Sunday was Oakland's gay Pride parade and music festival.  This is the first parade in the 5-year old event.  It definitely had a home...

The henna decoration booth is always a popular stop, especially for teens and young women.  It seems like a magical process that connects ...

The first of the month is Theme Day in the City Daily Photo world.  This month's theme is "rust and ruin."  Here are rusty l...

This visually stunning mural is a recent addition to the downtown mural scene.  Irot and Uter collaborated on this.  Welcome to Monday M...

You always see happy faces at the rides section of a street fair.  This is last weekend's annual Chinatown street fair in downtown Oak...

This totem pole is behind Rock, Paper, Scissors, an art collective in Uptown.  It is a recent addition to this mural and is tucked into a ...

It is said that past is prologue.  Maybe.  But this gentleman clearly loves this outfit from his salad days, and must bring it out on spec...

The one, the only Ray Charles.  In my humble opinion no one can hold a candle to him.  Lots of joy emanating from this one.  I'm think...

The weather has been so nice this summer that you see plenty of people enjoying a meal outside.  This is Picán , a southern-style restaura...

Bandaloop is an Oakland-based dance troupe that performs only on vertical surfaces usually from scary heights.  Last weekend they danced ...

This mural was done by Jessica Sabogal an Oakland and San Francisco artist.  She is originally from Bogotá and focuses her art on images ...

I suspect Sears is closing stores all over the country.  They actually moved out of the Sears building years ago and it was then convert...

T his chap was so inspired by the MJ's Brass Band he tried to get a second line going.  There were no takers, but he was fun to watch...

Walking through Uptown on the hunt for new murals I spotted this one.  I wish I could see what the fence is hiding.  Looks like the guy is...

Doughnut Dolly is a shop in Temescal Alley specializing in freshly made donuts filled to order from a variety of offerings that change da...

This cutie pie looks like she was having a serious conversation with her momma.  I think she wasn't too sure about the Balloon Man on ...

At the recent Temescal street fair, there was a sidewalk chess table.  All comers welcome.  Intense concentration required.  Linked to ABC...

This is the introduction to the mural I've shown you over the past three weeks.  Typical for me, I can't read the pieces that indi...

The Oakland Museum has a lovely sculpture garden facing Lake Merritt.  This isn't it.  But, some sculptures are on display across the ...

Clever way to use a completely toasted wooden chair.  Shop entry in Temescal Alley.

This is another part of the mural I showed you a couple of weeks ago .  Bart and his siblings are flying off into space while Homer is h...

Mountain View Cemetery has interesting nooks and crannies.  This pond (one of three) is used (I think) for the irrigation system at the...

The woman who painted this house has a bold sense of color.  It probably has too many colors for my taste, but then I'm one of those p...

I just made up the title.  I have no idea what the artist's intent was.  This is a new offering on Telegraph Avenue where earlier mura...

All kinds of libations were available at the Temescal Street Fair.  This pitcher takes the prize for the prettiest drink I saw.  Doesn...

These siblings were enjoying the music of Lagos Roots and decided to cut a rug.  Seen at the Temescal Street Fair.

One of the many cool things about the Temescal Street Fair is that there is music everywhere.  This photo shows part of the Lagos Roots ba...

This looks like an uncomfortable job on a warm day, never mind all that smoke he's breathing in.  But the hoards must be fed and he ke...

This food booth always cracks me up.  They pretty much offer every fair food you can think of and a couple of extras.  Knishes?  Seen at t...

This character is part of a large mural in downtown Oakland.  Every time I look at this guy I hear the BeeGees singing Staying Alive.  If ...

The formal entrance to Jack London Square has a nice display of flags.  The black one is the logo for the Oakland Raiders.  Linked to Skyw...

The cupola of City Hall.   Standing at the height of 320 feet, City Hall was the first high-rise government building in the United States....

From the shoreline or the hills, Oakland offers some pretty nice views.  In the middle distance you can see buildings in our downtown area...

The long summer days sprout street fairs galore.   Visit the Theme Day contributions at City Daily Photo .

Lots of newer murals are adorning walls in Uptown, mostly on car repair businesses.  Many of them are primarily intricate signatures which...

Another mobile mural found in West Oakland.  This one on a hippy bus that appeared to be someone's traveling house.  Shades of Ken Kes...

Spotted at last year's Temescal Street Fair.  I'm always impressed with folks who dedicate themselves to preserving and promoting ...

This mural is next to the one shown last week.  The distinguished man along side the Black Panthers is A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights ...

This West Oakland mural commemorates the Black Panther Party which emerged in the late 60s and endured until the early 80s.  It was a self...

It's been a long time since I've seen a California raisin.  Back in the 80s when the advertising campaign was hot, you could find ...

This mural was found on Poplar Street in West Oakland.  If there was an artist's signature, I couldn't read it.  This and a partne...

Last week you saw this mural in progress.  Here is the finished product.  To the Women's Board , the gigantic white elephant is ...

The White Elephant Sale, an annual event that supports the Oakland Museum, has commissioned a mural on the side of its warehouse.  Doty, G...

Another Craig Stuckey mural very near last week's post.  I'd swear the dinosaur on the left is related to the dodo in Alice in Wo...

Low tide reveals more than shore birds.  Usually in celebration of Earth Day, the tires and other junk get plucked out of the estuary.

While looking for murals in West Oakland I came across this building off Poplar Street.  Granted it's not a pretty one, and neither is...