag bedrest pillow, a large bag of fried pork rinds on her lap. She is surrounded by an enormous boombox with two speakers […]
Posted by BillyBuggy on February 20th, 2006 under Comedy
In the early 80’s, when I first moved to Berkeley, my roommate and I decided
to take my 2-man raft to Lake Merritt. We launched it on the west side of the
lake, jumping in so as to not get wet. We were paddling around for around
30 minutes when someone of authority in a small […]
