Sue Johnson Lamps is a really fun place to visit — pieces of art, textiles, craft are combined in to these lovely, lively and interesting on...

At Takara Sake in Berkeley, a museum demonstrating the tools of the 1900's and earlier contains many fascinating relics of past, small-s...

So much fun to sketch friends' socks and try to punch it up a bit! Thanks Viv!

Surrounded by antiques — all sorts of interesting objects I can't even describe! I had to focus, so chose art and perspective.

Children's Fairyland is a magical place for all.  A visit transports you from the everyday to other times and other stories, some famili...

If there aren't enough things to draw at IKEA, I don't know where there would be!

It's a treat to visit the Oakland Museum on a First Friday, not only is it 1/2 off, but they host live music in an area accessible in- a...

I love sketching at Goorin's our neighborhood hat store. The only downside is that I often cannot leave without buying a hat! Thank ...

We had a lovely evening cozily ensconced in a corner across from the musicians at Sahara, a Moroccan shop on Piedmont Avenue. Mostafa, the o...

They grind organic corn daily to make  their own tortillas - enough said! We had an appreciative audience! Add capti...

The Normandy Village in Berkeley is always an intriguing draw. It isn't as easy as you might think to capture its charm. Though you migh...

It was a lively night, with our sketchers among the crowd. There are a couple of long, high tables parallel to the bar which gives a great v...

I love going to Trader Vic's, it represents for me a plunge into the days when hand-crafted art was collected as odd and intriguing keep...

Spenger's has so many wonderful objects from maritime activity, both actual items and models. They also have mounted fish and hunting tr...

Crockett's main drag, view from deli, ink and watercolor 10x8 in Inspired by a wonderful urban plein air painting workshop and dem...

This venerable quick-fry burger joint is closing after 65 years of serving up great greasy-spoon. We had to go give it a last celebration. I...

How can you resist drawing the hotel? 

Sue is in the store late while her annual sale is on, and so we were able to drop in with our sketchbooks to capture some of her beautiful h...

It was so great to be able to sketch in the lovely peace and quiet of the store after-hours - Thank you Paula! I was happy to hear she is no...

 We visited a sweet yarn shop on Piedmont! Their collection of yarns is lovely, samples of knitting and felting are beautiful, and they even...