Top 20 Things To Do In The Bay Area
- Shop for Vintage Home Furnishings – The Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Sale – www.whiteelephantsale.org
- Gaze at the Stars – Visit the Chabot Space and Science Center – www.chabotspace.org
- Go to the Flea Market – Alameda Flea Market: the first Sunday of every month! www.alamedapointantiquesfaire.com
- Peruse Hip, Local Art – Oakland’s Uptown district is the hip and happening place to stroll local art galleries – www.oaklandartmurmur.com
- Surround Yourself in Sound – San Francisco’s Audium is a one of a kind sound sculpture auditorium. Operating since the mid 1960s, this is truly a unique Bay Area experience – www.audium.org
- Walk Among the Departed – Oakland’s Mountain View Cemetery offers amazing views of the bay, plenty of gorgeous architecture and history galore – www.mountainviewcemetery.org
- Take a Hike – The East Bay Hills boast miles and miles of trails in a multitude of parks. www.ebparks.og
- Go to the Show – The newly renovated Fox Theater in downtown Oakland is gorgeous and a great place to see music. www.thefoxoakland.com
- Immerse Yourself in Experimental Music – The Chapel of the Chimes at the end of Piedmont Ave has an annual experimental music festival. Check it out here: www.gardenofmemory.com
- Take a Slow Boat – The ferry from Oakland to Sausalito is a great way to see the Bay: www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry
- Make Your Kids Crafty – Museum of Children’s Art – www.mocha.org
- Make Yourself Crafty – Studio One Art Center www.oaklandnet.com/parks/facilities/rc_studioone.asp
- Learn To Work Metal – The Crucible – classes in metalworking, welding, jewelry making, ceramics and more – www.thecrucible.org
- Get Jazzed – Yoshis Jazz Club and Japanese Restaurant – www.yoshis.com
- Get Tilted – Heinholds First and Last Chance Saloon– Oakland’s one remaining pre 1906 bar, complete with sloped floors, bar, and tables – www.heinoldsfirstandlastchance.com
- Get Cultured – Oakland Museum – www.museumca.org
- Get your Vintage Pinball On – Playland not at the Beach – dozens of antique games from circuses and fairs that you can play – www.playland-not-at-the-beach.org
- Learn what Inspired Disney – Children’s Fairyland – www.fairyland.org
- Get Buzzed – Cole coffee – the freshest coffee and the coolest coffeehouse – www.colecoffee.com
- A Peak Inside – Keep an eye out for the Children’s Support League Kitchen and Home Tour in Piedmont – www.wehelpkids.org – the Oakland Heritage Alliance – www.oaklandheritage.org and the Crocker Highlands Home Tour www.crockerschool.org/hometour just to name a few.
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