Our friends Jeremy and Christine were two of the friends we visited in the Bay Area over the holidays. They’ve been living in their super-cute storybook bungalow for about a year now. They were finishing renovation six months ago and are now in the midst of decorating and prettifying.
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Enjoy Your Weekend: bicycles, pizza, and voodoo galore this weekend!
Visionaries & Voices: photographer Camille Cier created this lovely short video about one of my favorite area arts non-profits, complete with a zippy soundtrack.
Neighborhood Report; Caffeine and Crackdowns: Dispatches From ‘94: 15 years ago in NYC; time capsule courtesy of the NYT.
Landfills Hurting as Consumers Repair, Reuse: now here is an interesting economic problem.
Preserving the Experience as Intended: in Boston, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has turned off the lights that made the Zakim Bridge such a striking addition to its skyline.
LegoSolaire on Display at Smart Home: in Chicago, a green home made out of Lego aims to teach kids about sustainable building and protecting the environment.
36 Hours in Oakland, Calif.: with the amazing Everett & Jones in the #2 spot!
Mile High City by Val Britton
These collaged drawings by Val Britton are the artist’s attempt to connect with her deceased father who was a truck driver. Using the visual language of cartography, the collages fuse the facts of his journeys with the aspects that cannot be known. Britton was born in Livingston, NJ, studied in Providence and Oakland, and is currently based in Berkeley.
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Artist Jane Kim was born in Chicago and now lives and works in Oakland, CA. This limited-edition print is her collaboration with Berkeley-based letterpress studio Olive-Route, which designs and prints lovely work, including stationery, art prints, and event invitations, sometimes in collaboration with other artists. See more examples of the studio’s work in its online shop.
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I just got back into town from a vacation on the Wrong Coast. After that much-needed break, I’m very slowly getting back into the whole Interweb scene. While I get my bearings, enjoy this funky little map of the Bay Area, courtesy of the always informative and entertaining Strange Maps. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting some of the visual awesomeness I found on my trip.
“Hella” is to the Bay Area what “Please?” is to Cincinnati — a bit of local slang that outsiders just can’t understand. It means very or a lot, thus this proud t-shirt and related goods by Evil Fairy Merchandising. The only thing missing from this collection is a onesie that says “I hecka love Oakland.” Found in Things I Love about Oakland, California [a great Oakland-centric guide, written by Leah of More Ways to Waste Time]. Why do I care about Oakland? Because I used to live there, and that was hella tight.
Logically, I should harbor the same dislike for topiary that I do for lawns. Both phenomena seem wasteful and silly. Yet, topiary fascinates me. Where a good-looking lawn seems to be merely the product of patience, well-trimmed topiary takes an artful eye and an amount of patience that seems to border on OCD.
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Oaklandish began eight years ago as a “covert public arts campaign designed to bring a sense of history and culture to the underutilized public spaces of this city.” Most obvious are their tshirts emblazoned with Oakland-centric graphics, which are sold at the Lake Merritt farmers’ market and online.
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In the summer of 1995, I moved to Oakland and into the only house in which I’ve ever lived. Two friends and I were able to afford the house because we got a break on the rent in exchange for prepping the property for its eventual sale.
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