On a trip to Turkey, our daughter tasted all kinds of Turkish food and relayed to us how delicious it was. We were mainly familiar with Turkish delight, baklava, and Turkish coffee. However, when we saw the review of Simurgh Bakery on "Check Please Bay Area," and it is located in nearby Emeryville, we had to go try the Turkish food that our daughter described. It was delicious!
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| Simurgh Bakery, Emeryville, 8/2025 |
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Kamma Can gets creative with all the plastic trash that humans throw out. Thomas Dambo's Treasure Troll reuses plastic garbage to make jewelry. What else can we do with all that plastic trash? Can we make less plastic containers?
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| Kamma Can, Filoli Gardens, 8/2025 |
Although I try my best, my gardening skills are just not adequate to grow beautiful vegetables and flowers. So, I take some tips from Rosa Sunfinger, Dambo's Troll who is current gardener-in-residence at Filoli Gardens. Natalie is taking a few notes as Rosa plants her Mini Cooper box.
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| Rosa Sunfinger, Filoli Gardens, 8/2025 |
Cousin Jennifer invited us to return to Filoli Gardens to enjoy the beautiful flowers and reconnect with our human loving Trolls by Dambo. Here is Ibbi Pip helping the birds in the forest by hanging houses for their shelter.
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| Ibbi Pip, Thomas Dambo, Filoli Gardens, 8/2025 |
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We have often attended art openings at the Minnesota Street Project galleries in SF Dogtown and noticed the crowded restaurant anchoring a corner of the building; Besharam. Finally, we made reservations and were delighted by the Gujarati cuisine and beautiful interior.
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| Besharam, SF, 8/2025 |
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West Oakland is developing a small artist enclave and various restaurants are moving in to support this growing community. Recently, Prescott Market Hall, a food court consisting of small, local restaurants, moved into the neighborhood. The food court is housed in what appears to be a former warehouse and a small outdoor seating and kids play area is attached.
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| Prescott Market Hall, West Oakland, 8/2025 |
We had brunch at Cafe Noir and it was delicious. We can't wait to try the other spots.
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One of my favorite brunch/dessert spots in LA; Bottega Louie on Grand. In addition to the fun people watching, the food is beautiful and delicious.
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| Bottega Louie, Downtown Los Angeles, 6/2025 |
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