The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
Berkeley Hat Company, open for 30 years, has the largest complete hat collection in California. Modernaire in downtown Berkeley kicks ’50s style into the new century. Bee Healthy Honey Shop in Oakland satisfies your entire bee wants and needs. Arjan Flowers in Berkeley creatively designs custom floral arrangements for all occasions.
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This month’s Shop Talk offers the latest on local shops, getaways, and services: Manifesto Bicycles; Diesel, a Bookstore; Balloons Above the Valley; and Playland-Not-At-The-Beach Museum of Fun. Shop Talk alternates monthly with Bay Tripping.
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This month Shop Talk offers the latest on four local shops and restaurants: Miss Pearl’s Jam House in Jack London Square, the Oakland Chocolate Company, Acme Awning and Cyzuki Industries. Shop Talk alternates monthly with Bay Tripping.
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Issues—A pocketsize store on Piedmont Ave. sells an eclectic mix of traditional and alternative periodicals, ’zines, T-shirts and letterpress cards. By Susan Sanford
Jeanomix is a new shop on Bay Street in Emeryville that seeks to fit every woman and man to just the right pair of jeans (with actual salespeople who know what will work on your body.) By Andrea Lampros
Oakland’s Oliveto Café, downstairs from the restaurant, has a new look and a new kitchen that can turn out even more savory dishes. By Sarah Weld
Pleasanton’s Sola-Brite is the Bay Area’s biggest distributor of the Solatube, an energy-saving device that lets natural light into your rooms. By Sarah Weld
Westbrae Nursery, a small nursery under new brother-sister ownership, specializes in offering color succulents and drought-resistant plants with personal attention. By Andrea Lampros
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
In 2025, California updated driving laws affecting seniors, job ads, and ID requirements. Driving instructor Bill Allenbaugh of Bill’s Defensive Driving School updates us on the latest changes for California drivers.
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.