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On the mornings I'm not even <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/05/verve.html" target="_blank">pretending to do homework</a>, Cafe Delmarette is my go to spot. (My excuse for skipping school work: they don't have wifi.)</div>
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What they do have, however, is the most addictive scone in the whole wide world. Spicy sausage and cheese is my daily order. I do find it funny, that even after two and a half months of eating this scone every morning, the person behind the counter still asks me what I would like. As though I would order something different! I'm sure they have other good things on the menu, but I have never waivered in my loyalty.</div>
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Besides their killer scones, Delmarette also has really nice monthly art shows. During May, my friend Louise had her work hanging on the walls. Inspired by amusement parks and boxing rings of the past, I love Louise's characters like "Pesaro" and "Gravino" that make appearances across her work and compete to be THE GREATEST.</div>
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Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-49082313312455389672012-06-16T18:22:00.000-07:002012-07-07T18:23:20.428-07:00Westside Market...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Santa Cruz farmers markets are the social event of the week. <i> Everyone</i> is there- friends, neighbors, butchers, bakers and I'm sure some one there must moonlight as a candlestick maker. </div>
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Each market has its own vibe. Wednesday downtown is packed to the gills with produce tents, drum beating bohemians, and a bike valet. Saturday morning on the West side is a bit more low key. People stroll by for breakfast, to watch a fiddling band of print makers, and to buy flowers.</div>
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This spring, the Ranunculus have been going crazy!</div>
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-51620128673427113632012-06-09T16:40:00.000-07:002012-07-07T16:40:41.288-07:00Monterey...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-12349831832500362182012-06-02T16:05:00.000-07:002012-07-07T16:07:13.431-07:00Big Sur...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-87497035126627083732012-05-26T15:19:00.000-07:002012-07-07T15:22:47.563-07:00Verve...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I don't even like coffee, and I'm still smitten by Verve Roasting Company. During the times I concede to study (<i>erm</i>, read Murakami novels), I camp out at the downtown Verve. Sometimes I feel like places are designed specifically for me. At Verve, where Edison bulbs hang like raindrops from the ceiling and air ferns are tucked in every nook and cranny, I fit right in.<img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFy0VBkJ9jymTvtju-oRi9Sj4cXLbC6DNcT8rcWuEvV9YHyeIMqfMb5NeS7gFukiIK88MYMtWQfcYO8s8HF6Ca1X-8Yn8cvOmb-U2JWK2UiR7lFnJPgqtlRKB3UksoDNur52aNqnOvoi4/s640/verve+coffee+seabright.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-54133208845929853392012-05-21T14:45:00.000-07:002012-07-07T15:00:04.517-07:00Bigger And Better Things...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the past two months since we've been home from Europe, both Ryan and I have been itching to move to The City. With no attachments to school (<i>ew</i>) and encouragement from the chefs at work, Ryan set out for San Francisco, while I twiddled my thumbs away taking my last undergraduate classes in Santa Cruz. Together, he and his friends have found a place on Alamo Square which, we quickly decided, was the nicest neighborhood in town. Hardwood floors, latticed windows and a real kitchen!, around the corner from the Independent, fancy restaurants like Nopa, and walking distance to <i>everything</i>. I spent the weekend helping him move in and walking around Alamo Square park, writing down addresses of houses I'd like to live in...I have all sorts of strange criteria planned out. I want to live alone, I want southeast facing windows, I want to decorate with Pendleton blankets and Mexican embroidered tapestries...</div>
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Twenty-seven more days left in Santa Cruz for me. And before I'm moving anywhere, I've got to find a job.... </div>
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-28687177158707529242012-05-19T14:26:00.000-07:002012-07-07T14:29:35.191-07:00River Street Cafe...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Santa Cruz is too often referred to as a "weird" place, full of hippies, homeless optionals, and trust-ifarians. And, while some of these subcultures do permeate the downtown, what really sets Santa Cruz apart, I think, is its food culture. </div>
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I remember when I first moved to France, the shock of the single <i>bio</i> organic isle in the super market. Here, organic is the standard. People expect fresh and local. And if they don't expect quality, they at the very least expect rustic or artisan.</div>
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This is a small town, remember, so our offerings of restaurants and diners is slim compared to a real city. But just a little bit of hunting can yield a very, very good lunch.</div>
