i would love to stay at the claremont, roll out of bed and pad down to rick and anne's for some red flannel hash. but no, too pricey for me.
― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
the scenic Chaparral Motel, in the heart of the Golden Gate district, at the end of my street
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I've always wanted to stay at the Capri Motel on W. Macarthur. I think it has HBO and air conditioning even!
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
yelp says capri motel closed, but that was a good suggestion!
― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
chaparral motel looks kinda bleak
― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
xp - damn, for years I've wanted to do a road trip and stay at all the Capri Motels
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
you can't camp in tilden, can you?
― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
well, I imagine you can camp there in the same way as you can camp at the Albany Bulb
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
fuck it i should just crash in the park
― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
Chabot is the main option for family camping in the east bay. I think you have to make a reservation though.
― polyphonic, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
wish I'd know about that sooner, all booked up :-(
― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
high speed chase went down our street today. cars were going 60 easily.
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
what neighborhood?
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
glenview. my wife and daughter were out for a walk at the time. i think the chase ended in dimond, but i haven't seen any news.
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:11 (ten years ago) link
I guess proximity to the 580 can send chases ripping through. hope nobody was hurt
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:45 (ten years ago) link
Realistically, w/ all the hype Oakland has been getting, there are no real hotel options beside the Claremont and the downtown Marriot. Best to check Air BnB. From a worldly native.
― Leon Septamost, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:35 (ten years ago) link
I got a solid chuckle at the Chaparral Motel recommendation, that place has terrified me for years.
― today's tom soy yum, mean mean thai (Spectrist), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:46 (ten years ago) link
It is a total creepout and a blight on my neighborhood.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
There's a double tree at the berkeley marina that's ok and a super 8 in el cerrito that's decent
― just1n3, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
and then there's the Jack London Inn!http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oaklands-dirty-hotel/Content?oid=2862352
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:09 (ten years ago) link
whoa
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:28 (ten years ago) link
i might as well just crash in people's park
― the late great, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:06 (ten years ago) link
http://local.nixle.com/alert/5038105/
Sheesh!
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Dear Oakland,
I fly to you tomorrow. I am excited about seeing you and your lovely weather. What shall I do with you? Eating and outdoorsy stuff (on the cheap) are priorities.
― quincie, Monday, 23 September 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
Yet another "Hey fellow white ppl, Oakland is cool!" article
http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/11/19/a-san-franciscans-guide-to-living-in-oakland/
― sarahell, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:13 (ten years ago) link
http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/11/oaklanders-respond-to-controversial-kqed-blog-post-opinion/
an article about the response to the Oakland is cool article
― sarahell, Monday, 25 November 2013 06:02 (ten years ago) link
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-cops-think-city-is-too-liberal/Content?oid=3823283
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
A google bus just headed southbound on market street at 55th, shit is getting real.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 30 January 2014 02:46 (ten years ago) link
gentrification comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oTkWtX7fNg
― ^ enlightening post (sarahell), Thursday, 30 January 2014 02:49 (ten years ago) link
http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/01/20-ways-to-not-be-a-gentrifier-in-oakland-community-voices/
― bills mar honoring da silver and black (sarahell), Monday, 3 February 2014 07:33 (ten years ago) link
I know there are homeless people and drug dealers and prostitutes in Oakland, and I know she's trying to humanize them and encourage others to do the same, but the effect of her words is basically the opposite, and she mischaracterizes Oakland the way the out-of-towners and Temescal/Rockridge people do (and that region is the district of the council member's office she works for, and with that in mind it seems gentrification was the word of the day.).
A lot of her suggestions are nice, but gentrification is a legal/structural problem, and it won't be solved or slowed through mindful behavior. No one is going to open their vanity business and do it mindfully, and even if they somehow manage to in their enterprising white liberal way, you've still got yet another white-owned vanity business in Temescal or wherever, and the property owner is still getting a nice chunk of rent and the values of that property and the surrounding properties are still gonna go up.
