#oaklandloveit

[sfbayareadronephoto]

One of the truly exciting projects I got to work on this year was this 601 City Center @Oakland, thank you all for working with me. Lighting Design by @electrolight__ Architecture by Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects - Client: Shorenstein Realty - RGBW Lighting Fixtures by @traxon_ecue #oaklandloveit #djiglobal #drone (at Oakland City Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmVmmi1v9l0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[yestantra]

Shake your Root Chakra 💜✨ What’s your favorite song to Twerk too? 🤗 Mine is “Juicy” by @dojacat & @tyga 🔥 Art by @rayreeg & animation by @mxcq 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽 Music by @future & not mine. ✨ #tantra #yestantra #girlstwerking #rootchakra #dancetime #dojacat #tyga #oaklandloveit #curvyart (at Oakland, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-umqreBPpT/?igshid=rwkua78kclqc

[kneipho]

“A Bear Shaped Hole”  (Roger Peet and Rush Santos)

Laurel District

Oakland, California

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Android snaps: kneipho 2019

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i’m off tumblr for the day, folks. will catch up with you all on sunday. 

be well,

kneipho  (Friday, April 5, 2019; 11:06 p.m/ p.s.t.)

[swseats]

When you're looking for a place to catch up with a friend, you fall into @souleyvegan to see what's new on the menu 😄🙂. . With so much changing in our local landscape, it's good to have some spaces that are like touchstones. Neighborhood spaces that remind you of the past, but also what the future can be. As we sat there in this ten year old bustling restaurant, we looked around at the Wednesday night crowd. It seemed like a new array of ages and ethnicities were digging into the Fried Okra, Collard Greens, and Cajun Spaghetti. All of it vegan/vegetarian. And all while haggling over that last piece of cornbread. It felt like the many times we had visited in the past. Still familiar. Like part of a community. And it felt hopeful. That even new transplants can fit into the fabric of the neighborhood and create a new tapestry of home. . #SWSeats #OaklandEats #Oaklandloveit #souleyvegan #Vegan (at Souley Vegan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkU4bhApyy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x3o4kclcc08w

[pavligerphotographer]

Tourettes Without Regrets. #rapbattle #touretteswithoutregrets #oakland #oaklandloveit #rap #vaudeville #circuslife #normalisdead #eastbay #oaklandmetro @jamiedewolf @touretteswithoutregrets (at Oakland Metro Operahouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtpK5bbAznbEW9QplXlRfUB1ttMAcGIyAyf8Q00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wnyidmvcbuwk

[wesleywoomusic]

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Tits. See you guys next month!!! #FunkyThursday 1st Thursday’s at @uptownnightclub. . . . . . #funky #oakland #oaklndish #oaklandloveit #oaklandishome #oaklandmusic #oaklandca (at The UPTOWN) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpsGBR1hFk6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p4v6ndt2sqso

[lovelyinla]

Ottd yacht 🛥 touring the bay today @visitoakland #oaklandloveit (at Jack London Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn3_z9DHWA9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tkeqf61uvslx

[bontortuga-blog]

Lady Dahi and I feeling Oakland fine. #lakemerritt #sunsetwalk #oaklandloveit #blooms n #blossoms #alieneleven 📷: @aleks.donev 💙 (at Lake Merritt)

[gpunfdbl]

#Repost make a mf wanna travel #Repost @bestfoodinoakland @download.ins --- ❗️ I mean...it’s a 100% plant based donut burger so less guilt, right? 😉 On @donutfarmoakland’s secret weekend menu; and only if raised donuts are available. #donutburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bestfoodinoakland #hellayummy #eatoakland #oaklandeats #finditinoakland #oakland #oaklandcalifornia #visitoakland #oaklandsopen #oaklandloveit #vegansofoakland #oaklandvegans https://www.instagram.com/p/CH0qxqYM0LU/?igshid=5myx52x6eozv

[macheteadolescence]

💈✂️: @cloth_difference_sfca To book an appointment with barber Will, his contact info is in his bio or visit hellamassive.com/barbershop #massivebarbershop #hellamassive #barbershop #oakland #oldoakland #dtoakland #barberlife #oaklandloveit #ihellaloveoakland #oaklandbarbers #weloveoakland #oaklandbarbershop #barbershopconnect #bayareabarbers #bayarea #sf #sanfranciscobarbershop #massivebarbers (at Massive)

[veezbeadz]

As I was going through my screenshots I ran across this one ☝🏾 🤩 😍 When @evamarcille liked a choker I made🤎 It made my day at that moment and when I saw it again today it made me smile once again and so I wanted to share it with my dear friends and supporters of my business and other entrepreneurs because something some may view as insignificant I view as huge lol❤️ # 1. We never know who’s watching 👀👀👀 # 2. Who knows fashion like Eva? #.3. This should encourage other makers to keep on creating magic! Everyone doesn’t get our craft/art /work but create for those who do get it! 🙏🏾😊😉 Thanks @evamarcille I am definitely inspired by you and your style and I am just absolutely overwhelmed with appreciation 😊😊😊 Thanks for checking out my jewelry! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #veezbeadz #veezbeadzhandmadejewelryboutique #realkingsandqueenswearhandmade #supportsmallbusiness #wearhandmade . . . . . #smallbusinesslove #creativewomenrock #oaklandloveit #evamarcille #rhoatl . . . . . . #kenyamoore #kandiburruss #neenee #porshawilliams #cynthiabailey . . . . . #handmadegiftsarethebest #sfrocentricfashion #myclientsaremycelebrities #fashionistas #humpdayvibes . . . . . #donthatecreate #buysmall #styleoftheday #atlstylist #atlmakeupartist . . . . . #rhoa #atlboutique #atlantahousewives #jewelrydesigner (at Oakland, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B760fEyHpEY/?igshid=18izxcko96suk

