Heading to Chinatown
A steep walk from Mom's apartment to Chinatown
Date: 06/24/2008
It's a steep walk from my Mom's Nob Hill apartment to dinner in Chinatown.
Chinatown dinner
An authentic Chinese restaurant
Date: 06/24/2008
An authentic Chinese restaurant for those in the know.
Daniel and me
Noel met my ex
Date: 06/25/2008
One unavoidable aspect of the Curran Pilgrimage is meeting some of my exes, like Daniel. Noel, Daniel and I caught up over coffee at Cafe Flore.
Chocolate!
Robert Walker and son
Date: 06/25/2008
One of my oldest and dearest friends enjoys the chocolate ganache cake made by his baker-in-training husband with his charming adopted son.
2909 Shasta Rd
My childhood home.
Date: 06/26/2008
One principal 'station of the cross' on this tour was my childhood home in the Berkeley Hills.
Berkeley Hills Nursery School
My first school
Date: 06/26/2008
My first school, as seen from the street.
Formerly Grizzly Peak Elementary
My second school, kind of
Date: 06/26/2008
The site of my elementary school, which is has been turned into a city park and tiny residential subdivision.
Lawrence Hall of Science
My second home
Date: 06/26/2008
The Lawrence Hall of Science, a kid's science museum, is run by the University of California, and was my second home as a kid.
Dad's childhood home
Still a mess, unfortunately
Date: 06/26/2008
My father's childhood home on Carleton street has still not been fixed up, years after its sale following my father's death.
Cal's Campanile
View from my college apartment
Date: 06/26/2008
This was the view from the street corner nearest my college apartment. The building itself was not much (seemingly made out of cardboard), but this was what I saw every day walking to school. Not bad.
Pacific Center, Berkeley
The East Bay's gay and lesbian center
Date: 06/26/2008
Another landmark of my youth, the Pacific Center's youth group was the staging ground for my adolescence and coming out.
Cody's Books
Recently closed
Date: 06/26/2008
We walked up Telegraph Ave. and saw Cody's, truly one of California's landmark bookstores, just days after it had closed.
Me and Erran
Following dinner with one of my good friends from the 90s.
Date: 06/27/2008
Erran, Erran's boyfriend, Noel and I had dinner at a Thai place. It was through Erran that I got my beloved dog of 14 years, Buddy.
