Eugene: > College Avenue in Oakland and Berkeley, CA has, over the years, > become an upscale shopping street.
Although I have never been in love with Berkeley, I had lived there for 13 years, so I still miss Berkeley. I have not been to College Avenue since 2006, but I know a bit about the heydays you are talking about. How is that Mediterranean place across Bank of America near Ashby doing in these days? I used to go to an Indian Restaurant called Khana Pena on Solano Avenue. Their older brother, the head of the family, was very entrepreneurial, and with his efforts, they expanded to three more restaurants in Berkeley. One was in the so-called Gourmet District, close to the Clintonian favorite Chez Panese, the other was close to Oakland on College and the last was across UC Berkeley, near where University Avenue meets UC Berkeley. I don't remember what the name was, but the shool my son went to was formerly a restaurant also, on University Avenue, owned by some Persians. I don't know if you heard the name of Ken Rosen: he is a real estate guy at Haas School of Business. He was a doom sayer like I in those days and the only times he felt good was when he and I had some wine together at Haas parties, becaue he realized at those parties that there was at least another person who was more pessimistic than he. Eventually he had to convert to an optiomist, because it was impossible to carry that line at a business school that long, but I continued. "Happy" depressions! Best, Sabri _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
