.Lifestyle & Home

November 29, 2024

Town Love duo pick local gifts

There’s an old adage about gifting that long predates Amazon and free shipping and Instagram targeting: It’s the thought that counts. The notion conjures up images of painstakingly hand-made gifts imbued with profound personalization. It’s a nice idea for loved ones, but highly impractical at the scale the holiday...
East Bay stylistas show where there’s style there’s fashion
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October 29, 2024

East Bay stylistas show where there’s style there’s fashion

Coco Chanel’s famous aphorism, “Fashion changes, style remains,” is as true as ever. Images from bygone eras often include one person clad in an outfit that stands the test of time. Here are three very different East Bay...
Vintage tried and true
October 29, 2024

Vintage, tried and true

Oakland’s vintage shops may be one-of-a-kind, yet many have similar beginnings. Karen Fort, owner of Mercy Vintage in Rockridge, attests: “There’s a lot of origin stories that start like mine.” Her mom was an antiquer, she says, and...
Lesley Evers' style lifts spirits
October 29, 2024

Lesley Evers’ style lifts spirits

Colors can lift people’s spirits,” says designer Lesley Evers. “I have a customer who said she started wearing our clothes and it changed her mindset. She ate better, started moving more and felt better about herself. I...
Tracking the scent in Berkeley
September 27, 2024

Tracking the scent in Berkeley

After reading about Berkeley’s Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Vogue and Smithsonian magazine—to name a few—I thought I knew what to expect when I got there. Indeed, my visit to...
Fitness empowered by the impossible
September 26, 2024

Fitness empowered by the impossible

“When you do aerial, you’re doing something that you think is impossible,” says Drago Nesa, entrepreneur, international circus performer and longest-body-burn-while-hanging-from-their-teeth world record holder. “And when a person can conquer their ability to do the impossible, they...
Home pros help realize dreams and lessen stress
August 29, 2024

Home pros help realize dreams and lessen stress

Every homeowner, whether of a single-family home, condo, townhouse or newly popular “accessory dwelling unit” (ADU), knows that home improvement is often a necessity, and, sometimes, it’s the realization of a long-held living situation dream.  In either case,...
East Bay Booksellers turns the page
August 29, 2024

East Bay Booksellers turns the page

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 30, flames engulfed the 1940s-era building at 5433 College Ave. in Rockridge. Thankfully, no one was injured. But dozens of offices and the independent bookstore, East Bay Booksellers, were...
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