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I have a love/hate relationship with my Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer. Some days I absolutely love it but then others I absolutely hate it and wish that I wouldn't have spent the $43 on it.
So, here is what I love. The product is sheer but buildable without looking cakey. When used with the primer, it makes my skin look flawless. When used without a primer, it just evens out a bit. The packaging is great, no waste because you can really control how much product you let out of the tube. The number one thing that I love about this foundation is that it keeps my skin looking moist which is really great as I have extremely dry skin.
Onto what I hate. The smell of it really turns my stomach. I don't know what it is, but the smell and me just do not get along. I also don't like that in order to have amazing results I HAVE to use the primer. Now, while I don't have a problem using a primer, I do have a problem with the cost of the TM as well as the moisturizer, over $70 for both. I think for that price I would rather buy another bottle of Chanel Vitalumiere that has amazing coverage and is so good it doesn't need a primer. I also find that no matter what I do, the TM oxidizes to an extremely unattractive bright orange. In my book, that's just no good. I also feel that there isn't enough of a colour selection in the line.
So, there you have it. If you have dry skin that isn't so fair, I would recommend this to you. If you just want sheer coverage and a bit of moisture, I would recommend this to you as well. If you don't want to smell like rotten fruit, I wouldn't recommend this for you. LOL. In my opinion, get a sample and try it for a week. You might like it or you might hate it. With the cost of the TM and the primer, I would really recommend trying it before commiting to buy. And... go to Sephora to buy. The people at the Macy's counter really didn't know anything about the line that they are demonstrating. But that's a whole other story! :)
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I got this product in June this year as I was looking for a TM that's fair enough for my skin and that is hydrating enough too.
I used it over the summer and during autumn until now when I've run out and decided to buy the Oil Free version.
Pros: One of the fairest shades I've found in a TM if not the fairest, quite hydrating, good coverage for a TM, doesn't cause breakouts as far as I could tell, good packaging, lasts for quite a while even when used almost daily (5+ months).
Cons: It tends to oxidize a tiny bit and can look a bit orange in natural light. If you have oily skin I would not recommend using this product in the summer especially if you're wanting to use sun cream as well as it might be too oily and can make your face look a bit too shiny.
I really like the product and I think it's really really good. I'm really happy with the texture and color. I think it could be a tad fairer and then it would be perfect. I'm currently using Porcelain but it's not as fair as I'd like it to be. However, as mentioned previously, it's still one of the fairest TMs I've seen and, considering it hasn't caused me to breakout I would definitely buy it again.
I have really dry skin and I prefer TMs that moisturise really well. I think this TM does not fail in this respect but I would never wear it, or any other TM for that matter, without applying moisturiser first. I will say though that lately, bear in mind that it is now November and its getting quite cold, I have begun to notice dry patches on my skin 6-7 hours after I've first applied it. As I said before, this is happening after I've applied moisturiser underneath.
I still don't think it's as good as Clarins Hydraquench but that one doesn't come in a fair shade so I prefer Laura Mercier anyway as it looks more natural.
I have decided not to repurchase for now as I'm trying to see if I like the Oil Free version better so I've bought that the other day.
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I have been wearing this product for a few years now after being faithful to Lancome since I was a teeneager. Even at 30, I don't need (or care for) heavy foundation. I wear sunscreen everyday and this works well when I apply over it. Smooth, light coverage and I have had no issue with breakouts. A little bit with a damp sponge makes the product go a long way.
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This is a good TM...however, I don't feel it's worth the price. The cover is minimal, even for a TM.
Although my skin looks refreshed and flawless w/ it on I won't be purchasing again. LM is one of the best foundation lines out there in my opinion, I just can't make myself love this TM.
LM has changed back to her original formula and I now am using it again. NUDE is slightly too dark for my skin but works well. I also have theBALM in light and like theBALM better (and its much cheaper). I have the LM TM compact, and to get this to spread I use argan oil, otherwise it is too drying. Not the best TM out there but certainly a stand out for those who want some coverage but not foundation.
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This just didn't do it for me and my oily skin. Upon application, it blended very nicely and this had pretty good coverage! But like most tinted moisturizers, this didn't control my oil very well and I found myself blotting through out the day and by the end of the day, I felt like an oily mess. I feel like this would be very good for those who have dry to normal skin .. but oily skin people, I'd stay away! I've pretty much come to a conclusion that all tinted moisturizers won't work for me though!
Love this!!! The sample size is 1 oz and is $19. That is a great deal considering the smash box full size bb cream is around $40 for 1 oz! This blends so well and is not sticky. It actually has some coverage for a tinted moisturizer!
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I think my quest for the perfect TM is finally over. I had been wanting to try this product for a long time but I was intimidated by the hefty price tag. After trying it though, I can say this product is well worth the hype.
I usually go for TMs that are more luminous but I like the finish this gives me. No shimmer or glitter but definitely not flat and still very naturally looking. Provides the most coverage of all the TMs I've tried (light to moderate) so I wear it more like a foundation. Nude is a really good match for my light asian skin.
I'm a bit of a product junkie especially when it comes to TMs but I love this so much, I don't want to wear anything else (except my Pixi TM on days that I want a bit less coverage).
I also tried a sample of the oil-free version which I found a bit difficult to spread (I have normal to dry skin) but might be an option for those with oily skin.
Will continue to repurchase again and again!
Update: I am still loving the TM but I absolutely despise the tube packaging. It's big and bulky and it explodes every time I take it traveling. Am considering purchasing the compact version of the product.
Shame on me for trying this w my oily/combo skin, but oil-free version performed equally. Great finish for first hour, turned me into an oil slick after 1 hour and throughout day. It lasts, good colors, my skin just got too darn greasy. NOT 'dewy'. Powdered and everything. This and the oil free do not work for my skin. Oil free even worse. Ironically. Returning. FYI: HG homemade TM: equal parts Clinique dramatically different moisture GEL (not lotion, Gel) mixed w MAC pro longwear concealer. Sounds weird, but it dries matte in like 2 seconds and stays that way all day without the powder fest. MUST TRY if skin is combo/oily.
