this free library is inside Hippie's Brew. it's on a rack against the window across from the…read moreordering counter. "Take a book. leave a book" is the theme. presently only a small amount of children's books. read: "Matilda" (Ronald Dahl) *same author who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" -Matilda's mom valued beauty over intelligence. his dad made his fortune selling old cars with rolled back odometers. family was well off, lived nicely. dad was anti-learning. -Mathilda spent her time reading everything. her teacher, Ms. Honey encouraged her to read more. the head mistress, Trunchbull was a tyrant-enjoyed demeaning the students & Ms. Honey whom she had earlier enslaved. -Mathilda, during her boredom, discovered she had levitation powers. she used same to trick Trunchbull into returning everything she had stolen from Ms. Honey. -story ends happily when Mathilda's parents suddenly run away to Spain to avoid arrest. they allowed Mathida to stay with Ms. Honey.

This "Take a BooK! Leave a Book!" Little library is in front of the restrooms. This is a collab…read morewith Dublin library. These 2 books, written by Dominican Americans, are about Families & their girls. "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros: *lst book about Dominicans in U.S.? -how an Dominican family of 6 with poor English skills survived in Chicago, slowly getting better jobs with increased English proficiency. -family constantly moving to better houses to avoid crime, bad schools, bad neighbors, abusive 'hoods. -though written for teens, adult level misbehavior isn't glossed over, it's mentioned casually without comment. "How the Garcia Girls lost Their Accents" by Julia Alavarez. Based on Author's experience. -story told thru voices of the 4 girls: Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, Sofir.. with recurring themes around N.J. -catholic girls do have fun -"4 girls, no sons". "Good Bulls sire cows" -family didn't have financial issues. Father has a business. Politics an issue as parents fled Dominican Republic to avoid killers sent by Pres. Rafael Trujillo. -girls made friends with the right kind of Americans: Hoover, Hanes, Scott, Reese. They let the Americans believe they were connected to riche$. -the girls seldom socialized with other Dom-Am's, only related family members. -mom always relies on quotes to relay her thought: "Necessity is the Daughter of Invention". *both books humanizes the immigrant experience that all Americans have endured. Hispanic Heritage Month: 9/15-10/15.

This trinket trade box is on 20th Ave, between Pacheco and Quintara. Plenty of parking in the area…read moreso just park anywhere and walk to it First of all, the box is painted a gorgeous purple/blue! I love seeing how owners decorate and set up the boxes! The inside wall is a mirror which gives it such a cool effect Open up for lots of treasures, cute stuff. I found socks, ton of beaded bracelets, stickers, toys, even smaller pull out drawers for SMALL trinkets. Pretty nicely organized! Big thanks for the owner for setting this up for everyone. As I was checking it out, an older gentleman walking by asked me what this box was and I was happy to explain it to him. Fascinating and lovely isn't it?

www.baychi.org 2nd tuesday of every month at PARC's George E. Pake Auditorium. Baychi is a…read morenonprofit organization dedicated to providng free resources and amazing free monthly lectures on user experience/product design/HCI (human computer interaction)/Technology related topics. Past lecutres includesd designers from Tivo to Google. I met some of my best friends through this organization.....if you are a designer, you should come at least once. It will get you excited again. I've been a volunteer at baychi for several years now, and member for lot more. You get to meet amazing innovators and leaders from all over. No, you can't buy beer there, but you can get drunk afterwards with new friends.

On Diamond street, cross street is Conrad street. Plenty of street parking…read more Wow what a pretty and colorful landscape where this box is! The box is decorated with pretty stickers. Open it up to find lots of goodies and trinkets. Saw some jewelry, toys, figurines. Happiness!

Rivers of Chocolate is an annual charity event to benefit the youth division of EHC Lifebuilders, a…read morehousing and support service for the homeless and those at-risk. The event is in it's 13th year and was most recently held at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. This was my first time attending and I enjoyed the festival, the panoramic views, live music and the beautiful warm weather. Participants included Sent Sovi, Plumed Horse, Saratoga Chocolates, Nothing Bundt Cake, Gene's Fine Foods, Blue Rock BBQ, La Fondue, Three Degrees, Dio Deka, R&J Toffee, Dolce Spazio and more... on the beer and wine front there was Uncorked, Savannah-Chanelle, Cinnabar, Cooper-Garrod, Big Basin Vineyards, Picchetti, Martin Ranch, Tessora's, Los Gatos Brewing Co, and Rock Bottom Brewery just to name a few. The $85 (in 2009) tax-deductible entry fee gained you samples of a wide variety of food and drink, with dessert being the main theme... of course. Everything from heavenly Valencia Orange or Strawberry Balsamic Chocolates (Saratoga Chocolates) to delicious, melt in your mouth 36 hour bacon confit and braised cabbage with chocolate harissa cashew sauce (Sent Sovi), to sellout BBQ Pork mini-sandwiches (Blue Rock), and of course.. the requisite chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate fountains, gelato, cheese, baguette and crackers, etc... It was a busy event but not so much that you had to wait for very long to sample, and people were very polite and friendly. Plenty of tables were provided to rest your plate and glass and chat, or you could sit for a while in the concert seating area to relax. The other fun feature was the charity auction items and raffles, including a Tiffany charm bracelet, reserve wines, gourmet gift baskets, framed and autographed local sports paraphernalia, and big ticket items like a Harley Davidson Sportster, a Cessna tour of the bay, overnight stays in Tahoe, Sharks season tickets and more... It was a lot of fun watching and cheering for the bidders and winners. All in all it was a wonderful, well attended event and I would recommend it to anyone. What's not to love about music, wine and gourmet goodies for a worthy cause?

I don't know how Sobrato house (EHC Lifebuilders) is being funded by this place. The program has…read morenot successfully finished any youths needs, or plan for living at the program. Within a few months of living here there has been 5 residents kicked out; all with the excuse of "the program can not meet any of their needs". They falsify documents and staff have "sang" "I don't fuck with you dum-dums". Any program helping fund this place shows how professional they are and are a disgrace to us foster youth. Funding to programs that don't finish what they start don't deserve to be paid to just kick us onto the street; which is where I'm now going because of the problems this program has. Go ahead and keep funding it will just look horrible on your program. Also the money you pay for just goes to the manager she has told me that this program isn't going anywhere due to her money supply... Soooo what's that say?

If you are looking for a high quality fountain at an affordable price, this is the place to go. Was…read morelooking around at other locations, and this place actually supplies other shops in the area. Great service as well. They also sell pots, concrete benches and tables, they do the finishes and can include staining/coloring if you desire at no additional price!!!

this Little Town Library is located in front of Liberation Park. it's the lst location of Stephen &…read moreAyesha Curry's Eat.Learn.Play's foundation to establish "libraries" for dispensing reading material to young adults. LTL is similar to Little Free Libraries in that books works on an honor system to exchange books.... thru a collaboration with writer's & publishers, Stephen & Ayesha Curry"s LTL are distributing free new books to young adults. many new locations have been announced, mostly near elementary schools. read: "Black Brother Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes -Donte (black tone skin) and Trey (whiter toned skin) are bi-racical siblings in a bi-racial family. Donte is undercoming harrassment by older, white classmates, especially by Alan, the leader of the school's fencing team. non athlete Donte is challenged by Alan, the class bully to a duel. with solidarity from his brother, friends and a black fencing coach, Donte & associates defeats Alan & his mates to win their respect and a place on the new integrated fencing team. the inspiration for Rhodes' books comes from historical facts. the black fencing coach was a former competitive fencer, is modeled after Alex Dumas, a black general in Napolean's Army.