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The River Street Cafe is one of my favorite place to sit when it's raining. Their tiny restaurant is also a sun room, so you're dry and warm when it's wet outside. </div>
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It is also one of my favorite places to sit when it's sunny. An outdoor patio, strings of lights and festive garlands make already good meals taste even better.</div>
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-6943159082955065622012-05-12T14:10:00.000-07:002012-07-07T14:11:08.085-07:00The Picnic Basket...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Picnic Basket opened its doors in June of 2011, not even a full year after it's sister shop, <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/08/something-sweet.html" target="_blank">The Penny Ice Creamery</a>, made its mark on the California culinary scene. Chef Kendra Baker and Co-owner Zach Davis had already created a small community of local farmers and food producers who would come by The Penny with seasonal offerings of Dirty Girl strawberries, Glaum Ranch fresh eggs, or Meyer lemons from a neighbor's backyard. The Picnic Basket has extended that network now to include lettuces from Happy Boy Farm, bread from <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/09/bakers-breakfast.html" target="_blank">Companion Bakery</a>, <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/08/neighbor-night.html" target="_blank">beer from the local brewery</a>, and more. With a seasonally evolving menu, the farms and the menu offerings change daily. At The Picnic Basket, the only thing that stays the same is the commitment to quality ingredients and community. <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/05/down-by-boardwalk.html" target="_blank">Despite its location</a>, it has seen more and more business over the last year and is now a permanent fixture on Beach Street, a lunch spot for tourists and local Santa Cruz-ians alike.</div>
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It is REALLY good. As proof, since <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-day.html" target="_blank">I don't have a kitchen</a>, I eat here <u>every single day.</u> And I'm not even exaggerating.</div>
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</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-7403559069491983622012-05-05T13:22:00.000-07:002012-07-07T13:28:31.604-07:00Down By The Boardwalk...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I think that the very first destination for misguided people headed to Santa Cruz, is the Beach Boardwalk. </div>
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As the calendar pages are pulled back, beach goers descend upon Cowell's Beach like migratory gulls, laying out beach towels and popping up neon bright umbrellas. In the background, rickety wooden roller coasters roar along their tracks, and riders' screams are all a part of the sunny ambiance. </div>
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In fact, I tried to avoid the beach altogether, wary of the crowds and summer hooligans who came to play. Last summer, however, Beach Street received a new tenant: The Picnic Basket.</div>
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(And yes, I'm on Instagram: chloe_kiser )</div>
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<i></i> And if the embarrassment of this demotion isn't enough, I'm surrounded by animals. Sweet, friendly animals, to be sure, but animals none the less. It's a shame when the public restroom is more inviting than one's own, and the kitchen...well. Suddenly the word <i>squalor</i>, seems to be creeping its way into my everyday lexicon.</div>
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In a vain attempt to fool myself into thinking I live somewhere lovely and homely, I've turned my tiny room into a greenhouse. Jars full of succulents, hanging air ferns, bouquets of alstroemeria and bowls full of fragrant lemons have all made new homes in my room.</div>
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(The stack of books above is a clue to what I've been reading lately. I was m.i.a. all of last week, absolutely addicted to Murakami's, <u>Kafka on the Shore</u>. Also in the line up: Mark Twain, my kindred spirit.)</div>
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Hanging plant balls seem to be taking over the window displays at the Santa Cruz nurseries. They're pretty visually striking, and very easy to make. I used this funny tutorial <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMY7B--s4c" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-46096866700852020722012-04-29T08:51:00.000-07:002012-05-06T08:52:05.683-07:00A Party In The Woods...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Several years ago, <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-likely-to-change-world.html" target="_blank">Heather</a> spent a summer in Uganda, working with a charity organization to provide work for displaced Ugandan women. She chronicled her experiences with Light Gives Heat <a href="http://toliveforlove.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here on her blog</a>. Her passion for this program, which shines light on the hope of the Ugandan people rather than their darker moments, continues to be a contagious force. This weekend, she helped put on an incredible fund raising event to send our friend Anneliese to Africa to follow in her footsteps with Light Gives Heat.</div>
