February 20, 2008
Smells in the Morning
Have I mentioned the mystery smell that we get in our neighborhood some mornings?
It is sort of a sickly sweet, rotten smell that comes in strong early in the morning, but not every morning. One night we were up the road in the Napa Valley (for those of you who are foreign, Vallejo is at the mouth of the Napa River, right next to Napa County) for dinner and returning to Vallejo around midnight, we were hit by the smell. Ah! It must be something to do with grapes! No, not in January it isn't rotten grapes.
The mystery continues. Locals don't know. Time for some investigation.
Posted by erik at February 20, 2008 9:33 AMI've been wondering about that blankety-blank smell since I was about seven years old (I live in Mountain View, so it can't be grapes). It smells kind of garlicky to me.
Posted by: Meredith at March 17, 2008 1:12 PMPerhaps it's the city budget?
Posted by: John Herreid at February 21, 2008 3:11 PMAre you sure it comes from the river and not from the bay or something in town? Heck, it could just be a twinkie factory.
Posted by: Gregg the obscure_ at February 21, 2008 4:10 AM