The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
Diffuse and far-flung, Oakland’s Koreatown isn’t your typical ethnic neighborhood. In fact, some say, it’s not a neighborhood at all, but simply a state of mind. Either way, Korean cuisine is hot as red pepper these days, and local trend-followers are flocking to Oakland’s many Korean eateries and nightspots to sample the wares—and make the scene.
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Simmering lentil soup, shopping used bookstores, and opting out of the corporate world bring joy to a freelance lawyer.
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An Oakland couple—she’s a chef, he’s a saxophone repairman—thrives in an inexpensive rental filled with meaningful objects.
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A 49-year-old scientist finds unexpected happiness living alone in a huge, barely furnished fixer-upper.
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Artists, musicians, and poets have a long history of scraping by with style. But you don’t have to be an artist to march to your own drummer, value personal freedom more than possessions—or find yourself needing to downsize. A handful of East Bay creative types reveal their intriguing strategies for living low on the hog.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.