The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
How to design a stylish but practical home that can host a Mad Men school fundraiser on Saturday night followed by a soccer team party on Sunday for 30 kids? An Oakland homeowner tells her story of transforming her nondescript house into a modern family-friendly space complete with washable furniture and artificial turf in the backyard. The story also includes tips for choosing tile, flooring, and paint color.
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Meet five designers from Oakland and Berkeley who are making their mark on the national fashion scene with modern pieces suitable for real life, be it buying arugula at the farmers market, doing dinner out, or making a statement (“I’m worth it!”) at work. (Nota bene: No one’s rocking these outfits with Earth shoes.)
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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.
The pandemic created the urgency for many East Bay families to set up an estate plan. Richmond Estate Planning Attorney, Sara Diamond answers questions about wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance health care directives.
Jacomena van Huizen Maybeck’s life began in 1901 on a Javanese sugar plantation and ended ninety-five years later in her house in the Berkeley hills. I met her in 1977, as my boyfriend and I followed the rumors of a unique cottage for rent. From the time of our first...
Ray Darten means for its color clothing to be worn.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.