Hair Eyelets is an assigned name for a mural on the side of a community wellness services center…read more The center hosts multiple services ranging from a cafe to a gym, library et al. Mural is a brown skin female with very long rainbow colored strands of hair. Same bunches of hair has eyelets revealing scenes of skyscrapers, tepees, blue skies, birds in the air. Creator is an international traveler who uses many styles to art to inform, educate & entertain. Creators: @RAS_RIC aka Tom Magarian, @dertoast, @obsidianhealingcamp...

Copy and pasted from their website: "Caltopia 2025 is…read morescheduled for August 24 & 25, 2025. Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, this two-day interactive festival will introduce Cal students to brands of all sizes aligned with the Cal lifestyle." Quality/Quantity - My wife "forced" me to come to this event. She and my daughter love these types of events. My favorite booth was the Safeway (5% off loyalty card) and Frito Lays. Overall I still had a good time. Well I made my own fun, lol. My wife and daughter will probably come next year without me, I/we will plan better. Atmosphere - Decent size location. My daughter said in previous years there has been low attendance. But it was crazy busy today. If you do not like crowds, come later in the day. The event is held at the Recreational Sports Facility (RSF), UC Berkeley. 2301 Bancroft Way; Berkeley, CA 94720. Service - Self service. Overall good. Some vendors take their job way too seriously. ONLY one per person, yelling at the poor freshmens... Someone needs to tell those few serious vendors their objective is to get these freshmen "hooked" on your product for future sales!! So it's okay if they take two. You will NOT run out. Price - Free. Owner Comment - Happy 22nd Anniversary. Thanks for having this annual great event (for my daughter).

Caltopia 2013! Here is the definition and details as what Caltopia is:…read more http://caltopia.berkeley.edu/details.php It is UC Berkeley's method of celebrating the start of Fall 2013 by throwing the Recreational Sports Facility's ("RSF's") doors open to the Cal community and the general public. Fun, food, and lots of free stuff! Free stuff?! Did somebody say, "Free Stuff?!" Whoa--I am so there! I checked out the website as to who would be participating at Caltopia XI. I read there were going to be free haircuts and mini manis from Paris Beauty School. Oh, I will definitely get in on a free haircut! My hair needs it! And it is free! And Yelp! is going to be there?! Oh, I will definitely go to Caltopia to see Yelp! Because of my studies, I have not been able to attend any Yelp!-related events. Other participants were The Melt, IKEA, Extreme Pizza, Bank of America, Ben and Jerry's, Paris Beauty School, Benefit Cosmetics, Aveda, Pentel, and many of Cal's student services and organizations on campus. I was amongst the early birds who got there early and was amongst those waiting in line for Caltopia to begin. I took part at Cal Student Store's plinko game. Scored a gold pen and Cal scarf! I made a new Yelp! friend (Hey Maggie W!) while we were waiting to be let in! Scored a campus police tote and a car air freshner right before the moment we were allowed to go into the RSF. All righty then, let's roll. Played a few games, won some prizes. Signed up for some of the campus services, especially Cal's Office of Emergency Services. Signed the pledge to honor Cal being a a smoke-free campus in 2014. I found Paris Beauty School's room at RSF. Had to wait about 20 minutes and was ushered into Maggie's chair for my haircut. Got four inches cut into layers, got fringy, whispy bangs, got a blue hair extension, and a sample of hair conditioner. Love my new haircut! I hope Maggie has a bright future as a hairstylist! Any salon would be quite fortunate to have her! And I found the Yelp! photo booth! And Ben T. was running the show! It was great to meet Ben T., Yelp's East Bay Intern and my Yelp! friend. Ben told me Shirene, another Yelp! crew member would be joining him later. And Nique would be in on Monday. I will be back on Monday afternoon. When it was my turn for my photo, I got and donned on the Yelp! Red gear for my picture and my degree of YELPY CUM LAUDE. Also scored my Yelp swag of Chapstick, mint, and gloves! Thank you Ben! I got lots of free bags, and as Maggie W. said in her review, they will come in handy as many of the stores are charging for bags now. I got a nice cold bag from Bank of America which will come in handy for refrigerated goods from the store to home. Got a free T-shirt promoting community service after my promising to contribute to the community. Got some pix taken as well. Got my Yelp! ones. Still waiting for Cal Student Store to post mine with Oski and the sweet Aussie bloke on their Facebook page. Will be back for a quick Monday in and out just to see Yelp! A quick update--we shall see! Go Yelp! And Go Bears! Caltopia XI 2013 Review #3 Fresh Yelp! Review #59 for 2013

