Rachel, Ia, and Larry had tickets to see "The Great Comet of 1812." I didn't have a ticket, but I agreed to drive them down from Sacramento, because I like walking around unfamiliar neighborhoods. While they watched the show I walked around two neighborhoods: Elmwood, south of the UC Berkeley campus, and in the vicinity of Adeline and Ashby Avenues, near the theater, and near the Ashby BART station.
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A building under construction.
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Rachel, Larry, and Ia enter the Ashby Stage theater, where the Shotgun Players are presenting the (fairly-new) musical (dating from about 2012, so a Leo Tolstoy bicentennial show) "The Great Comet of 1812."
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Parked over by Malcolm X Elementary School. No CRT here, no sirree.
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Elmwood neighborhood.
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Mmmm, curries.
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Obscure movies. I like the title: "Triangle of Sad Tar." Like the La Brea Tar Pits, but with fewer mastodons.
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"Sweet Dreams!'
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I ate a grilled cheese and ham sandwich at Baker Commons.
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Nice place.
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Interesting outfit in a luxury store window.
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The library was closed, but looked nice.
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From a mural on Ashby Avenue.
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"First They Came For The Homeless."
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Community pride.
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Nothing less.
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Groovy Berkeley.
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Free training for Insurance Agents?
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Ashby BART Station.
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Ashby BART Station.
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Mural on the side of a liquor store at Ashby and Adeline.
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A Lace Museum.
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Interesting Pacific-looking stuff.
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American Haircuts.
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Back at Ashby Stage.
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Peace Wall that-a-way.
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Larry, Ia, and Rachel after the show.
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