Berkeley As They Want to Be

Perpetually walking Berkeley streets the Flaneur can't help but  appreciate the idiosyncratic notions of kookie decoration, bizarre ostentation, and absurd expression that manifest therein.

 Dogs playing poker

I've passed by this front-yard classic countless times. 

The superb jazz singer with an itchy noise Anita O'Day 

and the scary Ann Sexton were formerly featured 

They may still be there beneath the shrubbery.

Berkeley doll

Fairy princess or impudent hussy?

May-June 2014