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Yes, they were very interesting. I was a little disappointed by the size of the library (it even seems small compared to Berkeley’s main branch). I was expecting a little more from the history room… the main thing of interest there seems to be reference books. But all in all I will reserve judgment. The city of Oakland is a wonderful place, and one takes what one can get in terms of culture from the LIVING, BREATHING aspects of the city (and the history itself, which is well documented, in both anecdote and literature, elsewhere). There is not the need, nor the resources, for Oakland to resort to the form of myopic self reflection that is often practiced by many, much less interesting, cities. The historic photographs were fascinating (and often quaint. A caption below a picture of two boys taken on the shore of Lake Merritt in the 1870’s observed that they must be in their seventies by now)

the view from the top is lovely: you’ll know that you’re in the most beautiful city in the world.

i was 13. i became a mormon, metaphysically speaking.

was 1991(!) following the smithereens from freeborn hall in davis. this was the better show, and we managed to hang around afterwards and meet them.

pretty good pizza… now it’s a chain and you can even get it in (ahem) monterey and san jose. the better pizza has always been on pleasure point though.

there’s nothing like walking around in the sun with a large open container of beer! and the roller coaster is great (get over the tourist thing)