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December 31, 2024

A recycling love story births Urban Ore

Two tiny steps and a 15-minute kiss launched the 40-year marriage of Daniel Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer. The couple lives close to the Richmond border in Contra Costa County and are co-founders of Berkeley-based Urban Ore, a material recovery enterprise in operation since 1980. Knapp, 84, is a...
East Bay stylistas extra: Most Stylish Teacher
October 29, 2024

East Bay stylistas extra: Most Stylish Teacher

Andie Patterson, a drama teacher and theater costume designer at Head-Royce School in Oakland, is someone who can always be counted on to light up a room with her cheerful personality and colorful attire. A style as...
East Bay stylistas show where there’s style there’s fashion
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October 29, 2024

East Bay stylistas show where there’s style there’s fashion

Coco Chanel’s famous aphorism, “Fashion changes, style remains,” is as true as ever. Images from bygone eras often include one person clad in an outfit that stands the test of time. Here are three very different East Bay...
Vintage tried and true
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 origin stories that start like mine.” Her mom was an antiquer, she says, and...
Lesley Evers' style lifts spirits
October 29, 2024

Lesley Evers’ style lifts spirits

Colors can lift people’s spirits,” says designer Lesley Evers. “I have a customer who said she started wearing our clothes and it changed her mindset. She ate better, started moving more and felt better about herself. I...
Tracking the scent in Berkeley
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 thought I knew what to expect when I got there. Indeed, my visit to...
Fitness empowered by the impossible
September 26, 2024

Fitness empowered by the impossible

“When you do aerial, you’re doing something that you think is impossible,” says Drago Nesa, entrepreneur, international circus performer and longest-body-burn-while-hanging-from-their-teeth world record holder. “And when a person can conquer their ability to do the impossible, they...
Home pros help realize dreams and lessen stress
August 29, 2024

Home pros help realize dreams and lessen stress

Every homeowner, whether of a single-family home, condo, townhouse or newly popular “accessory dwelling unit” (ADU), knows that home improvement is often a necessity, and, sometimes, it’s the realization of a long-held living situation dream.  In either case,...
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