A shot of City Hall.

Part of the scene at Jack's Night Market in Jack London Square on the first Friday of the month.  This event is an expansion of Art Mu...

This mural, entitled, Life Givers, is another project of the Community Rejuvenation Project .  It is found at 83rd and MacArthur Avenue in...

Spied at a car show during Art Murmur.  With reflections on every surface.  Linking to Weekend Reflections .

The Bay Area Blues Society performs in front of city hall every week.  To raise operating funds they sell this t-shirt.  I got mine!

This is a companion mural to that shown last week.  To my eye, this mural references the masks of Japan and Indonesia.  Again, sadly I h...

Late afternoon sun on Lakeshore Avenue along Lake Merritt. Linked to both Skywatch Friday and Weekend Reflections .

Taken at Jack London Square.

This is a PG & E substation near Jack London Square.  For some reason all these coils, wires, and electrical humming reminded me of ...

Fred Korematsu was born in Oakland in 1919.  After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 was instituted which orchestrated th...

This mural is found on International Blvd. and 23rd Avenue.  It is sponsored by the Eastside Cultural Center and fronts the Sam Jinn Buil...

Down the hill from the Peralta Hacienda (previous post) is Peralta Creek.  This is one area where it comes above ground and creates an aut...

What's left of the vast Peralta Rancho , a land grant of originally more than 44,000 acres, is this Italianate House built in 1870.  T...

This peace wall is in Jack London Square.  It is composed of tiles created by Oakland school children under the guidance of local artists....

Today is Theme Day in the CDP world.  This month's theme is "tranquility."  I found these two friends enjoying a talk in the...

Oaklandish finally opened a storefront for their goods in downtown Oakland.  Previously they sold out of a van, a bus parked in various p...

This is a larger portion of a mural shown last week.  The mural takes up two side of a large, seemingly abandoned building across from Fre...

Welcome to Quinn's Lighthouse which declares it was established in 1890.  Not as a restaurant but as a lighthouse.  Now it...

A small amphitheater was placed in front of City Hall, which has helped it become a focal point for political gatherings.  The mosaics inc...

I heard him coming before I saw him.  This mini-cycle sounded like a wasp on steroids.  He had revved it up and then had a little troubl...

Across the road from Lucrezia, is another child's grave with a much humbler marker.  This child lived only 8 months.  It looks as if h...

East Oakland seems to exploding with murals.  This week I drove down International and saw several new ones done since December.  But firs...

The boat name had me puzzled.  The dockside Weber barbeque added to the incongruity.  Who can forget the great German movie by the same na...

One more boat in dry dock at Embarcadero Cove.  Morning fog and sunny afternoons have been  the norm for the last few days.  Seems like typ...

Latham Square where Telegraph Avenue meets Broadway.  A winter shot was previously posted .  The Pony Express actually came this way and c...

So many graves at St. Mary's Cemetery are of Italian and Portuguese immigrants.  This one is by Our Darling, posted two weeks ago.  Li...

This mural is on the back of Heinold's First and Last Chance saloon at Jack London Square, which Jack London frequently visited.  Hei...

Several boats were in dry dock at the Embarcadero marina.  Although this sailor berths his boat in SF, he brought it to Oakland because of...

This is the marina at Embarcadero and 16th Avenue.  It's just off the 880 freeway and yet is a surprising oasis.  The shoreline has ch...

We're enjoying fair weather; some days are actually hot.  These blue skies are representative of the last several days.  Maybe this ye...

For sale outside a downtown shop on Franklin Street.

I was visiting Evergreen Cemetery in East Oakland hoping to find the graves of the Jonestown victims.  Instead I found all these headstone...

Oakland had its 160th birthday on Friday.  As part of the week long events to mark the occasion, local artist, Emily Shepard, created a ...

Weird, huh?  Can you guess how this reflection occurs?  These are polished metallic ceiling tiles at an outdoor cafe in Oakland's City...

This liquor store sign just screams 1960s.  The atomic lettering for Fairfax is too cool.  At least I think so.  The guys watching me ta...

This deco era building is tucked between International Blvd. and the Fruitvale BART station.  I don't know who plays bingo here or w...

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery has a section with lots of children's graves.  It is hard to fathom the overwhelming grief a parent m...

There are several pieces of art in the beer garden courtyard of Telegraph, an Uptown joint that serves artisanal sausages.  This wheat pas...

Walking around the Fruitvale District today, I spied several murals.  This one seems to match the recent warm weather we've had.  Can ...

Temescal Creek runs down from the hills and eventually flows into Lake Temescal, featured here .  This spot is in the Thornhill Drive neighb...

Thornhill Drive follows a canyon carved by a creek running down from the hills.  It is characterized by steep, wooded, narrow streets.  Just...

The Lake Chalet , a relatively new restaurant, sits in a beautiful spot on the shore of Lake Merritt.  On a morning walk around the lake, ...

The gray sky before the storm.  Thunder and lightening tonight after an intermittent cloudy day.  These  roof lines illustrate the architect...

Walking around Mt. View the other day, I spotted this grave marker.  I was attracted by the hearts and musical notes which I haven't see...