http://www.oaklandgoods.com Best of the East Bay Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:52:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi folks, for First Friday, August 7, please plan to come down to the book release party for the GrassRoutes Guide to Oakland and Berkeley. Details are forthcoming... I hope everyone's having a great summer and following the twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/oaklandtonight. -jessica [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="145" caption="GrassRoutes Oakland and Berkeley"][/caption] http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/07/29/august-7-book-release/ Dear Readers, It has been a real joy to bring you OaklandGoods for the past two and a half years. I started this blog as a challenge to an editor I worked with who wasn't interested in Oakland stories, and it has been a pleasure to watch the community, small businesses, ... http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/05/24/a-fond-farewell/ A Better Oakland is collecting donations. If you're a fan of the town's best hub of development and politics news, give here. http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/05/13/support-a-better-oakland/ Hi Folks, Mike Spencer, friend of OaklandGoods, passed along the following information about how people can support Oakland's Warthog rugby team. Please help out if you can! "As few know, the Oakland Warthogs high school rugby club will not have its sponsor, Oakland Charter, next season.  The Warthogs are kids from ... http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/05/12/oakland-warthogs-kids-and-community/ My mom visited over the weekend and we spent a fabulous rainy Friday night in Uptown. We popped into Pican thinking we'd be able to grab a seat in the bar for a quick bite, but the place was packed. And swanky! It's really special inside. Mom worked her magic and ... http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/05/04/a-night-on-the-town/ Read about it here. http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/05/02/the-ny-times-spends-36-hours-in-oakland/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="oak tree image from deepellen on flickr"][/caption] http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/04/22/happy-earth-day-oakland/ DTO510 has agreat post up at The DTO today about major happenings in downtown - events, openings, the works! Check it out. http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/04/17/oaklands-thriving-downtown/ Go now! Oakland's annual EarthEXPO runs until 2 p.m. at Frank Ogawa Plaza. Get tips on recycling and composting, free byo bags, and swap old mercury thermometers for new digital ones. And thanks to everyone who has signed up for the Twitter feed. There are almost 100 of you already! If ... http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/04/15/annual-earthexpo-is-on/ Spot.us is looking for people to document the out of control pothole situation. Read the email below for details: Hello This is David Cohn from Spot.Us. I contacted you a few weeks ago about our efforts to report on the pothole situation in Oakland which has gotten out of control. http://spot.us/pitches/147 I am following ... http://www.oaklandgoods.com/blog/2009/04/13/pothole-watch/