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My favorite tinted moisturizer of all time :) Lightweight, medium coverage, and bonus points for SPF! I wanted to get the oil-free formula, but it was sold out at Sephora, so my face did get shiny after 3-4 hours of wear because I have oily skin. Then again, if you have normal to dry skin then it shouldn't be a problem; during the summer months it's okay to have dewy looking skin anyway. It's definitely pricey, but the amount of products lasts a long time and it's really good quality.


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@trickyfoxski (who wishes to remain an anonymous Twitter handle for obvious reasons) was the one who in this most recent video called Britney Spears a "tired hag."
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Zbiddy Review: Old Bait nd Switch Game + ZBiddy.com
My complaint is against ZBiddy.com. I was led to this site by another site I was on for PCH. I played their game where you bid on items while others were also bidding. The object of the auction game was to bid on an item while it was being timed and if you bid when the seconds were zero you won the item.
The problem of course is others are bidding also and when they bid the time goes back to 10 seconds. The $25 gift card looked good so I bid on it and was told I had won the card, The total including postage and handling was less than $3.
This sounded good!
After giving my credit card information I saw I was being charged an additional $79. There was no way to opt out! This is a scam and people need to be aware!
This is my personal view of this business.
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And I am
out to swim -
dark water,
no sand in sight,
and I am
a heavy thing
with my
ballooon heart
holding me
high, I am
not in
the cold
because I know
there is
always a way
ahead and out.
SnowcoverNothing beats in the heart of winter.
We keep our frozen faces
in our open cooler. So hard to dance
in the sudden dark.
We keep forgetting
time fireflies. It is the only thing
that keeps on burning.
Glowing windows frame
our oven lives. We never realize
when we are done.
Slabs of meat, solid
slabs of meat. There is no age
before the spring.
Dead people driven
from the cold. We burn or bury,
but never discard.
In the raw before the snow
all feelings shiver. The distance between
two people touching?
Come thaw, the rot is always brought to light.
CombustionThere is no going
down untrodden roads;
if a path exists
it has been travelled.
The pioneers burn ahead,
glowing spearheads piercing
unexpected passages
in the dead of dark.
You and I also smoulder
in secret places.
Every human body
uniquely flames if sparked.
If we fear to flare
we lay ourselves to rest
in the downtrodden earth of generations;
nameless sooty embers,
skeletons and dust.
Home is where the hearth is,
and our cinder beds
hinder every clammy finger
of winter cold from clawing
at our throats. Our threats
imprisoned in envelopes,
in phone calls, feeble
in the collective unconscious.
We leashed the wild
but tamed ourselves.
The fires harden our walls
like oven clay.
Inside we boil obliviously
in our own fat and angsty sweat,
naked and fangless, slowly
seeping into the ground
by degrees.
The comfortable heat
burns the dullest,
but discreetly moistens our meat,
ripe for the urban hunger.
Every path diverges,
myriad choices deviously branch
from the seemingly straightest of line
ProgressionIt is so easy to write about the future.
All you have to do is grab a pencil and stab the paper,
scribbling forward-pointing arrows, saying "look! look!" to anyone
foolish enough to read, a mad gleam in your eye.
You can then turn the paper every which way.
Someone will be sure to follow.
My mother mourns her birthdays now.
She once told me that age doesn't matter
and kept to that philosophy until it did.
It was the day she could not get up from the floor
at her own volition, and everything became a mirror.
When I was ten, I told her that everything dies.
It is so easy to write about the past.
Everyone remembers everything wrong,
as if they were actually there. The truth is this:
nothing is impossible, everything is improbable.
I saw a phoenix at the lake, and I see the look on your face.
Were you there?
She tells me how she saw her father in the yard after the accident,
but I was not there.
They tell us that the missiles are for world peace,
but who sat around that table?
All we have
Five easier piecesIt is easier for me
to talk to stray cats
than to my own family.
It is easier for me
to reach outside my reach
and pretend that I tried.
It is easier for me
to live a meaningful life
with no intelligent design.
It is easier for me
to drown my sorrows
than to save them.
It is easier for me
to love every part of you
than any of my own.
Love hadron colliderBlacklight beginning.
A million light years
between one particle of dust
and another.
A slow, tenacious pull
destines them
to clash.
bend to the craving will
of the cosmic unconscious.
At these scales
time stretches thin like spider silk,
comes undone
and flashes
suggestive glimpses
of its origami
at an intersection point
along its infinite lines,
two particles romance
and beacon their mutual
New light waves
for company.
Dust storms rise,
converge and coalesce,
whispers dawn
at their focal point
and turn to billion-year
ballet explosions,
until they finally generate the heat
of every human body.
The absurd notion
that we were created
from the flaming atoms of this inferno
matters less than you would think.
The important thing
is how unlikely it is
that it could transpire.
We are dust on stellar winds,
set below an artificial horizon.
We can only telescope
our destination.
Our intelligence
has cost us our immediacy.
But we gained
the ability to lo
MouseMouse is in the wall.
He listens for your breathing.
Mouse is in the wall.
Whiskers on the outside of your inside,
he feels for signs of loss.
Homes in empty spaces,
halls between our thoughts.
Mouse is in the wall.
He listens for the cracks,
the notches and the secrets.
A tiny nose vibrates,
an eager tail explores.
Mouse is in the wall.
He writes his unseen stories,
surrounding you like dust.
The money breaks.
The high-rise falls.
The ground thunders.
The skies fault.
Mouse does not flinch.
This is meaningless to him.
Mouse is in the wall.
If you listen, you can see,
if you focus, you can hear.
The blank spaces crawl
with secret punctuation.
The city lives between the lines.
Every dark space populated,
outlines for our being.
Without this we are shapeless,
horizontal stories, vertical lies.
Little claws are digging.