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Growing up, I always knew Anno as the girl who was involved in, if not in charge of, <i>everything. </i>She seemed to possess an unlimited energy to be everywhere at once, and an ability to keep all sorts of plates spinning at a time. Clubs, student body, leadership, school, work- you name it and Anno was there full-force making things happen. </div>
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Little has changed since she began university in Santa Cruz. Every time I see her around town, she's just off to teach a class on Education for Sustainable Living, on her way to Master's Swimming, off to work or to run a triathlon... There is <i>nothing</i> this girl doesn't do.</div>
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Naturally, these two super-women pulled off the fundraiser to send Anno to Uganda with flying colors. Friends, acquaintances, and strangers alike flocked to their little cabin in the Bonny Doon woods for a night of music, food, dancing, and celebration, and helped contribute towards Anno's financial goal for her trip to Uganda. </div>
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Despite generous contributions during the event, Anno still has a ways to go to reach her goal of $9,000. If you're interested in finding out more about Light Gives Heat, or contributing towards her time in Uganda, she has set up an <a href="http://lightgivesheat.org/rep/278" target="_blank">online shop</a> that will help make this venture a reality.</div>
</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-62059279071831421752012-04-26T15:11:00.000-07:002012-05-04T15:18:25.127-07:00Lost And Found...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-best-friend.html" target="_blank">Shannon</a>. </div>
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This picture was taken in December, with one of my little <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/12/barcelona-for-blind.html" target="_blank">disposables</a>. </div>
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I had decided to make an advent calendar to send home, in lieu of one big Christmas gift, and in anticipation of Shannon coming to visit me in Europe. Over several hours a train ride to <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/12/barcelona-for-blind.html" target="_blank">Barcelona</a>, I wrapped up little trinkets in brown paper, tied them with red string, and labeled them according to the day they should be opened.</div>
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I"ll admit I was a little excited about the box full of goodies reaching its recipient and checked with Shannon incessantly to see whether it had arrived. </div>
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Much to my chagrin, advent days began to slip by, and Shannon still hadn't gotten my package in the mail.</div>
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Months later, I had resigned myself to the idea that it had just been lost somewhere between Spain and California due to those bumbling postal workers at the <i>Correos</i>.</div>
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But! One of the first days I was back home, visiting Shannon's little cottage by the beach, and drinking whiskey sours in her back garden, I spotted an oddly familiar green lump tucked under the back stoop and did a double take. </div>
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Late mail is better than no mail at all, I thought, but on further investigation, it turns out that the package hadn't been late at all. Tucked away in the garden it had escaped notice for months, and weathered rainstorms, bleaching sunrays and worse. We opened up the box to find that a family of snails and their salamander friends had taken up residence inside and decided to eat the tags and wrapping paper. I didn't even know snails ate paper!</div>
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I found the whole thing rather amusing, and though the advent days and Christmas socks are now irrelevant, the lost and found aspect makes up for the novelty.<br />
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P.S. I feel sort of about having thought poorly of the Correos postal workers. The little post office ladies had laughed and laughed when I arrived with a sack full of little numbered parcels but they had, been nothing but helpful and accommodating as I tried
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</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-74437347032551559642012-04-20T14:01:00.000-07:002012-05-03T16:11:25.070-07:00Santa Cruz...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So for the next 57 days (not that I'm counting or anything), I'll be focusing on the things I love about Santa Cruz. A year ago, that list would have been made up of maybe <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/08/something-sweet.html" target="_blank">one thing</a>. But times have changed, and though I still feel restless to a certain degree, I think I've become better at appreciating things that are familiar. </div>
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So in that spirit, keep your eyes peeled for stories about everything that I love in sleepy Santa Cruz.</div>
