last week you all enjoyed the post on umami mart in oakland that sfgirlbybay assistant editor rachelle dunn put together, we thought it might be about time to share more of oakland — also fondly referred to as oaktown. and right in the nick of time, maia mcdonald of the awesome blog conundrum, über pinner and art director at rue magazine offered to show us around oakland... 
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umami mart is a gorgeous shop of japanese kitchen accessories and barware hand-picked and curated by yoko kumano and kayoko akabori. if you’re on the hunt for beautiful and unique gifts, hop on over to their shop located in downtown oakland and take a peek inside. The entire shop, including the Umami Mart logo, travel mug and the graphics on the wall were designed... 
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hello sunday in the city — it’s been a while. i woke up to fog so took lucy for a hike in glen canyon and then, just like magic, the sunshine showed up. so we took a little cruise over to dogpatch to see what we could see. all the happy shiny people were out because so was sun — they were dining al fresco at piccino cafe, seeing art at workshop and grabbing... 
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In the Grand Lake neighborhood of Oakland you’ll find Monkey Forest Road - a Coffeebar and Indonesian Art Gallery in a gorgeous renovated bank building. As soon as you walk in, you have a sense of being transported to an exotic hideaway, far from the urban Oakland cityscape. The entire space is illuminated by the large skylight in the center of the cafe, giving a... 
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hey! some big news around here! you know how very often when you’re on your way to visit san francisco and you write me (or tweet) for a list of some of my favorite places to visit? well, now you can have all that information right on your iphone (and coming for android soon!) and compatible on your ipad, too. i decided it might be fun to create a simple app that allows... 
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