Mouse is in the wall.
CorrosionAll cloud grey -
half the light
shines dull and ashen
and still we paint
our homes in
rust and skeleton.
All squares, cloud grey
and ochre saliva -
we hollow our world
like termites searching
for cave comforts.
Sky blue ceilings
are unicorn in abundance.
The ice breaks our walls
like old and brittle bones.
It may be a lesson
on flexibility.
It may be a lesson
on our nature.
The water runs deep
through the cracks.
Inside we corrode,
kings and queens of
ochre hollows,
skeletons and rust.
ThirteenUnder an icy membrane, they found her sleeping.
White-cheeked, pale, she would not awaken.
They called her January bleak.
Naked, shivering on a nearby rocky spire,
his newborn skin was reeling from the cold.
They called him February frail.
Greenleaf hair and black-branch arms,
bathing herself in the nascent sunlight.
They called her March oscillating.
Cheeky firebrand, eyes bluer than blue,
her every footstep scorching the last remnants of winter.
They called her April vibrant.
A disconcerted movement behind the bursting trees,
the only betrayal of her transient presence.
They called her May elusive.
Full-bosomed, sprouting blossoming yellow hair,
her sanguine lips sang the siren songs.
They called her June omnipotent.
Charismatic eyes penetrated everything,
ancient paths emblazoned on her golden body.
They called her July flare.
Stoic, experienced, everyone knew him,
he was the catalyst of the ambrosial fall.
They called him August flushing.
Rebel changeling, picking all the fruit and
pigeon gripi want war
the way i want a man
to rest his lips against mine tired
and tell me something ugly and poetic
like "you are a bird and i am a fountain
won't you sing to me?"
if there was war
and i had a man like this
i would say "no"
and then "yes
do not leave me."
Stars of JasmineI.
Stars of jasmine
each unlike her, whatever
I may think.
Unfamiliar birds
above a mower's thrum
my ear itching.
No moon tonight.
The freeway whispers
no moon.
Closing the book
is easier now.
Discovering ants
nesting under the carpet.
How hard such work is.
Now that I have tomatoes,
dark spots on the basil.
During the rain
the tallest bamboo
had fallen; quiet.
a spider vibrates
temple bell.
Notes to MyselfReal love
Is hidden
On the
Dark side
Of the moon,
In firefly
It is
A silent wind
Bringing in
The perfume
Of the mountains.
It screams
From wood
Into book
And the down
Hair on arms
That women
Always want
To rid themselves
Stand on
The edge
Of an elevator
And look down
At the city lights
Into the
Pretense of night
Like static
On basement
You'll find
Real love
Down the stairs.
It's in
Her defiant way
Of careening
Down into
The unknown-
So striking
In her handmade
It's buried
Under whispers
Of bird
That echo
Inside a well
Of misery.
It's contained
In a yelp
Of self-abuse
In a room
Where red
Lights the way
For a tone
To travel.
It's in traffic
Into unfocused
That never
The true meaning
Of axis.
Turn your head,
You'll find
Comes repetitively
As the
Feel alive
In the gloaming-
Is born
Of perjury.
Do away
With rules.
Live disconnected-
In washed out
Emotional Benefit.It took longer for the drug to disgust me
I will take myself off the highways, the streams
filled with fish that light up, I have no children
and no money. Goodbye red roads, caves
under cars, invisible men working
on the underbelly. He's pulling out guts
like strings of light.
Goodbye candy, bright-colored cloths and eyes.
Cigarettes in cars, burns on my knees. Hard
hangovers, bye-bye.
I'll never get your eyes confused with rainbows,
or jump out of trees without any clothes on. Turkey
knives can fuck themselves, razor blades too. I won't cry
at the pond or at the table or on my back on the rocks.
I am crying out all my innocence, and then crying again
to mourn it, tears on top of blood, in a puddle on
my bed. I will indulge all in the
practical opportunities
to mutilate myself. I will believe you are an angel
if I want.
Intimacyhere, a quake, so I name
your fourth abdominal after
Venezuela - that land
of tectonic plates
that slide so subtle below
the ocean floor, and just now,
with my fingers feathering
your hip bone and your mouth
adjusting the tempo of red rivers
under the surface, I feel
like a new mountain birthed
by the shattering of old growth:
bold, eager, desperate to possess
that soft blue sky.
March ripped itself out of February, prematurely born
from a month of quiet white blankets.
That morning
(though you said it was too early to plant anything),
I dug splayed fingers into the frozen ground.
I tore the soil away
in icy clumps, naked fingers driving seeds home to somewhere deeper,
somewhere deep enough that anything could flourish.
Your gloved hands cupped my shoulders as you murmured
"Nothing will grow, you know that."
But I was so tired of the muted death
that thrummed its way from your words
into my womb,
empty like the oak cradle we finally dismantled
and laid beside the fireplace.
Night came, moonless and full of crunched silence--
my frigid hands clawed at
the heat nestled in the small
of your back,
in search of some spark
to melt you or combust myself.
The melting snow
MovementOne poet's verse
is a timid breath
while another poet's
is a rushing wind
A dog won't chase after a
parked vehicle.
Fallen Angel
is how they found you
mouth full of brambles
the rub of matches
against your knuckles
with rocks pillowing your limbs
in the blind tangle
of falling.
hate is a dirty bruise
left at your temples
the crucifixion of words
pressed like stones
into your wounds
where blind awe
runs deep like blood.
stop the clocka sea of houses comes rolling in
rusty roofs bending
breaking, crashing
shingles popping like fireworks
(expressing their independence, they die)
while you and I
(nothing more than genetic flotsam, now)
turn our eyes from a shattered-glass snowfall
and dream of the winters of our youth
this will be the end of days
this will be clouds folding into the earth
thunderstorms growling from foxholes
rain tumbling from rivers
as a clumsy conflagration stumbles into our skin
stealing our silhouettes
painting our ghosts on walls
(oh, had only we learned such passive resistance)
as you and I
(only numbers and figures, we know)
truly wear our hearts on our sleeves
when the world turns inside out
when sandcastles swirl into mountains
only to melt and flatten
until the rock has no wrinkles
when flowers shrink into their stems
like amateur stop-animation
when grass stalks and grandchildren
twist ever upward into smoke
and I no longer have any metaphors
for what the world made me love about yo
Love Is Not A MetaphorBirds do not care if you are broken.
