Capoeira Cafe? Dare I ask?
Capoeira Arts is a "colorful multi-purpose global village where you can sip a cappucino to the rhythmic beat of a berimbau. Most of the time you can watch a Capoeira class practicing sweeps, high kicks and handstands. You can consume your meal to the mesmerizing background of the musical instruments and chanting."
It's a coffee shop that has a back area where they teach Capoeira. JZ took a few classes there, I think.
I think we should all go home. It'll be like Buffista Skip Day.
Network came back up. I'm kinda sad now.
I think I would be freaked out by doing capoeira where random people could see me.
Capoeira Cafe? Dare I ask?
They kick you in the coco beans. Gracefully.
Yes, I did take classes there, and stopped mainly because I sucked.
ita, the classes are in a back area behind the cafe that random people can kinda see if they're trying. Semi-visible, but not really. Much less visible than the gigantic wall-of-windows gym right next door.
juliana, heh. That's exactly where I thought it would be, and yup, as everyone else said, it's two short blocks from the downtown Berkeley station. Also right by a terrific comic book store whose name I'm brainfarting on, the Other Change of Hobbit Bookstore, Half Price Books, and an excellent gelato shop. Get there early if you can and putter about, or walk the neighborhood at the lunch break.
Also, there's lots of keen art and poetry pressed into the sidewalk all up and down that block of Addison between Shattuck and Milvia.
Sigh. Sometimes I miss my old neighborhood.
They kick you in the coco beans. Gracefully.
Capoeira? With groin kicks? Cool. Also, rare.
Sometimes I miss my old neighborhood.
Jeepers, we'd let you visit if you wanted to. And the comics store is Comic Relief.
Also right by a terrific comic book store whose name I'm brainfarting on,
Comics and Comix
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Wrong, apparently. I defer to the local.
Capoeira? With groin kicks? Cool. Also, rare.
Well, they're all hopped up on caffeine.
I defer to the local.
It moved to a big space on Shattuck. Also, the Half Price Books closed on Solano Ave and moved to Shattuck. I never have enough lunch hours to spend in these places.
Also, the Half Price Books closed on Solano Ave and moved to Shattuck.
Oh! It's the one that was just next door to the Pendragon on Solano? That used to be my Friday evening ritual: walk the dog up to Solano, hit the bookstores, hit the video store, and stop for dinner at Filippo's for takeout. I loved that neighborhood.
Current neighborhood has a bookstore, but it's new books only and it closes at 7 pm, and there isn't anywhere near as much good food. Lots of nail salons, though.