That Lost Weekend "comedy" is terrible.
― bamcquern, Monday, 3 February 2014 08:36 (ten years ago) link
Her good intentions make me feel moderately guilty for laughing at things like:
4. Pay your taxes, parking tickets and fines with the pleasure of knowing you are financially helping a beautiful, but struggling city. Be grateful if you are able pay them without too much difficulty.
― sarahell, Monday, 3 February 2014 08:37 (ten years ago) link
I know. The commenters are 80 times more terrible than she is. She's probably not terrible at all.
― bamcquern, Monday, 3 February 2014 08:40 (ten years ago) link
oh I didn't read the comments. my other "favorite" was:
8. See all of Oakland’s problems as opportunities for growth, creative problem solving, and entrepreneurship. Refuse to complain about a problem unless you are willing to play an active part in the solution.
― sarahell, Monday, 3 February 2014 08:42 (ten years ago) link
though some of the commenters are somewhat funny, like:" If I want to start a boutique cat massage salon right next to your 50 year old business, and employ it with rich, white 20-something hipsters, I’ll do just that. And I’ll do it without an ounce of shame."
― sarahell, Monday, 3 February 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
jesus I put quotes around comedy and now I feel like Whiney ptuh ptuh get it off
― bamcquern, Monday, 3 February 2014 09:35 (ten years ago) link
geez I got through about half the comments and had one of those "why am I doing this to myself?" moments of clarity
― sarahell, Monday, 3 February 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link
This has made the rounds over the weekend. I think you can call this "how to be a better neighbor" without using the gentrifier tag at all.
I mean, I never hassled any of the dealers who would park in front of my house all day, nor the occupants of the crackhouse next door. They all were more or less friendly people... but that doesn't mean I didn't want them gone, because of the health and safety dimension that their presence represented. So when the house was sold, gutted, rehabbed and rented, and those characters disappeared I don't really look at that as a net loss.
I guess I feel a little touchy about the gentrification tag. I moved from a rental in Adams Point to buying a house in the North Oakland birthplace of the Black Panthers. We did so because we knew we had a very small window in which we could afford a house in the bay area and wanted to find a residence/location that was at least going to hit some of the things we were after, and this was the place.
In the 3 years we've been there our street hasn't changed a lot but the progression of white hipsters to white hipsters with dogs to white couples with kids has been steady and growing. So I guess as one of those whites I don't know quite where my culpability lies with the gentrification question, but I can at least claim to be a reasonably good neighbor, and my neighbors themselves have all been cool with us, I think.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
Good comments section on this one:
http://gigaom.com/2014/02/17/some-day-silicon-valley-will-move-north-heres-why-it-should-settle-in-oakland/
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
for posterity:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/fashion/oakland-california-brooklyn-by-the-bay.html?_r=0
and
http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/4937-nyt-covers-oaklands-hipster-zombies
― sarahell, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
yes i chuckled yesterday imagining the reception out West
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 May 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-gentrifiers-guide-getting-along
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
RIP Dorsey's Locker and Art's Crab Shak!
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2015/05/06/two-old-school-oakland-restaurants-shutting-down/
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
I've only been to the entrance/bar side of Dorsey's locker, but Art's was great. Well, the food was decent and heavy and gut-busting, but the atmosphere - the wood paneling and booths and lighting and music - was great.
― bamcquern, Thursday, 7 May 2015 05:02 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2015/09/exclusive-uber-oakland-sears-building.html
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:44 (eight years ago) link
they had been talking about putting a market hall in on the ground floor there, but this sounds like they won't. that's a real bummer.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 03:12 (eight years ago) link
Room available: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/roo/5308220625.html
― polyphonic, Friday, 13 November 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link
do you live there?
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 13 November 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
I'm sorry, I will never not find the "they" thing ridiculous
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 November 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
nah, i just got a kick out of the ad :[
― polyphonic, Friday, 13 November 2015 23:53 (eight years ago) link