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Wouldn’t you know it. We finally have our own kitchen shop fully committed to preserving and fermenting. You will find Preserved on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland and on Saturday, March 30 from 10-12 you can sign up for their workshop on kombucha, the surprisingly tasteless fermented tea that millennials are consuming by the liter. It […]

Eccentric arts are popping up in the least expected places. Like Vallejo. Stop by on Sunday March 16 for the 7th Annual Obtainium Works celebration center at the city’s Temple Loft Art Gallery. From 10 to 8 around town there’s a panoply of food, drink, entertainment, steampunk clothing and artifacts, photography, a mini opera, a […]

It’s always time to get your grandkids enthused about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and you’ll always find challenging activities going full speed in the Berkeley hills at the vastly fascinating Lawrence Hall of Science. A perfect example is the rocket launch your heirs can build learning engineering design, then testing the short flight with […]

Yes, all the rancheros are gone. California’s history has been mostly paved over but put away your handerkchieves. Our early Mexican days will be-created this Saturday, March 16 from 12-3 at the Los Altos History Museum. Demonstrations of brick making, sheep shearing, wool carding, roping, blacksmithing and saddle making will bring the Museum’s current bi-lingual […]

In case we need reminding we have massive natural resources right within an hour of the City. Supporting evidence for this boast is the Rush Creek Open Space, 522 acres in western Marin  where there are many hiker-free, untravelled trails, which invite birds, in this case over 196 species of waterfowl, to call this home […]

Don’t we all hear stories of friends or friends of friends who are getting older and shakier? One of the most effective, sturdiest methods of improvement is therapeutic riding, like the programs at Giant Steps in Petaluma where they focus on people working on cognitive and physical issues, on treating balance, strength and coordination, via […]