Summertime in Oakland, California

We are having a lovely summer here in Oakland, California. I have been here all summer long but I will leave in a couple of weeks for Lisbon, Portugal for the month of September and that will be a lot of fun and that’s another chapter. The weather has been astounding here in the Bay Area in general. Other people are suffering from the heat waves and storms, and we luckily have escaped that.

My days have been full of just kind of puttering and playing with the kittens that we brought back from Mexico, Ariel‘s kittens. On days that she works, I’m in charge so today was a kitty playing day. 

I took time out for my morning walk, this time up to our local farmers market. On Sunday the West Oakland Prescott Market, a lovely new establishment that just opened in April, has a wonderful farmers market with beautiful produce and other treats. And  live music! 

Today’s band was a really fun couple, Leslie and Roger know as “Out of Town Couple. They played and sang low-key country western pieces and I enjoyed listening to them in the sunshine and then walking through the market. 

Yesterday was a musical day as well. I went over to the popular 4th Street area in west Berkeley to exchange something that I bought a couple of days before. When I finished, I noticed they were having live music from 1-4. It was sponsored by the local Mexican restaurant Tacubaya. There was a great Cuban group playing. I just sat there for hours listening to their music watching the people dancing and enjoying the sunshine. You can’t really ask for much more can you?  

So I plan to spend my days more or less like this until I board a plane for Lisbon on the 25th of August. I’ll be in touch on that one.