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P.S. I took these pictures at the trailer park at UC Santa Cruz. I don't really know if that place constitutes as somewhere I love per say, but I do feel it sort of sums up a little bit of that quintessential Santa Cruz feel.</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-61456757559705443322012-04-17T21:45:00.000-07:002012-04-26T13:49:00.562-07:00Hoover Dam...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just down the road from <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/04/nevada.html" target="_blank">Boulder City</a> is the Hoover Dam. On the other side of the river lies the Turquoise State. (And while we're on the subject of <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/04/haunted-place.html" target="_blank">time</a>, did you know Arizona doesn't adhere to Daylight Savings?) </div>
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People don't seem to go out here much anymore, now that the bridge links the two states together and the road no longer leads anywhere. After getting grilled on our Nation's Constitution to ensure we weren't the terrorist type, the upstanding security team of the great Hoover Dam let us in. We had the place to ourselves- no moon, no stars, just the steady hum of cars on the giant bridge above us, midnight traffic moving through the desert.</div>
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I've found it quite funny how my opinion of Southwest Airlines has changed over the last months. After countless cramped flights aboard EasyJet (although, I'm not complaining- they have the best in-flight magazine in the industry), Southwest seems so posh. Peanuts? Complementary soft drinks? A bit of wiggle room and WHAT? two checked bags???? </div>
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Just outside the brilliant, glitzy bright lights and bells and whistles of Las Vegas, these shots are taken from the car window in Boulder City. These empty roads and worn down signs seem sad to me, particularly in contrast to it's glamorous city. It seems like <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/04/haunted-place.html" target="_blank">another one</a> of those little American towns that just slipped through the cracks.</div>
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Frankly, I have always been pretty prejudiced towards
Southern California. It seems silly now, but not having really spent
any time there, I fell prey to believing the stereotypes of gas guzzling,
freeway congesting, warm weather-hedonism that seem to circulate the
liberal coast of Northern California. Yet, although they may use
rather a lot of gas to get anywhere, traffic could be nightmarish, and
they do have the best weather ever (Hmm, I guess I just confirmed
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I think these vicious rumors started off more along the lines of jealousy. What blue-sky craving, bus taking, bring-fifty-layers-of-clothes-with-you-just-to-walk-a-block-just-in-case, Northern Californianer wouldn't be jealous??</div>
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And, albeit more spread out than I'm used to in Northern California, there doesn't seem to be anything down there that they don't have/couldn't have down there. Proof of this my reunion with <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-faces.html" target="_blank">Jami Cakes</a>, which resulted in a day long crawl through Hollywood's greater food scene, and in contrast, the quite street of Los Ramos in San Juan Capistrano.</div>
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It might just be the sun, but...I think I'm in love.</div>
<span id="goog_221607070"></span><span id="goog_221607071"></span></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-13664486187676575512012-04-06T12:56:00.000-07:002012-04-26T13:02:16.670-07:00A Haunting Place...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As if the little town of Port Costa wasn't mysterious enough, the town's sole hotel adds an even greater enigmatic air to the whole picture. Tucked above the <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/04/secret-spots.html" target="_blank">café</a>, up a spindly railed staircase, and down halls with red carpeted walls are a number of guest rooms. These are not your standard rooms, as per your typical hotels. There are no little soap bottles on the sink, so far as I can see, no uniform sheets and window drapings, and no phone down to the concierge. Instead some rooms have bare light bulbs, or little porcelain figurines of cats that sit on the nightstands. </div>
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I know little of the history of The Burlington Hotel. Like the rest of the town, the hotel seems bent on creating ambiguities, struggling back and forth between an air of hospitality and a desire to be left alone. It's like a place that seems to have found a crease in chronology and now functions outside of time.</div>
</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-33204569939645105532012-04-03T19:57:00.000-07:002012-04-13T09:19:27.278-07:00Secret Spots...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Welcome to my new favorite place to spend weekend mornings.</div>
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I promised not to divulge where this place is...</div>
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Some things, you see, are better left a secret. </div>
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(Finders keepers, but you are welcome to search for it. It's worth it.)</div>
</div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-81515006801645046502012-04-01T11:51:00.000-07:002012-04-13T09:20:42.199-07:00Theatre Of Dreams...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Directly across the straight from Benicia lies a teeny tiny one-street town. Port Costa is made up of a post office, a bar, a café, a letterpress studio, and an ephemera workshop- pretty much everything you need, right?</div>