[stephenloewinsohn]

Working on something magical with @fairylandca and @rec_sf. 🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏿‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏼‍♂️🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏽‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏽‍♀️🧚🏾‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏽‍♂️ . . . . #oaklandish #fairyland #bayarea #eastbay #drones #fpvgaps #fpvfreestyle #cinewhoop #shendrones #shendronessquirt #realsteadygo #gopro #recsf #bts #videoshoot #oaklandlove #oaklandca #oaklandloveit #childrensfairyland #lakemerritt #fpvpilot #fpvdrone #fpv #fpvmagazine #fpvquad #droneoftheday #dronevideo #dronegram (at Children’s Fairyland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GDxxYh-u-/?igshid=12cmplxt4pn80

[spoontoma]

#Repost @m_obias ・・・ Fun mural walk today with @missdhutch ! 📸 . . . . . #oaklandmurals #oaklandchinatown #oaklandstreetart #eastbaymurals #oaklandloveit #streetart #oaklandart #oaklandphotos #dragonschool99 (at Oakland, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vAMzajrLm/?igshid=1toxelmueqdav

[pavligerphotographer]

Tourettes Without Regrets #touretteswithoutregrets #oakland #oaklandloveit #vaudeville #circuslife #sideshow #normalisdead #eastbay #oaklandmetro #contortion #gigphotographer #philippavliger2k20 @touretteswithoutregrets (at Oakland Metro Operahouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtoU6EWAjNkaCQSdhhTE4MC62EnxjMQu8OqIoI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tyuk56l3o53p

[wesleywoomusic]

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That moment when you pause for a selfie mid song, cause the groove is just so goddamn good. Thanks for the hangs, Half Moon Bay! @hmbbrewingco . . . . . #hmb #halfmoonbay #livemusic #funky #oaklandca #oaklandish #oaklandloveit #groove #groovy #funk #oaklandloveit #oaklandishome #oaklandmusic #selfie (at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqX9uJGB5vi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x9ymv5wm5u34

[swseats]

Art, Coffee, Biscuits Come Together in Downtown Oakland

At Alice Collective Café you get beautiful art, great coffee and some of the best darned biscuits around.

In an open and airy cafe, Exec Chef Lance Dean Velasquez has created a small menu that makes use of house prepared items. And the biscuits are definitely the star of the show.

Oakland is growing by leaps and bounds. And with that growth comes the requisite construction needed to make that happen. In a few short years, the entire landscape of the city’s downtown will change dramatically. My hope is that new construction will be able to coexist alongside existing buildings and blend together to make a new cohesive whole.

One example of the new rubbing shoulders with the old is the Alice Collective Café. Located in the historic Holmes Book Company building, this multifaceted space houses an art gallery, event space, café, and a commissary kitchen that serves as an incubator for small local food start-ups. On my recent visit, there was a great art exhibit curated by Vessel Gallery. The café has high ceilings and is roomy and spacious inside. There are also two plant-filled outdoor areas where you can sit back, relax and stay cool -- even in 90’F weather!

But if art is not your thing -- and I would encourage you to check out this exhibit anyway -- then you’ll probably want to hang out with a cup of delicious Red Bay Coffee (who designed the café coffee program). And something from the café menu. Which brings me to the biscuits.

A good biscuit is one of those simple things that can be done really well or horribly wrong. There is no middle ground. It will either be like a nice firm pillow or solid and dense like a doughy brick. These biscuits are definitely in the former category.  Exec Chef Lance Dean Velasquez has created a small café menu that makes use of house prepared items. And the biscuits are definitely the star of the show. 

On our visit, we started with the Biscuits and Pork Sausage Gravy. Surrounding the deeply golden brown buttermilk biscuit is a white pepper gravy. Like a baked fortress surrounded by a moat of creamy goodness. We dove right in. The flavors were warm and comforting. Like sitting in your kitchen on a cool Sunday morning might feel like. The white pepper was was a nice way to make the gravy as opposed to my more common experience of black pepper. I may have to try that at home.

My companion and I shared the Cheddar and Sausage Biscuit and the “Sweet and Savory” Biscuit. The homemade Duroc pork sausage had a nice flavor and was not overly spicy. It tasted like a leaner version of a good breakfast sausage. The Sweet and Savory is a ham, Swiss cheese, and seasonal sandwich. The combination of Dijon mustard with apricot jam had the right amount of sweet and spicy to go along with the ham and biscuit. I could see making this as a regular lunch staple every day.

Each of the sandwiches comes with an arugula salad on the side, lightly dressed, plus a few pickled vegetables thrown into the mix. As my lunch companion said, “They are good because they use *real vegetables*”.  I’m pretty sure they pickle the vegetables in house as well.

If you’re looking for a good place to take in some culture, hang out in a beautiful setting, grab a truly good cup of coffee and/or food during your day -- or all the above --  Alice Collective Café is definitely worth the visit.