This ride was made possible by GenZe, the electric scooters that help you see your city in a whole new way.   The East Bay is absolutely beautiful. There are rolling hills, gorgeous views, and giant trees reaching for the stars. I mean sure, West Oakland may look a little uh…industrial, and

If you’re going to buy presents in the Bay Area, why not go to locally owned, independently run, and awesomely creative shops with cool and interesting shit in them

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

It’s true, no one likes bragging about how they came in second in a fight. So I totally understand the void like silence emitting from the West Bay. No, no, all joking aside, San Francisco is a lovely place- a great city. However it isn’t the greatest city. All kneel to the mighty Oakland

  CTFU! Comedy Night feat. Mario Hodge w/ special guests Shea Suga, Chris Riggins, Jay Rich, Ricco Da Great & Teffany Malone. Hosted by Kirk McHenry. Saturday, July 25th @ Yoshi’s Oakland | 10pm

  Being a David Chang ball-fondler, at first I thought Cookiebar’s logo and the name were a little too close to resembling Momofuku’s Milkbar. This minor detail kept me away longer than it should have. On our way home from recreational meandering, I finally went in. All of the employees are under 30-years-old.

If you live in the East Bay, sometimes you can run into a bit of a problem when enjoying a late night in San Francisco. BART, the non-car solution to that big thing of water that’s in your way, stops operating at a certain point in the night. But good(-ish)

Ippuku’s sake on tap There was a time when we as a people lived in fear of eating under-cooked pork.  Casting my mind back to the early 80’s, when A-Ha’s “Take On Me” was annoyingly inescapable and dudes everywhere sported see-through mesh t-shirts, our mothers and fathers were unwitting violators

Sure, San Francisco’s Chinatown is world-renowned, but why not hop the Bay to Oakland’s Chinatown? It’s less hectic, possibly more authentic, and almost no tourists. I especially recommend Shan Dong, which I will go on record as saying that they have the best dumplings in the East Bay. Not to