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Coming here is always a special treat, like being in a private club, or stumbling across a secret fort.</div>
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Once in a while, however, a steady steam of traffic will make its way here for something special. This weekend, that special occasion was the opening of <a href="http://wendyaddisonstudio.com/" target="_blank">Wendy Addison</a>'s <i>Theatre of Dreams</i>.</div>
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The little storefront, which opens but three times a year (once for Easter, once for Halloween, and once for Christmas), is stuffed to the brim with all sorts of whimsical decorations and artifacts, mirroring the quaint and magical quality of the town itself. Inside, those blue doors is a cornucopia of fairies, toadstools and diving swallows. My mom, a vertiable Wendy Addison enthusiast, was in German glitter glass heaven, and left with a big back full of sparkling stars, bees, and treasure boxes. </div>
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After we finished gawking, Wendy suggested we go across the street, to <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/04/secret-spots.html" target="_blank">this little place</a>. </div>
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As the view outside the cabin window became more and more familiar, so too did the mounting sensation that maybe I wasn't ready to go home after all. Suddenly eight months didn't seem quite so long, and seeing the bay from above, looking very much the same as when I left home, put perspective on how little had changed while I was away.</div>
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Part of my longing to return home was a fear that everything was happening without me. Being on the road felt like being on pause, frozen in a fish bowl while life continues on its merry way without you. </div>
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And though some things had changed (like the addition of this fantastic little parklettes in the Mission), most had not. <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/09/tartine.html" target="_blank">Tartine</a> (my first stop when I got back!) hadn't. Neither had places <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/09/camino-royal.html" target="_blank">Camino</a>, Port Costa, or Santa Cruz, neither had my friends, nor much of anything else that really mattered...</div>
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It was a soothing discovery, and one that I thought might have me regretting my desire to come back. But it was quite the contrary. Of everywhere I'd been, and everything I'd seen, San Francisco really had everything I had loved, and everything I had missed. There is probably a city somewhere in the world made perfectly for every person, and I'm back home in mine.</div>
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In the days leading up to my flight back to California, I kept the sight seeing to a minimum with only three trips to London and Brighton. The rest of the time, I set about expanding my grandparents' waistlines as only a kitchen deprived baking enthusiast can do. Rhubarb tarts, cardamom custards, lemon cakes...You name it and I was trying stuff another dessert on the table. Finally, I got cut-off; banned from the kitchen in the interest of arteries, blood sugar, and simple nutritional health. </div>
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Left to my own devices, however, I would have kept going and going and going.</div>
<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-54838366091165967092012-03-25T10:32:00.000-07:002012-04-13T08:26:16.897-07:00East London...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a bittersweet farewell to the island that had been our home this month, we set off on the first leg of the journey homeward. The time that had passed while we were on the road seemed, from this vantage point, both endless and lightning quick simultaneously. Trying to think back upon the experience in its entirety is nearly impossible. I've found that it's to remember things hour by hour, methodically walking myself back through a specific day, revisiting sights and sounds and sensations... I was ready to go home, but I also knew that settling back into real life might prove a little challenging. It is better, I think to sort of ease back into things. London was the first stop in this transition.</div>
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Deborah and Morgan, our friends from <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/03/atlantis-books.html" target="_blank">Atlantis</a> gave us the most compelling tour of London; by the end of the first day we spent following them around the East Side, I was just about convinced that I <i>had</i> to move to Shoreditch. (And this thought even with cold weather!) </div>
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Together we walked along the canals, through the Chelsea Flower Market, street food fairs, and bustling streets. Sundays in London have a liveliness to them that's contagious and my fears of the trip coming to a close were trumped by an excitement to plan the next adventure.</div>
