The people who need to have the opportunity to Visit the Concord Vietnam Veterans Memorial are not…read moreable to physically visit the memorial. It is not accessible by vehicle, the hike up the hill is difficult for the elderly friends and family of the veterans who's names are inscribed on this memorial. I am a Vietnam combat veteran from the Clayton Valley High School class of 1963, and I will be 80 on June 27, 2025. I am going to struggle tomorrow morning June 22 to get up there before my class reunion at Skipolini's Pizza in Clayton at 12:30. I wanted to take pictures of the monument and the names, to remind our classmates of those who lost their lives in Vietnam.

Very nice views from up here l! Nice hike up the hill , there's a steep one and a easier one, great…read morefor clearing your mind and nice views of concord

Gorgeous bridge and drops you right off in Crockett which is a fun town to hike into Port Costa…read morefrom. Get a sandwich at Lucia's.

** The following review reflects my experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. **…read more Ever wonder why the Carquinez Bridge actually consists of two bridges that look nothing alike? I mean, couldn't they have hired one of those obnoxious hosts on HGTV to swing a hammer to make them look equally vintage? Maybe they could get that nice Home Town couple. Well, I was on my way from Napa to the East Bay when I realized my FitBit step count was in need of a boost. I decided to take the Pomona Street exit and tackle the pedestrian walk on the western side of this bridge. It starts next to The Dead Fish and conveniently hugs the freeway exit lane, and then it's just a straight 2/3-mile walk to the other side where there's an open vista point space that looks out to San Pablo Bay. The only challenge is that the passing vehicular traffic is loud, I mean REALLY LOUD! I'm not sure why it's louder than the Bay Bridge Trail, but I'm guessing it's because it's a smaller structure carrying a lot of big 12-wheelers to and from the refineries. So if you bring earphones, perfect. RELATED - Going north of the bay? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2tIHlkV

The Waterfront Warehouse "District" is not a business. Rather, it is a collection of historical…read morebuildings in the Jack London Square area of Oakland, CA. I'm giving 5 Stars because of the quality found here. This is Jack London Square. Anyone that lives here is in walking distance of everything from fresh fruit at farmers markets, to classes at the local community college. Business building, and residential building are a mix of brand new boxes, or renovated warehouses. Street parking is free. Garage parking can be found at Jack London Square. Jack London Square is within District 3, aka, "Western Oakland," a large area that currently includes all of the former West Oakland District and most of the former Chinatown/Central District. The freeway overpass can be used as the "border" between Jack London Square, and Chinatown Oakland. So much room to grow! The dry cleaners provides convenience. Breweries, sandwich shops, and a few other eateries, satisfy me after work. Where are the cigars? When do we get a serious dinner establishment? The Waterfront Warehouse District apparently has no office address, or phone number. Pick up a brochure of the Waterfront Warehouse District self-guided tour map from the Visit Oakland office, at the Waterfront Hotel, Jack London Square. Reference the noted historical status at --http://www.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/N2094

The Solano Avenue Tunnel, or the Northbrae Tunnel, is located in North Berkeley, and connects…read moreShattuck Avenue, which turns into Sutter street right before the tunnel, to Solano Avenue!! It's very short, and there are only 2 lanes. There is also a pedestrian path to walk through, with a fence barrier. This tunnel is definitely a better way to get to Downtown Berkeley from Albany than dealing with the freeway!!

When I was a naive college student, I decided to take a walk instead of taking BART. I started at…read moreShattuck and Dwight, and kept walking on Shattuck until Shattuck turned into Sutter and Sutter ran into a tunnel and became Solano Ave on the other side. And then I kept walking on Solano until I got to San Pablo. And kept walking on San Pablo until I got to the shops (or the sole former Emporium that used to be here, back before El Cerrito Plaza had the plaza it has today. After walking through the Broadway Tunnel recently, I remembered my walk through here and am glad we don't have a Broadway Tunnel. Sure, this tunnel is darker. But it's SHORTER. It's only about 500 feet, more or less, hardly a tenth of a mile. The Broadway Tunnel, on the other hand, is a third of a mile of sheer pollution.