They are just birds, occupied with the business
of survival. The wind that carries them
does not care if you wish to be weightless,
cradled in arms it does not possess.
The ocean it greets does not care if your tears
would push its boundaries up continents
to meet mountain tops that would no more
fashion themselves into soft beds
for your beaten spirit than learn Latin
to remind you that love is no metaphor
& you will lose it by thinking thus.
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Do you still shop at the Oregon St. Berkeley Bowl? If yes ... why?
- rworange Aug 7, 2009 03:31 PM
Unless ...
1. You live nearby
2. It is on your migration path from work/school
3. You are a masochist
I'm pretty sure last week was my last visit to the Oregon St. store.
I was surprised to see the parking lot still packed. It was like they never opened another store not too far away.
One reason I was there was to check out the produce sprinklers. Berkeley Bowl West drenches the produce. I couldn't remember if it was the same situation at the other store.
They do seem to have less sprinler action going on ... but the pain of shopping at that store ... I'm just going to take it up with BBW about the sprinklers.
When I got pinned in next to the tomatoes, I asked one shopper if she had been to the new store yet. She said no. I'm guessing the people still at the Oregon store just haven't test-driven the new place.
They DO have a less of a selection. Less butter, fewer beers ... and there just was lots of stuff I could pick up at the new store that I couldn't pick up here. After being exhausted from the fight to shop and waiting 20 minutes on line,I say farewell.
Just some notes from that trip
There is a new linguica in the meat section - Five cousins from Portugual
Despite all the hype on the website, I didn't like it as much as other linquica made locally. It is just too salty. Also, it reminded me more of chorizo, though it holds together better. I might give it another chance in a dish, but so far with eggs or cooked in a little red wine (as they suggested), all I could taste was salt. According to the site, it is served at 900 Grayson.
This is for both stores ... Berkeley Bowl is the only place that sells sponges at a reasonable price. Four nice sponges are 99 cents andI picked up a scrubber sponge for 35 cents. It just ticks me off that it costs about $3 for sponges in supermarkets. I worked at a place that included sponges in the product line. They were 7 cents each at the employee store and retailed for 70 cents each.
Black splendor plums at BBW were cut open for tasting. Also sold both places. I have never seen a more spectacular plum in my life. Looks 10. Taste 0.
Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St, Berkeley, CA 94703
Needed citric acid to make mozzarella. Found rennet through Chowhound in aisle 4 at Mollie Stone, Tower. Tried BBW and Janet was kind enough to call BBE and locate it. Prepacked $1.58, 1/4 price natural food store. Today, noon several spaces in the lot.
After trying out BBW, I've decided to go back to BBE at least for the meantime. The reasons are:
I know where everything is at BBE.
BBE has better bargain bags of produce.
BBE is closer to my house (theoretically, it could be quicker to go to BBW via the freeway, but that means 24 to 580 to 80, which almost always crawls.)
And the main reason is that the staff at BBW is not yet as knowledgeable and efficient as the staff at BBE. All of the service counters (meat, fish, deli, etc.) take longer at BBW and the staff just doesn't know what they're doing yet.
When and if that changes, I'd probably go to BBW more.
Also, it is now relatively (stress relatively) easy to get in and out of BBE. I even park in the parking lot rather than just parking on Oregon and walking.
An unrelated BB question. Has anyone else noticed the flower section at BBE going downhill? Is it related to their supply being stretched between two stores? Is it the time of the year?
BBW is more convenient to me route wise and the lines are very short. That said, I'd just as well go to BBE and actually like it more.
I know where everything is by memory, like how the produce is laid out and I like the deli counter people at BBE better...familiar faces, not as snarky, jumpy. The short lines and easy parking at BBW however makes it very, very easy to get use to.
My guess is most people that still go to BBE are within the heart of Berkeley or the surrounding areas of Oakland and Albany and that's still a very sizeable sample.
re: ML8000
I was at BBW last Sunday and it was the first time I saw the garage full (or even with fewer than 30 spaces available per the digital "counter"). Amazingly, the store seemed to flow smoothly and the lines weren't too long.
I drove past the other store on the way home and the parking lot looked like the usual Sunday madhouse. Can't imagine what it was like inside.
Yes, I live closer to BBE than BBW, but I don't know if I'll ever go back to BBE.
None of the above. I prefer The Old Bowl because I think the produce is better and easier to shop for (BBW: those low bins, the separate organic/conventional sections, the having to have your organic produce weighed: sheesh, what a hassle!). The tomatoes are over-chilled, the stone fruits are more likely to be overly ripe, I've yet to buy a decent pineapple at BBW.
Also, I have yet to run into anyone I know at BBWest. It's...weird. I've lived 'round these parts for decades and I don't recognize anyone at the new store. Where is everyone coming from? And shoppers seem less friendly to me. Maybe they're just trying to find where everything is and falling into shopper-trances...I'm not sure. The checkers at BBW are much more fun to chat with than at the Old Bowl, though.
I know where everything is at the Old Bowl. I only occasionally suffer parking frustration and they have a few things that the new store doesn't have.
But, I live 3 blocks closer to the new store and have to cross over only one major street to get there so I stop in a lot to pick up a half gallon of milk or bread between shopping trips. I'm glad the new store exists.
re: MollyGee
I'm glad people are faithful to the Oregon St store which means fewer people for me to deal with at BBW.
I think the new store may be picking up people who wouldn't bother with the hassle of the Oregon store. I'm happy that BBW finally seems to be thriving enough to make it worthwhile for business.
