* Hit up yard sales, Google-style. [Lifehacker]

* Proof that even Berkeley professors wait until the last minute. [UCB LJ]

* The original Peet’s Coffee & Tea re-opened. We didn’t even know it was closed. [Seattle Times]

Image Source: jfelectron under Creative Commons
Earlier: Is This Real Journalism?

Time to grab your glow sticks, bag your black light, and resurrect your rave gear for the Glow in the Dark Party at the Bear’s Lair, which will be hosted by the UC Berkeley’s Haas Undergraduate Black Business Association and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.. We think it’s going to be like cosmic bowling, but without the bowling and extra cosmic.

If you’re old enough to vote, you’re old enough to party. The flyer claims that it’s 18+/college student (which made us wonder which requirement takes precedent). Non-college students simply need to RSVP to glowinthedark2008@gmail.com.

What: Glow in the Dark Party
Where: The Bear’s Lair
When: Friday, Oct. 24 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Cost: Pre-sale, $5. At the door: Before 11 p.m., $7. After 11 p.m., $10.
Dress code: Psychedelic, neon, highlighter colors … you get the idea.

Image Source: Torley under Creative Commons
Glow in the Dark Party [event page]

There, we were warmly greeted by BARE Magazine’s founder and editor-in-chief, Doreen Bloch, who ushered us into the private party room, where we were warmly greeted by gourmet pizza, salad, dessert and these truly addictive fried olives. Seriously, we’re not even just saying the food was good because it was free. It really was tasty. Though–to be fair–it was also free.

Anyway, the evening passed pleasantly. Photos were taken. The new issue of BARE was ogled. Fashionably dressed people schmoozed and networked. We commiserated with our fellow student publishers from Squelch (Ohmigod, Squelch!) and the BARE blog.

We talked to Ms. Bloch about how she got her brainchild off the ground as a mere freshman, and how she somehow managed to convince downtown Bar and Restaurant to advertise in the magazine and throw her and about 50 other people a very classy party. (One word: Haas.) We were impressed.

Then, tragedy struck, swiftly, like a burglar in the night. First, a routine trip to the restroom went horribly awry when one extremely inept clogger smashed her finger a stall door crack. (Please, don’t ask. It really hurt.) Then, as the Clog was still licking its ladies’ room-inflicted wounds, a certain other clogger lost the raffle–did we mention the raffles?–for a week’s worth of garlic rolls from Tomatina, despite having something like a one-in-three chance at winning. Ah, ’twas a cruel trick of fate, indeed.

The night ended on a high note, though, as we overcame adversity and departed, copies of the latest issue of BARE in hand.

Oh, and the magazine itself? A little heavy-handed with the issue’s fashion in politics theme, but pretty polished, nonetheless, given the small staff entirely comprised of students. So, definite props to Doreen Bloch and the rest of the BARE crew. Putting together a whole fashion mag sounds like a shit-ton of work, if you ask us. You can find out where to get your copy of BARE Magazine’s latest issue here.

Image Source: Nathan Yan, Courtesy of BARE Magazine, Jill Cowan
BARE Magazine [Blog]

Sometimes it pays to be a blogger, like when you get invited to parties you didn’t even know were happening. BARE magazine, UC Berkeley’s fashion publication, will host a VIP launch party this Thursday at 8 p.m. at Downtown Bar and Restaurant.

Later this week, one of our bloggers will grace the event, but in the meantime you can think of ways of impersonating us and crashing the party. Expect a wrap-up around the weekend.

BARE also has a quasi-Sartorialistic blog (shows you what we know of Berkeley blogs). We’re not sure we dig the what-I-wore-to-work-today posts, but we’re looking forward to pics of chic students–if BARE can find ‘em.

BARE Magazine Blog [Web Site]