graffiti on a door

a place for all people

Aw. This was fun to read.

push button to cross

Careful when you cross the street. One woman's horror story.

broadway

Broadway is generally considered the backbone of Oakland. In this 1925 shot (from the Oakland Library) of 14th and Broadway, you can clearly see the Tribune building on the left and the general busy-ness of the street.

tile art

Ooh, I want to take a mosaic art workshop. There's a place in Oakland that offers this?

electrical nine

going off grid is not always a choice, a luxury, nature-loving, find-yourself endeavor. sometimes the grid is just ripped out from under you.

images of oscar

the meyers-ave report on the oscar grant killing was released recently. the final recommendations remind me that we have to do better.

psychic

"Why people are so drawn to the irrational is always something that has fascinated me." - James Randi

mullen's liquors

Although I like my little walking guy, Tom Spaulding has a much better shot of this sign that you can see on his flickr account here.

shirts

More than shirts.

electrical eight

"Bay Area utility turns food scraps into energy"

fence

A Fence
By Carl Sandburg

Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the
workmen are beginning the fence.
The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that
can stab the life out of any man who falls on them
As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble
and all vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering
children looking for a place to play.
Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go
nothing except Death and the Rain and To-morrow.

gold teeth master

woah. those are some good yelp ratings.

**ck the laws

want to know what oakland's been trying to do since 2002 to make its streets more accessible? check out the oakland pedestrian master plan here.

dyke march

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! i had no idea oakland was so dyke-y. more on the march here.

race and the health care debate

i haven't read this article. and i can't locate it online. but tim wise does a pretty good job of engaging the idea here.

sonic youth, underworld, and third eye blech

definitely dated; hope they've changed they're marquee. the yeah yeah yeahs are coming! upcoming shows are listed on their site here.

indoor skydiving

um, ok. so i'm kind of cheating on this one. you guessed it; i didn't actually take this pic. yup, that's me in that ridiculous fly suit. um, and, i must also confess that this fab time was had in union city, just south of oakland. but honestly, this was a ton of fun and totally accessible to oaklanders. you can learn more about iFLY here.

east bay korean-american senior service center

They don't have a website, but AsianWeek.com did an article on the Korean Community Center of the East Bay's (KCCEB) efforts to track the needs of this uniquely oakland demographic.

west oakland bart cars

the interwebs inquire: "Does the bart train from west oakland to San francisco run through the bottom of the ocean?" And Yahoo Answers.

tent on a patio

i walk by here a lot. haven't checked it out yet. but now that i've seen this, i think i have to.

electrical seven 8.17.09

decorative wall 8.16.09

graffiti without much effort 8.15.09

cash for clunkers 8.14.09

the 51 8.13.09

art & soul

art and soul are clearly two very good reasons to have a festival. here's the link to the event site.

scenic tour 8.11.09

passion proves painful 8.10.09

port of oakland 8.9.09

the den 8.8.09

angel 8.7.09

graffiti jungle art 8.6.09

oaklandish 8.5.09

mural art seven 8.4.09

mural art six 8.3.09

mural art five 8.2.09

mural art four 8.1.09

mural art three 7.31.09

mural art two 7.30.09

mural art one 7.29.09

art on a building 7.28.09

vegan soul 7.27.09

in our community 7.26.09

bay area legal aid 7.25.09

kos 7.24.09

electrical six 7.23.09

black box 7.22.09