I considered buying a unit here earlier this year. While there were many great things about the…read moreplace: beautiful historic building, lush courtyards and central location (Walk Score = 94, Transit Score = 90), their HOA didn't appear to be in the greatest shape (HOA Score = 4.67). Their reserve funding was under 50% and they've had multiple special assessment in recent years. It seems like a great place to live but make sure to do your due diligence, especially if you've never owned in an HOA before... Walk Score and Transit Score: https://www.walkscore.com/score/461-2nd-st-san-francisco-ca-94107 HOA Score: https://www.hoa-score.com/associations/CA/San-Francisco/Clocktower-Lofts

An interesting building. This place reminds me of NYC. Loft units. Very classic. I have checked out…read morea number of units. The building has been Very well maintained. The building is next to the highway. So if your unit is facing that hwy, good luck! Lol The units that face city view are much more quite. It's a great place to work/live. Of course, loft unit is great for hosting parties. Downside: next to soma and some parts of the neighborhood doesn't seem safe to me.

Most people probably never notice this building but sitting across the street today at Cafe…read moreMadeleine I spent some time looking up at it and noticing the very cool architecture and the variety of design motifs on the facade. A little googling reveals that this now somewhat faded ten-story building once housed the famous Kohler & Chase Music Store--considered to be the largest and best music store in the West and to have the finest collection of musical instruments in the country. Andrew Kohler established his first music store in San Francisco in 1850 and a few years later took on his nephew Quincy A. Chase as a partner and the pair became very successful in the music business. Kohler & Chase moved here sometime after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Hopefully someone will recognize how cool this old place is and will restore it.

Helpful staff, easy to get to, centrally located near lots of restaurants. This is the bib pick…read morelocation for the reservoir run. There's a lot a really cool calendar for purchase of the Lafayette reservoir, $15.

Everyone at the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce has been so friendly and helpful since we opened up…read moreour new office. They promoted our opening and were eager to facilitate the ribbon cutting ceremony for us. They are always helpful when we have questions about the community and are a great resource since we are new to the area.

Happy Veterans Day! On this special day, let's honor the brave men and women in service in the…read morepast, present or in the future. Let me do my small contribution in honoring them by introducing the public to the Lafayette Hillside Memorial. I have passed by Lafayette during the numerous bart rides I've taken touring the city. However, I was unaware of this memorial until one day that I met up with my yelp friend, Karen at the parking lot of this station. I immediately noticed the white crosses all over the hillside. Karen gave me bits of information as she was able to google while waiting for me. We decided to walk closer to take some pictures. There was no landmark or anything at the site to explain its significance. We saw a sign showing 7940 but didn't know at that time what it meant. Now we know that this represents the total number of soldiers who were killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. To the brave men and women in service, We Salute You!

The scene on the carriage as it moves through the Lafayette station is to me a visual metaphor for…read moreour collective awareness of things War these days. Those of you who ride the train know of what I speak. Not that I'm suggesting that every time their carriage rolls past the riders ought pull their eyeballs from their devices and look north to the south-facing hill covered in a blanket of from a distance small white crosses almost asterisks to the thousands of lives they represent. Asterisks saying here stands a visual representation of a man or woman who gave their life in service of this country. I'm not suggesting this, no. All I offer is an observation that the times I'm on that train filled with others going from here to there I don't really see any heads ever come up at all and that in ways feels like how we've come to be about war far away barely talked about a hum in the background as if this is the way it's always going to be. Setting aside the motivation for the war undertaking in the first place for as different people have different views and I'm sure those who have gone to physically battle are not uniform in their perspective either. But don't set aside the reality that at this very moment on the other side of the world many many people are experiencing something very very different from what we are to degrees blessed to experience here. Sometimes I can't sleep at night because the streetlamp is bright. Other places it's the scream of mortars that keeps you up until the light comes again if it does. Back in a day a very long time ago my mother and father would have the news on over supper and the first thing Walter Cronkite gave us was the body count. And by so doing he and others like him kept the recognition that all was not right front and center in our consciousness and this awareness actually motivated in ways a punctuation of these overseas excursions. Anymore unless you dig around for it this information is not readily available. Tell me how many are deployed, tell me at what expense. You can, but you've got to search first. You don't perhaps think of it often. For me, this does a disservice to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, irrespective who sent them. I hear the land on which this memorial stands is for sale and that the Owner offered the property on which the memorial is constructed to the city but the offer was turned down because there are crosses and people would take issue with crosses and I guess I understand but am hoping that if this land trades the new Owner can find a way to preserve some version of what's there presently. Because we need one.