Berkley, Ah Yeah!!

So here we are, woken up on a beautiful Saturday morning in Berkley. It's 10am, and we're getting ready to hit the road. Hopefully this 3 hour drive to Chico won't include the 13 u-turns we did yesterday. Though perhaps it's mandatory, and with all 4 of us taking turns giving directions, we're bound to succeed in getting that number doubled.

So yesterday, after a lush rice and noodle lunch, we left the beautiful town of Sutter Creek, and drove the expected 2 and a half hour drive to Berkley. Instead we found that due to our minimal 13 u-turns, repeated times losing our way, we found the drive to be 4 hours long. Though i have to admit, it was a beautiful drive. Who can complain when you're driving through such a lush part of the world. Our 20 mile detour, allowed us to see these amazing wind fan things (i'm not one for giving words their actual pronunciation or term).
So we nearly arrived in Berkley. All raring to go, and our last challenge was to figure out whether to go left or right. I said left, Rosie said right. She was right. So we stopped at the stop sign, trying to make a decision. Tho the thing you tend to notice, is that when there's a stop sign, people expect you to go. What's with that?? It's full-on man. And shouting out the window, i'm completely into that.

So, arriving in Berkley, we headed to the hotel, before we went over to the venue for our 2nd show of the tour. We packed all our luggage in, and then headed to the venue. And man, what a cute place. Cafe Trieste is a lush little cafe, that once a month, does a womens' gig, on Friday nights.
We set all our gear up, and settled into the place. It's a great little cafe, where 60 or so peeps packed in. A chick called Kate was the organiser, and what a great night.
Mel Watson started the night. And man, was she on fire. Not literally, but guys if you haven't seen her, you'll have to go see a show of hers. With a run of amazing loops, beat-boxing style, rhythmical twists, she got everyone up and clapping. Seriously, i take my hat off to you, M.W.
After a beautiful show, we had a short break, and then got ready to play. We kicked off with Pirate Song, and then launched into Best Dress. It was such a pleasure to play for all the cafe trieste locals. Was a really fun gig, with so many highlights, i was just blown away, An amazing crowd stuck in there, and they seemed to love it. And there i was, in between the two most amazing chicks you can imagine, and watching on was the inimitable M.W., chillin out, eating her focaccia. :)
Then to top it all off, we all 4 of us, played our final encore, and we wrapped it up.

So here we are, the end of a night, and for some reason, i'm talking to a local about qeueing up for Wimbledon Tennis tickets. The funny things you do hey?
So with the show done and dusted, we headed back to the hotel, for a night of sweet dreams, and ready, rip-roaring ready to go to Chico tomorrow morn.
Signing off University Avenue, Berkley, Sopheets. :)