http://www.tktaylor.com/blog A view from the sidelines by an Englishwoman in California Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:44:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It won't have escaped the notice of my readers (cherished people that you are) that I am posting less and less frequently. I believe "Not A Soccer Mom" may have reached its natural conclusion. The fact that I set out to write about my "first impressions" of life in California, ... http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=586 "I'm already against the next war." http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=585 In Berkeley Bowl, woman to her male companion: "I need some organic dates." Him to her: "An organic date -- just like you!" http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=583 You may have heard of the "wild parrots of Telegraph Hill". There's even a movie been made about them. This flock of colorful birds can often be spotted in San Francisco and are very much part of the fabric of the city. Well now we have our own avian wildlife in ... http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=580 In Cafe Trieste, Berkeley: "My bio-rhythms are out of sorts." http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=579 "The best things in life aren't things" http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=578 Anyone remember Jean-Luc Godard's "Weekend"? (pictured above). I sometimes feel I'm living in -- or too close for comfort to -- that movie. Dana Fields no longer does the morning traffic reports on KQED. Her inappropriate chirpiness and "smiley" voice (you could just hear her permanently fixed grin) will not be ... http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=575 It couldn't have been more Berkeley really. Maybe I have "gone all the way" -- shed my British skin and become a Bay Area babe. Or maybe not. I was buying a yoga mat at Lulu Lemon. Because, yes, I have started doing yoga. The mat is eco-friendly of course -- ... http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=573 I've been feeling a little nostalgic for London recently. Not for any particular part of it, but rather the familiarity of even the most mundane aspects -- a streetscape or a shop I patronized regularly. So it's good to hear that people who should know have decided that Berkeley is ... http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=571 I feel so special. In the past few weeks I have been receiving personal emails from Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and, just yesterday, John Grisham. I must be the chosen one. In a missive entitled "you, me a TV and a bowl of chips" (he's so mischievous!) Bill wants to know if I ... http://www.tktaylor.com/blog/?p=569