Monday Morning Distractions – Temescal Farmers Market

I enjoy the Temescal Farmers Market year round, going almost every Sunday when I’m in town, but during the summer, it’s something I look forward to all week long. A few weeks ago, my girlfriend and I went to the market, and she took some beautiful pictures of the summer bounty.

Monday Morning Distractions: Fire Arts Festival 2009

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:

Monday Morning Distractions – 4th of July on the Bay

This Saturday, I was lucky enough to take a mini-cruise out on the bay for 4th of July. As we moved away from the Berkeley harbor and across the bay, I remembered one of the reasons Oakland is so great, and that’s because it’s part of the larger Bay Area. Sure, there’s plenty to do [...]

Monday Morning Distractions – Jack London Square

Unintentionally, my blog has become a bit heavy over the past couple weeks. There’s just been so much going on in the political realm that there’s been little time to reflect on the unfiltered beautfy of Oakland. It’s also been a ridiculously long time since I’ve posted a Monday morning distractions post so I thought [...]

Monday Morning Distractions – Rose Parade Floats

Last week, when I was down in LA visiting my family, my mom took my girlfriend and I to look at the Rose Parade floats, as they were being created. It was pretty incredible and a bit overwhelming. Here’s some of what we saw:
The size of the floats was in itself astounding. This Sesame Street [...]

Monday Morning Distractions – Balcony Garden Update

The summer’s over, but we’re still keeping up with our balcony garden, with a whole new set of winter crops. Here’s what we’re growing now:

Previous balcony garden updates:

9/17/08: Distractions for Your Monday Morning
7/22/08: Apartment Gardening

Monday Morning Distractions – Flowers

OK, I have to preface this post by saying that for as long as I’ve written this blog, I’ve promised myself that I would never do any cat blogging. Even though I love my cats dearly, I realize that to everyone else, they’re probably pretty boring. So I didn’t want to subject any of my [...]

Monday Morning Distractions – Surfing the interwebs

I don’t know about you, but I need some distractions right about now. Really, can it be Tuesday night already? I can’t take the anticipation anymore!
To distract myself this weekend, I finally got caught up on blog posts and found some distractions that made me smile. Hope they make you smile too:
David at Brooklyn Avenue [...]

Monday Morning Distractions – East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse

If you’re looking for distractions in Oakland, I think the best place you could go is the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. After eating a delicious breakfast at Horseshoe in Temescal (which by the way was nearly half full, a big improvement over my last visit), my girlfriend and I walked down the block [...]

Monday Morning Distractions – Burning Man 2008

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.