Mis amigas at Esqueleto are opening a show of Jaime Servais‘ drawings tonight (FRIDAY FEB 1) in Oakland! It’s First Friday. Check it out. I’m digging these drawingsSSSsssSSSSsss from afar!
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guess what, guys…?! i am ¡MOVING TO MEXICO! it’s been a crazy year for BIG THINGS and i want to invite you to one last “hurrah” before i head south for school & adventures. join me at my favorite east bay vintage shop MERCY VINTAGE NOW! this saturday, december 8, 2012 from 4-8 pm 4188 piedmont in...
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Our friends at Marquee Salon are excited to announce their GRAND OPENING this weekend, November 10th & 11th on 40th Street in Oakland! Join lots of local designers and talent for cocktails and treats on Saturday night and come back for more vendors at the Marquee Market on Sunday. The BIG THINGS SHOP will...
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I’m REALLY excited to announce this weekend’s event with some of my great and talented friends here in the Bay Area….our BIG SUMMER Designer Marketplace! All of these ladies are hardworking business people and incredibly talented artists & designers dedicated to making quality products right here in SF and Oakland! I’m excited to hang...
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well, people. it’s official- i’m on film!!! the launch party for victor solomon‘s tell your friends to get with my friends was last thursday at viz cinema in japantown. lots of friends gathered and sipped champagne and snacked on bite-sized goodies from black jet bakery (the blondies were my fave) before we watched the...
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today, november 2nd, 2001, occupy oakland has called for a GENERAL STRIKE, asking all workers and students to take to the streets to show solidarity with the occupy movement and to protest police violence, the shuttering of schools and libraries, and “an economic system built on inequality & corporate power that perpetuates racism, sexism & the...
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for some bizarre reason our calendar always fills up in solid blocks, giving us social famines one week and in the case of this weekend, a total social feast overload. we were invited over for dinner at various friends’ homes on thursday, friday, saturday, AND sunday! just wanted to offer a big thanks to...
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took me a while to recoup after the big weekend, but here are some shots from the summer solstice party this past saturday at swarm gallery! thanks to everyone who came down to celebrate with us; to social studies, piki and ben for the awesome jams; the knitters for the yarn installation; to alice...
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my bff jen is having a spring cleaning sale this weekend at her AMAZING live/work studio in oakland! don’t miss her dresses, tops, and scarves all for just $25-75! she’s been featured on the coveted, ny magazine, and on tons of bloggers–i was wearing a top of hers in the glamour feature! we’ll be hanging...
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while we’re on the sports theme here…capitalizing on the amazing summertime sunshine last weekend, we hit the bleachers at the oakland coliseum for an a’s vs. mariners game with ryan, chris, moshe, lisa & tim, laura, daniel, nick and jake. we took up two full rows and chowed down on hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn,...
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