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Shopping Stories: Arts and Crafts in Berkeley’s Labyrinthine Sawtooth Building

June 19, 2013 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Painter Salma Arastu surrounded by paintings in her Berkeley CA studio. She wears a beige and red sari. Photo by BF Newhall

I caught the last minute of the last day of the annual San Francisco East Bay Open Studios on June 9. I didn’t go there intending to shop. My plan was to stop by painter Salma Arastu’s studio in the funky Sawtooth Building on Eighth Street in Berkeley to talk about my book. Read more.

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Retired Is a State of Mind — Six Ways to Know If You’re There Yet

A trail alongside Bon Tempe Lake in Marin county, California. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Retired is a state of mind. Not a state of paycheck or work schedule or commute or how much time you spend at the office. Read more.

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