PKB

I’ve been an unabashed Oakland booster for at least the past ten years (after having relocated here from Palo Alto about fifteen years ago).

All the same I tend to be skeptical of glossy magazine covers that talk about the “new” anything - mostly I think it is new people discovering something that was already pulsing along on its own merry way.

Still this month’s San Francisco magazine had a ton of writeups on some of the grassroots cultural scene that is on the rise here in Oakland, and it was great to read. (Don’t mind the irony of this being reported in - ahem - San Francisco magazine)

Check out the lead article; there are other pieces on the Art Murmur*, newish restaurants and nightlife. The print edition’s got some ace photography in it as well.

Onward Oakland!

* I can confirm firsthand the Art Murmur is a tricksy little fiesta.