I'm going to marginally agree about the produce ... and BB is about the produce ... which is what drove me back to the Oregon store to see if it was better there.
Some things no ... the odd produce ... I'm thinking the stuff around the area in BBW of the ginger and fresh tumeric ... are in better shape here.The other things are improving, I'm suspecting due to more shoppers. I do think the temp is too cold for the stone fruit and tomatoes, but those are things I'm more likely to buy from a farmers market anyway.
They do need to ease up on the watering though. I don't usually buy letuce at any BB, but needed some. It was drenched in both sections. Fortunately living lettuce was on sale for 89 cents, so I went with that. Weird stuff, living lettuce. The texture is odd.
re: rworange
A lot of people visit BBE from around the Bay. Most of those people, who aren't from Berkeley and aren't bound to BBE because of the "Berkeley sentimentality" factor, will probably migrate to BBW because it's right off the freeway.
re: Agent 510
I live in Berkeley and have not been back to the Oregon store since BBW opened. I am so pleased to have a neighborhood grocery store within easy biking distance, I can finally feel free to drop in for a quick shopping trip even if all I need is milk and eggs. I never went to the Oregon store without my weekly grocery list so I could justify the time and annoyance factor. I also agree with one of the comments below that the cashiers are more fun to talk to at BBW--but just wait until it develops a more regular crowd and gets busier, I am sure they will develop the correct semi-surly/efficiently speedy attitude. Also, I have noticed that some of the people who are there in the middle of the day seem to be employees of nearby businesses buying lunch. Other than that, I would not assume that BBW is now getting the tourist-shopper business--I have seen plenty of the usual Berkeley freak-types at the new Bowl, they just seem less annoying to me because I now have more room to manuever around them. :)
Ha. Just guessing but from the time and still-steaming tone of your note it would seem you were at BBE at about 5 on a Friday afternoon? Don't do that. That's when everyone's there except for everyone else who's there on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
One of the secrets to a successful bowl visit has always been to go when it is maximally inconvenient for you. Since that's likely to be an inconvenient time for everyone else too and they won't be there. Lately, weekday mornings and early afternoons have been a ghost town in there. No lines, sometimes five or six registers closed, plenty of free parking.
BBE is a bit closer but the main reason is better bike access.
re: Chuckles the Clone
Nope, Actually went a few days ago about 2pm. Thought I'd give the linguica a try a few different ways before giving it a thumbs down. Other than the day before a major holiday where you have to shop in zen mode because fo the masses, there is no rhyme and reason to BBE (BBO?). I've been at times that are usually less full and they are slammed and visa versa. It is part of its 'charm'.
re: rworange
I agree with Chuckles, there are times that aren't busy on a consistent basis. A long time ago a cashier told the best time/day to go besides the afternoon was either Tues or Weds evening. Sure enough they were right and I've been doing that ever since. I've also found Friday and Sat evening (around 7 p.m.) not to be busy.
Once in a while you will go during an afternoon and it's nuts...and it's usually a minor/state/local work holiday. But it's rare in my view. Also, when I lived 2 blocks away I also found out a minor trick if you just need 1 or 2 items (that isn't produce), you can go to the cookie counter near the deli at BBE. The counter staff there (and the whole deli) is very cool.
On a side note, I know a few people that live in Rockridge and Temiscal that didn't know there's a new BBW, and I imagine quite a few more don't. Any way, if BBW wasn't easier and on route I'd be just as happy at BBE, or more so.
I stopped by yesterday (Friday) at 5. Out of habit I parked on the street, but the parking lot turned out to be only 50-75% full. Went in, grabbed what I needed, only one person ahead of me in line.
That's pretty typical of my experiences since the West Bowl opened. It's my neighborhood grocery so I'd shop there regardless. Usually I walk. I get my produce at the farmers market and through a CSA so that's not a factor.
Ironically, last time I went to the West Bowl it took me a couple of minutes to park because some moron was blocking the entrance waiting for a space in the surface lot. That's an amazingly badly designed layout, particularly the way they made the loading dock too small and put it right next to the garage entrance so that trucks end up blocking traffic. I also don't like how freezing cold so much of it is.
re: Robert Lauriston
I will echo some of what Robert said. My reasons for shopping at BBE include your disqualifiers (I live within easy walking distance, it's the closest grocery store to my home). Since BBW opened, I have not waited in a single line with more than two or three people ahead of me, no matter what day or time of day, even when the store feels a bit crowded, so if that's the effect of BBW, hallelujah for BBW. I see open spots in the parking lot with some frequency, but not always.
I sometimes buy produce there, but it's a supplement to the farmers' market. Produce kept soaking by sprayers is a huge turnoff to me, so that is a major negative about BBW.
I still go to BBE weekly, but things have changed at that store in the last few weeks. We usually go on Saturday mornings and for many years were part of the 9 AM sharp crowd, wanting to get in and out before things got too crazy. We went a bit late last Saturday, and there was still ample parking in the lot, and on the street. We thought it was quite weird. We shopped, and there was little if any line at the checkout. Today we went again, this time at 9AM. The entire east side of the store was available for parking, there were lots of spots in the lot, and on the street. There was no line to speak of at the checkout. It was bliss. I am just a bit concerned that this will ultimately affect the freshness of their products and their selection.
I have been to BBW. I am sure it will change, and it may very well already be much better than when I went (about two weeks after it opened). Based on that initial experience, I don't really care for it. As others wrote, I don't like to see tomatoes being chilled. I don't like the way some of their produce is displayed or distributed/placed. Some of the bulk items that I have always gotten at BBE were not there yet. I don't have time to waste going to both. I also like the staff at BBE, and tend to buy cases of produce from time to time. The clerks who stock the produce are always willing to suggest a particular peach or nectarine that is particularly good that week.
