Oakland's hip and vibrant Temescal Alley takes off. True to its name - the Nahuatl language word for sweat house - Oakland's Temescal neighborhood couldn't be hotter. The latest wave at this well-trafficked intersection - historically home to Italians, then Ethiopians, Eritreans and Koreans - is bohemians, hipsters and young families who are drawn to the local shops and services. Where a horse-drawn street car line once ran Victorian pleasure-seekers from Idora Park amusement/trolley park - with its wooden roller coaster, skating rink and opera house - north on Telegraph to UC Berkeley, their modern counterparts now flock for queue-worthy food at the East Bay's latest challenge to Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto. Much like the long-buried and dammed original Temescal Creek, the neighborhood's reputation for revelry was never quite vanquished - bearing witness is the wildly popular Temescal Farmers' Market, a Sunday magnet planted near the site of the massive turn-of-the-century Lusk Cannery and the resurrected creek. 9 1-2-3-4 Go!
Edible complex. Thug Kitchen. MMM MMM, MOTHERFUCKER. This slick ass side dish should keep everyone’s mouths stuffed without all the sodium in those shitty stovetop mixes. Don’t fuck around with that bland boxed bullshit because if everyone is sitting around the table chatting during Thanksgiving dinner, SOMEONE FUCKED UP. 9 cups diced, stale bread (about 1 medium loaf of crusty bread) 2 sweet onions, slightly larger than your fist 2 large ribs of celery 8 ounces of mushrooms (button mushrooms, cremini, or whateverthefuck you can find at the store is fine) 1 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary 2 teaspoons dried thyme 3-4 cloves of garlic 1/8 teaspoon salt pepper to taste 1/3 cup white wine (you can use broth if you don’t have wine) 1 cup vegetable broth 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided juice of 1 lemon (about 3 tablespoons) Cut up the bread into cubes no bigger than a bottle cap.
Heat the oven to 375 degrees. In a big ass bowl, add all the veggies and liquid from the skillet to the bread and mix it all together. Life pro tips, life hacks, shortcuts, stick of spaghetti. Oakland Social: 50 great things to do in Oakland this summer. Once Memorial Day has come and gone, it effectively becomes summertime here in the Bay, despite what summer solstice sticklers might have to say about it. Along with BBQs, concerts, summer blockbusters and barefoot days, the summer season is a time to move slow and easy. That said, there are also a lot of ways to actively celebrate the summer to the fullest here in our city. We (and by “we,” I mean me and people I consulted who are in the know) have compiled a list of 50 things to do in and around Oakland this summer, in no particular order and by no means exhaustive.
The following checklist includes everything from festivals to workshops to eating your way through the season — but more than anything, explore all that Oakland has to offer and generally embrace this coming summer with wide-open arms. Any other not-to-miss summer activities you would add to the list? BuzzFeed.
Why Is Facebook Blue? The Science Behind Colors In Marketing. Editor's Note: This is one of the most-read leadership articles of 2013. Click here to see the full list. Why is Facebook blue? According to The New Yorker, the reason is simple. It’s because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green color blind; blue is the color Mark can see the best. Not highly scientific, right? That may not be the case for Facebook, but there are some amazing examples of how colors actually affect our purchasing decisions. So how do colors really affect us, and what is the science of colors in marketing, really? First: Can you recognize the online brands just based on color? Before we dive into the research, here are some awesome experiments that show you how powerful color alone really is.
Example 1 (easy): Example 2 (easy): Example 3 (medium): Example 4 (hard): These awesome examples from YouTube designer Marc Hemeon, I think, show the real power of color more than any study could. How many were you able to guess? Which colors trigger which feeling for us? Black: Green: Blue: