TEMESCAL

Temescal is where I had blind dates and family dates and lady dates.  It's where I found the pieces that decorate my walls and books.  It is where he took me to eat when I finally came back home home home to Oakland.

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Andrew and I took a stroll along Telegraph and Temescal.  The area has changed so much in the short years I've lived in Oakland.  I got to show him my favorite store of all: The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. Then we headed one block over to get lunch at Burma Superstar and dessert at Tara's.

Always something to find at the East Bay Depot

Best salad. Tea Leaf at Burma Superstar.

Best sorbet. Chamomile at Tara's Ice Cream.

Afterwards we perused the shops at the all too hip Temescal Alley.

Crimson, plant nursery and goods for the home/body.  Those shelves tho...

At Waveformless, vintage synthesizers.

At Homestead Apothecary.  Teas, tinctures, and other healing items.

It really is.

At Book/Shop, a bookstore for book lovers.

At Esquileto.  Beautiful and unique jewelry pieces.

At Sagrada, a sacred store.  Not in Temescally Alley but close by and worth mentioning! 

Concept Forty Seven, also not in the Alley but a cute shop none-the-less.