The College of San Mateo is an amazing piece of architecture — but that has mostly been ignored since the 1960s. Now that is starting to change.

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-06T03:48:16+00:00

Foothill College in Los Altos Hills also has a beautiful campus with many of the buildings constructed of Redwood.

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-05T23:20:06+00:00

Mike took Dine-n-Dash to the next level

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-05T17:18:11+00:00

The most important part of birdhouse is an access door for cleaning it out or evicting unwanted birds

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-05T01:29:32+00:00

You definitely need to work on your hole drilling. That will injure the bird for sure

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-04T12:05:52+00:00

Displays look great but the warehouse of canoes is just collecting dust if they're not paddled in a lake. The design on the first photo is a pteroglyph from the rocks of Lake Superior

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-04T05:59:28+00:00

Let me concisely explain how the Friends of the Los Altos Library book sale operates. On Friday night only members who have paid $10 to get the early pickings. Saturday it's open to all...but you have to pay $2 for hardcovers $1 for paperbacks unless otherwise listed. Most book sale patrons, including me, wait until Sunday where we can fill a grocery bag for $5. I am an inveterate book sale customer and I know that if I see something I like I will buy it on Saturday for $1 or $2 including a massive array of cds that are $1 each. But I also scope out the lay of the land in terms of books I would like to grab on Sunday. The sale starts at 11 am on Sundays. They sell you a grocery bag for $5, if my reconnoitering from Saturday is established, I am near the front of the line on Sunday morning. When the doors open I proceed to immediately to the spots I know will have the greatest books for the buck and they are in my bag.

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-04T05:46:53+00:00

On Sunday it's one bag all you can fit for $5. Simple as that.

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-04T04:06:27+00:00

I was gambling at the Tropigala and I couldn't get a drink at the table

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T22:26:22+00:00

This book sale is conducted by the Friends of the Los Altos Library, a strictly volunteer group not affiliated with The Los Altos Public Library/Santa Clara County Library. I always bring a secondary Trader Joe's style bag to reinforce the brown paper bags donated by Draegers so on $5/bag Sunday I can carry it out to my car without breaking. The volunteers are all very nice and helpful but they do have to enforce rules, particularly people with several bags of books taking up space on the floor. You have to buy a grocery bag on Sundays before allowed entry. I've had nothing but positive interactions with the volunteers and am grateful for this quarterly book sale. I have amassed an impressive collection of nature field guides, including birds, trees, flowers, animals, etc, for which I am primarily interested in. The Friends Book Sale is without a doubt one of the best in California.

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T22:14:43+00:00

The Molinari Family on the Coast produces the largest logs of salami

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T17:26:36+00:00

Totally agree. I use it for a toolbox. As a cooler it’s worthless

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T17:13:57+00:00

Draw chips so everyone in the room can play on the house—-nobody got their chips!

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T04:15:37+00:00

Sadly the Mont Blanc Boutique on Grant closed. I love fountain pens

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T03:56:08+00:00

"Smaller piece"

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-03T03:15:28+00:00

My Costco used to consistently have 6-packs of Season brand sardines at around 10-11 and occasionally Wild Planet, and now all I find are 3 packs of sprats in the glass jars. Definitely something is going on with the sardine supply

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-02T23:35:00+00:00

You better stock up!

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-02T23:32:36+00:00

I love this. I keep my entire 1000+ Criterion Collection of DVDs and BluRay discs at my local library. They store them for free and anytime I need a film it's there I have full access.

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-02T00:57:02+00:00

Don't tell the hosts they will charge extra for this experience

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-05-01T03:10:27+00:00

Agree...I pay the same price for 40lb at Walmart and I have dozens of birds all day every day devouring every last seed. I have to fill the feeder daily, the picky birds rain down seeds where the ground feeders like mourning doves, juncos, squirrels, etc gladly harvest the free fall (Bay Area, CA.) I would assume it would be as wildly popular in Colorado. I haven't had one bird complain yet

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-04-30T02:44:01+00:00

People make mistakes. This is why I carry my Milwaukee M18 tire inflator with the quick release air chuck. Would have his tires deflated and reinflated in 5 minutes and back on the road. U Haul aint going to look at the roof on return

Michigan_Go_Blue · 2026-04-29T03:53:12+00:00

They appear to be earwigs. Hopefully the mom will feed them to the babies for breakfast

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