47 Hours in Berkeley

Headed out to California (briefly) for a meeting of LORT theater managers...
the meeting was at the Claremont Resort in the Berkley Hills
OK so the hotel doesn't quite sit so alone these days, but it still an amazing view - this shot below is a photo I took from the room our meeting was held in, but it was a but hazy - so I photoshop-ed it a bit to make it look more like the post card above. In reality there was a pretty great view of the bay, San Francisco, and even the Golden Gate... which made it pretty hard to pay attention to the proceedings...
On out first night we took in Figaro at Berkeley Rep - which was an interesting mix of theater and opera with quite a bit of projections thrown in for good measure. This was the first production by Theatre de Jeune Lune for me - I've been wanting to see them for about 15 years now - ever since my friend Mike told me about them. I was really intrigued by what I saw, but we were both too tired to stay for the second act and snuck out at intermission.

While I was hearing about the collective bargaining agreements - Joanne managed to get in some hiking in the hills and visit some friends. I played hookey from the meeting Thursday night and took in a visit to the Berkeley Sauna with her and dinner at the Great Wall with our friend Mark - which just about makes up my must do list for a visit to Berkeley.