Recent PostsI’ll be leaving in a few minutes to head to Burning Man and won’t be back for a week, but you won’t be left without blog posts from me. At Burning Man, I’m always comparing the Black Rock City to Oakland – I even wrote a blog post comparing the two cities. So I thought [...]
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I have several heavy, substantive posts that I really want to get to this week, but those will have to wait until at least tomorrow. I didn’t think I’d get to write anything this evening because of the long council meeting, but you’re in luck, since they’re discussing the Army Base yet again, and I [...]
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This year’s Fire Arts Festival was just as spectacular as it was in 2008 and 2007, but it was much bigger. That meant more art, more space, and much more fire. Here is some of what I saw:
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Though I don’t entirely understand it, I realize that Burning Man is not for everyone. Maybe you don’t like the idea of braving extreme weather conditions in the desert, or you don’t have the money to spend, or maybe you’re convinced Burning Man is full of hippies and that scares you away. Well, it’s ok, [...]
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Today, the AC Transit board is meeting to discuss declaring a fiscal emergency so that they can cut service without going through a lengthy EIR process. And as V Smoothe explained, there are going to be some serious cuts made to keep the agency solvent. But as bus service deteriorates in Oakland, bus service is [...]
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I think I’ll be staying in and recuperating this weekend, but if you’re looking for something fun to do, there’s no shortage of great events to attend:
Tonight (Friday): Oakland Art Murmur
The monthly evening of art gallery shows and entertainments in Uptown. Read my review of the art murmur here. If you’re coming from anywhere south [...]
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Burning Man may not be directly related to Oakland, but it really wouldn’t be what it is without the many contributions of Oaklanders. Here are some pictures from this year’s event to distract you on this Monday morning.
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So one of the only benefits of being stuck at home sick for the past three days was catching up on weeks of blogs that I hadn’t caught up on since being gone for a week at Burning Man – well, that and cleaning my apartment, which really needed it.
There was a lot of great [...]
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Over the past couple weeks, several people have found my blog by searching for Crude Awakening or for its creator, Dan Das Mann, so I thought I’d finally give everyone what they’re looking for. And I promise, this will be my last Burning Man related post for a little while.
You might ask, how does this [...]
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