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Before we left the shop, we had one last task to complete. On the ceiling above the register is a spiral of names; a record of everyone who has ever stayed and worked at Atlantis Books. We added our names right behind Deborah and Morgan. </div>
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So now we're official. And we're leaving. After seven months abroad, I've booked my flight home. For quite some time, all I've been able to think about is how much I need to go home, and how much <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/02/view-from-top.html" target="_blank">I need to be warm</a>. I was so excited about coming back to California. Until I bought my ticket. Only seconds after pressing the purchase button, I began to have a bit of an anxiety attack. What had seemed like months now seemed like only a matter of days, I had lists and lists of things that I still wanted to do, places I needed to go, things I was dying to eat. I wasn't ready to leave, I hadn't been here long enough yet!</div>
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And even though the months now seem like days, I did have to admit that really have done quite a lot. </div>
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I had the <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/09/mermaid-kisses.html" target="_blank">best oysters in the world</a>, every <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/09/mornings-on-quai.html" target="_blank">Sunday</a> at the <i>marché</i> in Bordeaux.</div>
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I ate at <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-reservations.html" target="_blank">the best street food</a> in Morocco, rode a camel across <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/11/sunrise-caravan.html" target="_blank">the Sahara Desert at dawn</a>, and spent the night on <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/11/marrakesh-express.html" target="_blank">a train</a>.</div>
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I fell in love with <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/11/real-madrid_16.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a>, and <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/12/barcelona-for-blind.html" target="_blank">Barcelona</a>.</div>
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I <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/12/farewell-feast.html" target="_blank">roasted pizza</a> in a three hundred year old wood burning oven.</div>
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I thought about home. <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-have-this-funny-habit-of-never-quite.html" target="_blank"> A lot</a>. </div>
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I met up with <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2011/09/bakers-breakfast.html" target="_blank">this boy</a> I really like, and went back to <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/01/breakfast-at-shakespeare-and-company.html" target="_blank">my favorite place in the world</a>.</div>
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We went to Spain, and <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-mercado.html" target="_blank">ate</a> ourselves silly.</div>
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Through a series of serendipitous occurrences and good friends, we went to places <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/02/athens-at-night.html" target="_blank">we never thought we'd go</a> and finally, found ourselves <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/02/athens-at-night.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I went to <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/01/unnatural-history.html" target="_blank">places I loved</a>, and to <a href="http://chloe-kiser.blogspot.com/2012/02/rome-in-day.html" target="_blank">places I hated</a>.</div>
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And now, I'm going home. </div>
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I'm so glad that I have kept this blog as a record of those experiences. It began as a way of keeping in touch with my family but now, it's really it's more of a time capsule for me. Even though I'm a bit worried about going home, this will be a means of remembering this trip and inspiring future travels. And hopefully, those travels aren't too far away!</div>
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<br /></div>Chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11613578857107532510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400966136962990299.post-34249730420890686192012-03-17T06:00:00.000-07:002012-03-17T06:00:08.221-07:00Sunrise...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oia is know for its sunsets. But I find sunrise decidedly more captivating.<img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVc_389-0GfNHsXl5TP0jpwTE0BrA8u7O1-JP2lIhGUNbnh-9rr-B0CJSfHi9OnyMXXNSkinW68tR6nKqAuS-3bs6KsebG8KTaA3TgUGTFvVRV4SxdktMxl84tP1DyThhxt2rx21GGTM/s640/DSC_0020.jpg" width="424" /></div>
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On our last morning at the bookstore, we woke up early to watch the sunrise from the roof terrace. The air at dawn is so fresh and everything looks clean and alive. I think that waking up with the sun really adds an energy to your day, and this sunrise kept me glowing for hours.</div>
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