Fun With Kids in the Oakland and Berkeley
Brunch at Wat Mongkolratanaram, Berkeley’s Thai Buddhist temple, at Russell St and Martin Luther King Jr. is a treat not to be missed. Since I hadn’t been in four years, I was overdue for a visit, so I went this weekend with my older boys and some friends. How to do it and what to [...]
Introducing another new contributor, Becky Matthews, who has been featured before in our 510 Faves series. You’ll be hearing more from her soon, but today she gives us a tour of her neighborhood. Now living in South Berkeley (The Lorin District) for six years- first as a newly married woman with a career and now [...]
The plot of the children’s book Pinkalicious is that after helping herself to way too many pink cupcakes, against her parents warnings, the star turns a shade of pink so deep it’s red. Not wanting to be red (only pink will do!), she ingests many green veggies to counter the color. Hilarity and life lessons [...]
Celebrate your local, independent bookstores by discovering a new one, visiting with your well-behaved children and buying a terrific book. Better yet, find out which ones have children’s events and enjoy one of those. We compiled this list of noteworth local bookstores for storytime and literary events for kids. Please share your favorites too! Cara [...]
Anyone with overdue fines can get them waived under this Amnesty program at the Berkeley Library! I just read on Berkeleyside that the Berkeley Public Library is forgiving late fines this week. Awesome. My family goes to the library and the branch van a ton, and we are so disorganized when it comes to returning [...]
The new Luna Dance Institute in West Berkeley (down the hill from Sketch toward the marina) is launching a new creative dance play class for three year olds. Class size limited to six families accepted on a first come-first served basis. Register with Erin at 510.883.1118 or elally@lunadanceinstitute.org, or online. For $68 for the series, [...]
Thanks to Stephanie Meade for this guest post. Stephanie is the founder and editor of InCultureParent.com. One of the things I love about the Bay Area is the wealth of opportunities to explore other cultures. With Day of the Dead just behind us and Diwali still to look forward to, there is always a fun [...]
Stitch is everything you love about sewing with nothing that you don’t. I’m speaking to you as a wannabe crafter without much patience for figuring stuff out, cutting in a straight line, or follow-through. Be prepared, I’m going to gush about this adorable sewing room gone wild. It’s what my husband would call “a hacker [...]
We had a great time at Caffe Venezia earlier this week at our Make-Your-Own-Pizza party. Thanks so much to Caffe Venezia for hosting along with the sitters from UrbanSitter who made it friendly and fun. From left to right, these babysitters were onhand from UrbanSitter: Mallory, Rachel, Evanne, Carmela, and Katie. If you or your [...]
Take me out to watch the Giants in the World Series with kids!
I met Erin Scott, a Berkeley mom of two, at the corner where our kids stood waiting this summer for a big yellow ride to camp. When I saw a profile of her on Berkeleyside that focused on her food blog and photography, I thought I’d like to interview her about life in the East [...]
Kids so pleased with their costumes they want to wear them more than once? Here is a round-up of Halloween activities and outings where Jedi Knights and Cleopatra will be more than welcomed. Ardenwood Farms’ Evening Train Ride: Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 pm, October 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th. Train ride through fields and [...]
If you are a crafty, makery kind of mama in the East Bay, you must check out the Hackermoms Kickstarter fundraiser as they try to raise money to build a workshop with tools and equipment, plus create a kids program and business incubator for moms inside it. I was blown away by Sho Sho’s story and [...]
I asked our 510 Families Facebook community to tell us who sells the “best pizza in the East Bay”, and the winners were Gioia, Cheeseboard, Zachary’s, and Pizzaiolo, which, apparently everyone knows how to spell but me. I just spend 30 seconds matching up my guess at the sequence of vowels with those on the [...]
Please join us at Caffe Venezia, a Berkeley family Italian restaurant for more than 30 years, for a free kid-friendly Make-Your-Own-Pizza party. Between their lunch and dinner business hours, our gracious hosts will put out dough, sauce, cheese and toppings for kids to make pizza. They’ll bake them for us, and then you can go [...]
LYLE THE CROCODILE, a live theater production for children, plays at the Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, on Saturdays and Sundays, for the next couple of weekends, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (No performances Saturday, October 20.) Adapted from Bernard Waber’s popular children’s stories about Lyle, the show is best for children [...]
Berkeley’s first Open Streets project, Sunday Streets Berkeley, is coming up this weekend on October 14th, from 11am to 4pm. The deal is that the cars go some place else so the people can wander freely. All ages are welcome to play, bike, skate, toddle, walk, and bounce for a mile and a half. In [...]
