The Oakland-based designers behind Job & Boss were recently featured on In the Make, showing the design process from start to finish. How lucky are we to live in a place with so much creative talent?
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A Trip Back In Time
I’m a bit captivated by all things vintage, so when I came across this video of a trip on a Berkeley trolley from, get this, 1906, I knew I had to share! It was filmed just a month after the notorious San Francisco Earthquake, at the beginning of a mass migration out of the city to escape the quake’s aftermath. If you look closely at the image below, you can see a man walking right in the middle of the train tracks. The drama that ensues from this event shows that, even back then, Berkeley was a place where people weren’t afraid to do things a little bit differently. We’ll miss you Berkeley. Only three more days until we move!
chocomap
We Ruby Press girls looove chocolate, so you can only imagine how excited we were to find out about chocomap. The app locates chocolate shops around the corner or across the globe. I’ll definitely have to keep it in mind when I need an afternoon pick-me-up in the new office!
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When I Buy My Dream Home…
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Cookies!
How cute are these lemon sprinkle sandies from Sprinkle Bakes? I just can’t wait to make them for Valentine’s Day. Let’s hope I don’t eat all of them before I can give them away!
Nest
We Ruby Press ladies seem to find ourselves on 4th Street in Berkeley fairly often- whether we’re there visiting a dear client {Convert, Convert Shoes and Castle in the Air} or just shopping and grabbing a bite {Tacubaya seems to be the topic of conversation more often than it should!}. The most recent addition to the charming shopping street is Nest and oh, how I am in love! The Parisian-inspired store brings out my inner Francophile and I just can’t resist stopping in on a regular basis. No wonder Living Etc voted Nest as one of the best interior shops in the world—it is simply divine.
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Peralta Junction
My favorite part of living in the Bay Area is that there are constantly new things popping up. Needless to say, when I heard about the pop-up carnival that recently occupied a once-abandoned lot in West Oakland, I was dying to go. Inspired by depression-era traveling circuses, the carnival featured works by local artists and lots of yummy treats, courtesy of a rotation of Bay Area food trucks -an urban amusement park brought to life each weekend in October and November.
Unfortunately the carnival has been cancelled for this coming weekend (its final) due to anticipated stormy weather, so I won’t get the chance to go. If it comes around next year, I’ll be first in line!
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