A visit to Fern's Garden

On Thursday night, my aunt Sheila came to town for a visit.  She's been a trooper about just hanging and doing our usual thing - like attending a soccer game and shopping at our interesting ethnic markets.  Today we took a little road trip up to Berkeley to visit the not-yet-open Fern's Garden store.  Sheila and Fern have been friends forever and Sheila used to work for Fern selling wind chimes at trade shows.  I worked at Fern's Garden in my 20s.  Fern's Garden has been in Long Beach for a long time and they are getting ready to open their second location in Berkeley.  When we visited today, most of the store was set up and they were preparing to open on Wednesday.  Fern let my kids make a wish on a "wishing shell" and place it into the sand in one of the displays.  

Here's Fern explaining how to make the wish.   

 The kids took it very seriously.

 We got some fancy ice cream just a couple doors down from Fern's Garden.

 Then we headed to one of my favorite spots in Oakland.