If I were to go to BBW, it might be to visit their fish counter. I have no enthusiasm for the fish counter at BBE; the last two times I bought fish there it was most definitely not fresh, and I stopped buying my fish there several years ago.
re: tutti_a_tavola
I haven't been in the E since W opened, and I shop at W more than I did at E. Last Sunday was the first time that it almost felt crowded, and it really wasn't. I do not like the separated produce departments. I agree about the fish - it looks like something you might really want to eat at W. It is also closer to home, but both are a drive.
re: lmnopm
Can anyone speculate as to why BBW wasn't crowded with lines out the door the first day it was open? I was sure this would happen, maybe not quite on the scale of the CA Academy of Science opening last fall, but something like that. I figured the Bowl has so many loyal customers both from Berkeley and around the bay, and that everyone would jump at the opening of a bigger and shinier and newer version.
It still surprises me that it isn't even happening now, 2 months after the opening date.
re: Agent 510
Likely the fear of what never happened - like the 1984 Olympics, where LA was going to grind to a halt, but everyone was afraid of the crowds, so everyone stayed away, and the traffic was at historical lows.
Getting in/out of BBW is somewhat stupid, but isn't really inconvenient. Everyone feared that the entire neighborhood was going to grind to a traffic halt. Also, they had a soft opening, and I don't think, outside of the very local press and foodie sites, that there was much publicity.
re: lmnopm
>" I don't think, outside of the very local press ... that there was much publicity"
Local press? The Berkeley Daily Planet overtly -hates- the bowl and the week it opened, instead of publishing anything at all about it, instead they had a letter from some foil-hat local about how the Adeline crosswalk at Oregon had a walk light that was too short and this was the bowl's fault. A week or two later they had picture and a polite caption but that was it.
re: Agent 510
As far as opening day was concerned, I was surprised by the lack of crowds too. But my understanding was that it was a soft opening--they didn't advertise; the new store wasn't even mentioned on the website. The only reason I even knew about it was from this board.
I haven't been back to the old Bowl (where I was a regular) since the new Bowl opened, and I don't really plan to. What can I say? It was love at first sight.
re: Agent 510
Opening up 9th St to traffic onto Ashby helped and I don't there was any advertisement or press. Also, BBW is one huge store in comparison to the old one and even if suddenly you had 1.5 the number of customers, you have more then 2x the space then before. Okay I have no idea but it seems to be working fine.
I agree that the spraying of the produce is all wrong. At Monterey Market the guy was spraying with a garden hose and I asked him not to, told him BB does not. He said he used to work at BB and they spray there, too. I guess the BBE did not seem wet to me like Safeway and Lucky -- I just cannot shop at those stores. I think I prefer the original BB.
I work a night shifts and cannot get up very early on my days off to go to farmers markets ( I live in SF). Can you recommend a good farmers market on Mon/Tues or Wed that is avail late morning or afternoon?
re: walker
In the entire state of California, there is no Monday Farmers market. I guess farms take Sunday off. I'm not sure if farmers show up at the new Island Farmers market at Metreon on Monday
Here's the list for Farmers Markets. Enter San Francisco in the city for a list of markets each day. .
On Tuesday there is only the Ferry Plaza Market
On Wednesday, the Civic Center market is a good one.
There's a few more on Wednesday, but I'm not familiar with them. The one in the Castro is 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
re: rworange
Parking at Ferry is expensive or a long walk.
I've never really liked the CC market -- when I've been there, just saw mostly Asian veggies/greens.
I'm willing to go to Berkeley -- I thought I saw one there in the afternoon on a Tues or Wed.
re: rworange
Thanks for the link, the one I passed as Tues Afternoon on Derby. I'll try to go to that one.
re: walker
That's a nice market. I like it better than the Thursday Berkeley Market.
Also on Tuesday, Spiral Gardens sets up their stand on Sacramento St. Some of the produce is from their garden, some they buy from the farmers at the Tuesday market at a slightly reduced price. If they don't sell out on Tuesday, the stand also sells on Wednesday
re: walker
Tell us how the Derby FM goes, I'm curious and don't think I've ever read a review on CH. I've driven by it a million times but never stopped. I always figured it would have to be good since it's a CFM and in Berkeley yet it looked low-key and not fussy.
re: rworange
Pacific Grove, CA has a certified market on Mondays.
Info for farmers markets is so incomplete and often out of date, unfortunately.
re: Melanie Wong
You are right. I haven't search that area for a while. The California Certified Farmers Market Site has been good about keeping up to date until this year ... maybe budget cuts. They unfortunately reorganized the site and broke it down into smaller chunks.. Instead of just searching the SF Bay Area they broke. it down to two areas which is a pain. If it isn't broke don't fix it. The money would be better spent keeping the market info up to date.
re: walker
The Tuesday Berkeley Derby St. market is great, almost as good as the Saturday one. Substantial overlap between the two but some differences, notably Full Belly yes, Fatted Calf no. 2pm to 7pm.
The Thursday market is much smaller (partly because it's all organic) though they have some first-rate produce.
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re: Robert Lauriston
In addition to Full Belly, Tuesday also has the Hmong farmers, with their amazing and unique varieties of produce, some of which I can't find at even Berkeley Bowl or Ranch 99, at unbeatable prices. Lovely people, to boot.
I've thought about this, and decided that I distinctly prefer BBE, at least for now. It's much closer to me, and with the opened up parking spaces and fewer crowds, the major annoyance triggers have been alleviated somewhat.
I think for me it's also about the unique experience. BBE, like Monterey Market, have that "only in Berkeley unselfconscious abundance of riches" feeling. It looks and feels shabbier and crazier than BBW, but that's what I find charming. I've been going there for over a decade, and like the layout, the staff, and the characters. To me, BBW is like any other fancy grocery store experience (I work in the food industry, so spend time in Whole Foods, Wegman's and the like around the country). When I'm home, I like to be reminded about why I like this unique and quirky city I live in, that offers up such treasures for those willing to sweat a bit for it. Plus, I found BBW quite cold, temperature wise, the few times I went there.
That said, BBW is on my way home from the gym, so do expect to see me there once in a while too.