Named mural is on the side of Metro Lights in the parking area near Oil Changes…read more purpose: "We have painted this mural in hopes that you would research these important historical figures. Please educate yourself and your children About these people who dedicated themselves to Education and social justice activism": Yori Kochiyama -American civil rights activist. Berkeley resident Dennis Banks -cofounder, American Indian Movement Howard Zinn -author: "People's History of the United States" Juana Alicia -Berkeley resident. Professor, BCC, Stanford Beatrice Levla Cutler -Executive Director, West Berk. Bahia school KRS-1 alla Teacha -internationally known political/social conscious rapper Sylvia Mendez -school desegregationist, activist. Sponsor: Commotion West Berkeley Creators: Shawn Gibson, Irene Takahasi-Coker, Christian Munoz, Pancho Pescador

Welcome to Belvedere, California, a beautiful, quiet town located on the south side of the Tiburon…read morePeninsula between Richardson Bay and the town of Tiburon. It is less than one square mile in size, surrounded on three sides by the waters of the San Francisco Bay and composed of Belvedere Island, the Belvedere Lagoon and Corinthian Island. From Belvedere Island you can enjoy magnificent views of San Francisco, Mt. Tamalpais, Angel Island, Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge. The Stairways are called Belvedere Lanes consisting of a network of stairs and paths that connect the roadways on the island. In a bygone era, residents arrived at the island from San Francisco by boat and used the stairways to get to their summer houses. These days the lanes provide access to areas that may otherwise be difficult to reach by car as well as providing a means of escape in emergencies such as earthquakes or fire. Many local residents enjoy hiking the island through the passageways of the lanes. A different hand painted wooden sign marks each end of the lanes. The charming signs were the brainchild of artist and long-time Belvedere resident, Diana Bradley, who came up with the idea of using wood for the signs and presented the idea to the Belvedere City Council. She then contacted local artists and the first "painting party" was born. Ms. Bradley spearheaded the first two painting parties and Belvedere resident and artist, Virginia Doyle continued to recruit local artist for existing painted signs for the lanes. While enjoying Belvedere Island you may encounter raccoons, squirrels, skunks, birds and other wild animals. Enjoy climbing the stairs to your good health and happiness.

This is an awesome beautification program recognizable throughout the city of Hayward. Two wall…read moremurals particularly of interest to me this past Thursday were "I See You" at the Superway Aquarium, and the "Hayward Downtown Streetscape" near the Century movie theater. I mainly explored the artworks along A and B Street between Mission and 2nd. Basically an art walk (or more of a run) where I got to hunt for and photograph beautiful pieces throughout downtown Hayward. There's plenty to see here, and that's not even the half of it. I'm especially fascinated by the Utility Box Art Project, eye-catching art with a purpose, benefitting the community. The collection consists of animals (giraffes, turtles, fish, and more), music themes (instruments, music notes, and famous musicians), nature (trees, leaves, landscapes, seascapes), classic cars, as well as abstract art. My fave was the utility box artwork titled "Silent Films - Slapstick Comedy", created in 2018 by Jean Bidwell, a lovely tribute to silent cinema and slapstick humor, displaying beloved comedic icons from the early to mid 1900's, such as Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers.

the Mural Arts Program of Hayward was created in 2009 by the city of Hayward to eliminate graffiti…read more they commissioned Hayward artists to create murals, arts, on utilities boxes, in public spaces, on commercial buildings where graffiti occurred. as a result, Hayward has a limited amount of murals since only "legal" murals are allowed to be maintained/painted. the utility boxes usually featured animals, automobiles, scenery, "people", etc. most of the art is on utility boxes. not many big murals. some murals painted are done privately.

Nothing to see here, folks. No art or anything. Just a few potted plants and a dude smoking. On the…read moreother hand, there's plenty of sightseeing to be had in the vicinity. Coit Tower, the long line outside of Mama's, the big church, the park full of old Asian exercisers, and everything else can take your mind off this blank destination.

As you climb Filbert St to Coit tower, to your right you'll find this little alley, named for, and…read moreonetime home of, San Francisco poet Bob Kaufman.

Dude. Farmer Joe's is in the Dimond. That alone rocks. Just a short walk away you can pop into a…read morecute little cafe, or hit up La Farine, grab a bahn mi, do some banking, stop at the post-office, and all sorts of stuff. People are hella chill and some of the dogs are too. My only minor complaint would be the weird job they did when they resurfaced the left turn lane on MacArthur to get onto Fruitvale. I hope that gets sorted out soon.

Dimond District is coming up in the world! Their Ocktoberfest Street Fair last october was pretty…read morefly for the Dimond. Hope they do it again this year. new stores, new faces, yep Dimond is up and coming..holla

"Roots Run Deep" is the name of this mural on the Martin Luther King Jr. Way side of Mr. Expresso's…read morewarehouse. the long mural is an homage to Oakland native Jack London. the wolf is often present in his novels ("Call of the Wild", "White Fang"...) the left side has "ROOTS" in big lettering next to 1/2 a facial feature of a woman. "RUN" is posted in the middle. the right side has 1/2 of a wolf feature at the left edge. the rest of the mural has a stream of blue with trees overcasted with red background with brown patches. mural is a jigsaw puzzle. tree in front obscuring part of the mural isn't helpful. creator: David Meggs Hooke