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October 29, 2024
Vintage, tried and true
Oakland’s vintage shops may be one-of-a-kind, yet many have similar beginnings. Karen Fort, owner of Mercy Vintage in Rockridge, attests: “There’s a lot of...
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October 29, 2024
Artist Jane Kim brings life to life
Over the past 12 years with her studio team at Ink Dwell, Jane Kim has painted dozens of larger-than-life monarch butterflies, 270 different types...
October 28, 2024
It doesn’t get better than Donato and Co.
The white truffles arrive once a week from Piemonte. By the time this article is published, they’ll be gone, just like the black truffles...
September 27, 2024
Tracking the scent in Berkeley
After reading about Berkeley’s Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Vogue and Smithsonian magazine—to name a few—I...
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September 26, 2024
Insert Art Here
When husband-and-wife team Sage and Tari Loring started their arts consultancy agency, Local Edition Creative, the vision for their company wasn’t fully formed. It...
August 29, 2024
School’s in at BandWorks
Bug bites and bunk beds. Fireside stories and cafeteria food. Sunburn, sweat and sand in the cracks, all under the care of counselors who...
August 29, 2024
Oakland nail artist Alice Kincade takes care
These days, nail art has no limits. That’s been the experience of Alice Kincade anyway. The Oakland-based nail artist started her work in her...
August 7, 2024
Steeped in History
The fragrant roots of tea reach back centuries to Chinese soil, discovered, according to myth, by a divine farmer named Shunan Teng. In search...