I still go to BBE. I tried BBW a couple weeks ago, and found that the bulk section wasn't as extensive as at BBE. This was confirmed by the person working at the cheese counter. That may have changed, or will change, but I still like the old Bowl. One reason may be that I go at odd times, plus park on the street, to spare myself the hassle of parking in the lot. I also like to get a bulochki or saffron bun at Crixa afterward.
By the way, since the layout at BBW is different, I tried a few things I normally wouldn't notice, including the coconut chews on the bulk candy rack near the produce section. Highly recommended!
re: TerriL
I've been shopping at BBW because it's more convenient, but if they were equally convenient, I'd prefer BBE for a lot of the reasons Terri mentioned. But then, I was never one of those people who found the old BB objectionable. As someone who grew up shopping at the Berkeley Co-op, the too-Berkeley aspects of BB people complain about never even occurred to me.
I still shop the "classic" Bowl but miss the original Bowl that was in the old bowling alley. Just saying. Anyway, had a great trip there Friday late afternoon. Uncrowded, lack of trampling, abundant bargain produce (12 mangoes for $2!, organic cherries $1.89/lb, etc.), short line at the checkout.
The dark side: New bagger being trained was unable/unwilling to listen to either me or the person training her and made a hash of my fruit and veggies (instant guac anyone?).
Even more disturbing: July 15th dates on yogurt being sold in the 2nd week of August. Glad I checked.
Does anyone know if BBW is union? I might check it out if it was but will never darken their door if it isn't.
re: bbq babe
That question is off topic for this board, but they signed a "card check" agreement with UFCW Local 5, so it's up to the employees.
re: Robert Lauriston
Thank you for the answer and links.
My question was exactly on topic for this thread discussing why we would chose the "old" Bowl over the "new". All other things being close to equal, I will give my business to the Union shop and I'm not the only one.
re: bbq babe
While whether a store is unionized or not is at best tangential to our mission of finding deliciousness, we'll allow the basic facts to be posted. Discusion of whether that's a good or a bad thing or should impact your buying decisions or the buying decisions of other people, however, IS off topic and will be removed.
I will remain loyal to BBE. I'm just wrapping up a month-long visit to New York City and environs, and habitually shopping at BBE is the only activity I've found on the whole west coast that fully evokes the experience of being a New Yorker. The Bowl is really only marginally shabby (check out any number of supermarkets on the Upper West Side or the outer boroughs), but relative to Mollie Stones/Draegers etc., I guess you could say it is. It can be crowded, but like New York everyone comes up with his own tricks to maximize efficiency. I find the camaraderie level very high, in that particular gallows-humor we're-all-in-this-together way you so often find on an IRT train at rush hour. The ethnic diversity is unsurpassed. It's unpretentious and egalitarian while able to serve the very discerning. And it treats its loyal customers well: some of the cashiers, the meat counterpeople, Dan the wine guy, the lady at the customer service desk don't know my name but all raise an eyebrow in my direction as I pass by. If the day comes that anybody actually experiences a form of emotional connection and fulfillment at BBW, please let me know; call me a weirdo but I really do get all that at BBE as well as all the bountiful and reasonably-priced food.
It took me about 10 seconds to gloss BBW "Bowl Foods".
It is slick, clean, well manicured, and looks like it belongs in Sausalito or Moraga.
The eastern store, near the original down and dirty Shattuck location, has my kind of charm. It reminds me of an old neighbor watering hole.
One thing that gives me pause about BBW is that there still seem to be quite a few "UPC code is incorrectly programmed" errors (in addition to the new cashiers who just haven't learned all the codes yet). When I went to BBW this past Sunday, two items scanned at almost a dollar more (each!) than what was listed on the shelf. The guy at customer service was really nice about fixing it, but I hate feeling like I have to hover over the cashier and watch every single thing as it's scanned. So I might head back to BBE for my non-produce purchases.
re: Robert Lauriston
Could you clarify? They're not weighing or now weighing? I bought bulk goods a couple of days ago and didn't notice signage there (or in the organic produce section, and I did notice checking my receipt when I was at home that I was undercharged for organic zucchini). Must be brand new.
re: Caitlin McGrath
I was there last week and had my organic produce weighed and tagged at the bulk counter.
re: Melanie Wong
Coincidently, today the checker was telling the cusotmer in front of me at the checkout that organic produce should be weighed in the bulk section. She didn't make the customer go back though, just told her about it for next time.
An aside, the sugar kiss melons (not organic) are wonderful. Recommended.
I have to say since BBW opened, I went back once to BBE but now I just go to BBW since it's plain faster.
I don't like the separate organic/non-o produce, the non-o fruit section feels cold and I like the deli counter people at BBE a lot more (friendly and not slow)...BUT BBW is so much faster.
Getting there, parking and getting out is low hassle factor. I've never spend more then 3 minutes parking, and never had more then 2 people in front of me in checkout line.
I still like BBE over BBW but I save so much time at BBW I'll just continue to go. I'll just get use to BBW.
re: ML8000
Agreed on how much faster and less of a hassle BBW is. I will say, too, that I've found the cheese people and the seafood people at BBW to be quite helpful and accommodating. The deli people, I concur, are not very friendly or helpful.
I LOVE the old Berkeley Bowl - great selection of produce (Chinese AND Indian bitter melon, 20+ kinds of apples, etc), and the prices are better than anywhere else in the Bay Area. It's my fave. But I do have some techniques to make it more manageable...
1. Never park in the lot
2. Go right when they open (I go on SAT)
Doing this, I get in and out in under 1/2 hour. And it's the best produce around outside of farmers' markets.
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I went by at 1pm yesterday, peak Thanksgiving shopping hours. The place was busy but they had plenty of staff so it was not backed up. I was served immediately at the meat counter and at the express checkout.


