21 February 2007, 09:00

Will Spork for Vik's

Filed under:travel-tips, first-person by Sachie

When’s the last time you saw a spork? Grade school lunches? Better yet, when’s the last time you used one?

For better or worse, I used a spork a few weekends ago at Vik’s Chaat Corner. This Berkeley institution, chosen by SF Chronicle as one of the best bargain bites, is popular even on a rainy Saturday. I was hoping to miss some of the lunch crowd by arriving at 2pm, but no such luck. The place was hopping as the regulars staked out empty tables. The line moves quickly, and we were lucky enough to snag a table near the open kitchen. I didn’t realize how lucky until each dish we ordered came out at a different time.


But there's more
21 April 2006, 13:04

Global Warming, More Than a Feeling

Filed under:short-cuts, by Jen W

The NPR weekly program, Living On Earth, has teamed up with Salon and the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to produce the series Early Signs: Reports From a Warming Planet. If you don’t have time to check out the show, the web site is certainly worth a look (or justify all that money spent on your iPod and download the podcasts from the site).

Anyone thinking of vacationing in any of those low-lying tropical islands out there might want to go sooner rather than later…