Recent PostsIf you want to appreciate art, you might think to go to a museum or walk through neighborhoods to find public art. But you probably wouldn’t think to go to the Oakland airport. And I probably wouldn’t have thought about it much either, except that last Thursday I was stuck at the airport for eight [...]
Filed under: Art, Oakland | Tagged: Artists as Collectors, Going Away Coming Home, Oakland airport, Oakland Museum of California | 2 Comments »
I’m hopping on a plane tomorrow morning to DC and will be gone for a week so I’ll be taking a break from blogging. While I’m gone, there’s a great event going on in San Francisco that sounds applicable to anyone living in the Bay Area – “Bike Commuter-cation Day”.
I know I’m terrified of biking [...]
Filed under: Community, Environmentalism, San Francisco | Tagged: biking | Leave a Comment »
For years, I’ve grown herbs on window sills and balconies, but this year I realized I could grow so much more. We’re growing a much larger amount and bigger variety of edible plants in my girlfriend’s parents backyard, so this inspired us to start a mini-garden on our large balcony.
We’re still growing herbs – hearty [...]
Filed under: Environmentalism, Food, Oakland | Tagged: gardening | 4 Comments »
So I’m a bit late on this one, but last week OakPAC endorsed Rebecca Kaplan for the the at-large city council seat. For the June election, OakPAC had endorsed Clinton Killian, who came in third so it was unclear whether they would endorse Kaplan or Hamill for November.
It’s exciting to see so many different groups [...]
Filed under: City Council, Community, Election, Oakland, Politics | Tagged: Rebecca Kaplan, Kerry Hamill, OakPAC | Leave a Comment »
This year’s Crucible Fire Arts Festival was my favorite so far. But I’ll let the photos do most of the talking… (Thanks to my awesome girlfriend for taking the vast majority of these pictures!)
On the main stage, there were performers throughout the night, but the highlight was this graceful, incredibly coordinated, strong pair of acrobats [...]
Filed under: Art, Burning Man, Community, Entertainment, Essential Oakland Experiences, Oakland | Tagged: Crude Awakening, False Profit Labs, Fire Arts Festival, Hydrogen Economy, Kinectic Steam Works, Steampunk Treehouse, The Crucible | 6 Comments »
(So I haven’t been doing too good a job of writing about the places and events on my list of essential Oakland experiences, but I’m back on track now and will hopefully write some more soon. Also, I went back through old posts and linked to some of them on the essential Oakland experiences page, [...]
Filed under: Community, Entertainment, Essential Oakland Experiences, Oakland, Walking | Tagged: Middle Harbor Park | 7 Comments »
UPDATE: As Eric explains here and here, the council voted to place the initiative on the ballot and not to challenge it legally. However, if the initiative passes, I think they are likely to challenge it.
A few months ago, I explained why the Berkeley anti-BRT initiative is bad news. Well, it looks like the Berkeley [...]
Filed under: Berkeley, City Council, East Bay, Election, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: BRT, Bus Rapid Transit | 3 Comments »
This morning, I walked up to my bus stop on 59th & Telegraph and saw this:
I’m guessing someone from the city or county will haul this away soon, but until then, bus riders have a more comfortable place to wait. And since AC Transit recently installed a NextBus screen at this stop, it should be [...]
Filed under: Community, Oakland, Public Transit | Tagged: bus stop, DIY, NextBus | 6 Comments »
I finally got around to updating my blog’s design. Let me know what you think.
Also, I was walking around downtown Oakland yesterday with a camera and got a chance to take pictures of my favorite intersection at Webster and 9th (there are actually a few intersections like this in Chinatown but this is the one [...]
Filed under: Oakland, Urban Planning, Walking | Tagged: Chinatown, Crosswalk | 4 Comments »