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NH Supreme Court: Protecting police from liability more important than rights of man wrongly accused of rape
The decision comes in a civil lawsuit filed by Kenneth Lahm, who sued the town of Tilton and Tilton Police Officer Michael Farrington, for arresting him in 2008 on a charge of second-degree assault, a charge prosecutors later dropped.
The case had harrowing allegations, that Lahm had drugged a Concord woman he met at a Capital City bar and took her to his home where she woke up three days later, naked in his bed with burns and bruises on her body.
Lahm dropped the woman off at Concord Hospital that third day as he was heading to work. She told medical personnel she believed she had been sexually assaulted. She had four beers at the bar, said Lahm gave her two drinks containing Red Bull at his home, that she "passed out" and did not remember anything until waking three days later in his bed, nude and injured. A urinalysis test detected the presence of multiple drugs in her system.
A justice of the peace found probable cause for police to arrest Lahm and, that same day, a district court judge issued a search warrant after finding probable cause that evidence of aggravated felonious sexual assault may be found at Lahm's home.
The SWAT team arrested Lahm at his home in the middle of the night on March 1, 2008, taking him out of his home in his underwear on what was a cold winter night, according to his appeal of Belknap County Superior Court Judge James D. O'Neill's decision tossing his civil suit.
Lahm argued the woman never said he assaulted her and that Farrington failed to discover any information to show how Lahm allegedly caused the burns on the woman's body.
Lahm hired investigators who talked with two employees at the Concord bar who saw both the woman and Lahm. They said, as always, Lahm had no alcohol to drink and the woman was not intoxicated. A clerk at a convenience store where they stopped before going to Lahm's house said both entered the store, were obviously comfortable with each other and that the woman bought condoms and said she and Lahm were going to have a "good night" or something similar.
Lahm's neighbors saw the woman outside the house at least twice during the three days she was allegedly unconscious, once when Lahm and her set off fireworks, which the neighbors watched, and once when the woman went to the neighbor's house to retrieve Lahm's dog that had got loose.
A medical doctor friend of Lahm's said he spoke with the woman by phone about her injuries and she told him she had accidentally fallen onto a wood stove.
And the woman's prior boyfriend of two years described a volatile relationship that involved Concord police five or six times, and said the woman was "an habitual liar" who "tried to get him arrested, in Concord, several times."
Lahm contended once the prosecutor received the information his investigators gathered and other "exculpatory information" the charge was dropped.
He argued had Farrington conducted any investigation beyond just taking the woman's statement, he would have discovered those same facts.
Lahm spent a weekend in jail, accumulated fees and costs for his defense and was subjected to publicity, all harms his defense attorney Michael J. Sheehan wrote cannot be put back into Pandora's box
"They are real and they are devastating," Sheehan wrote. "And if those harms could have been avoided, if that actual innocence could have been uncovered simply through a phone call or two, an interview or two, or by simply questioning the truthfulness of the victim's otherwise uncorroborated story then Lahm should have recourse."
The Supreme Court, however, disagreed. The jurists concluded that immunizing police officers from "extended liability" is an interest that outweighs Lahm's claimed interest in requiring a "reasonable investigation beyond just finding probable cause" prior to arrest.
Lahm argued that Farrington was not under pressure to make a quick decision in the investigation, because the woman was away from Lahm and any crime had occurred days earlier, and he could have spent a day or two learning the facts Lahm's investigators turned up.
The court said if it were to extend the scope of a police officer's duty to investigate beyond establishing probable cause prior to arrest, liability would be unduly and indefinitely extended for police officers. "Such an extension of liability is at odds with the well-established doctrines of probable cause and official immunity," the court said.
The court said the U.S. Supreme Court has noted the standard of probable cause to arrest "like those for searches and seizures, represents a necessary accommodation between the individual's right to liberty and the state's duty to control crime."
The court, citing Everitt vs. General Electric Co., said the public cannot afford for law enforcement personnel to have their judgment shaded out of fear of subsequent lawsuits or to have their energies otherwise deflected by litigation.
"Because many situations which confront officers in the course of executing their duties are more or less ambiguous, room must be allowed for some mistakes on their part. But the mistakes must be those of reasonable men, acting on facts leading sensibly to their conclusions of probability. The rule of probable cause is a practical, nontechnical conception affording the best compromise that has been found for accommodating these often opposing interests. Requiring more would unduly hamper law enforcement. To allow less would be to leave law-abiding citizens at the mercy of the officers' whim or caprice," the court said.
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- Police say woman stole pocketbook at Hudson Market Basket - 0
- Police say former manager of Hudson McDonald's stole $10k from restaurant - 1
- Manchester man facing two aggravated felonious sexual assault charges - 0
Manchester police investigating after man stabbed in neckREADER COMMENTS: 0
- Manchester Turkey Bowl will go as scheduled - 0
- Red Sox think they got free agent signings right this time - 0
- Turkey Bowls: Passion always on the menu - 0
- Manchester Turkey Bowl: Crusaders aim to rewrite history - 0
- Dave Solomon's Power Plays: Who knew what and when in PSNH scrubber case? - 0
- Story of Marine Memorial at Hampton Beach begins with Bill Downs - 0
- Immigrants include ethnic dishes at their Thanksgiving table - 0
- Puritans in America: Daniel Webster on religion's role - 0
- Mitt Romney is out front, but says he's not running again - 0
Dave D'Onofrio's Patriots Notebook: Pats put selves in strong positionREADER COMMENTS: 0
Person found dead in Manchester alley
On being American: A point for reflection
Your Turn, NH -- Mike Moffett: Republicans can win in 2016 with Kasich at the top of the ticket
NH suffers 4th worst outage on record
- Whom do you think bears the brunt of the blame for the mayhem this weekend in Keene?
- KSC students
- 37%
- KSC administration
- 2%
- Police
- 6%
- Visitors from out of town
- 18%
- A combination of any/all of the above
- 37%
- Total Votes: 2483


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For eligible employees whose last workday of a week is Friday, the last day to use the 2014 Discretionary Day is Friday, December 19, 2014.
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