Low-tide sandbar has hosted clam bakes, live chickens and even a wedding
Since 1978, theyâve been coming on sailboats, kayaks, rowboats, canoes and dragon boats to celebrate low tides twice a year on the Ashby Shoal, which is usually underwater.
Joanne Furio
Joanne Furio is a veteran journalist and writer of creative nonfiction who spent a decade as a contributor to San Francisco, where she wrote design-oriented features ranging from internet fashion to how LIghthouse for the Blind works with tech companies to improve the lives of blind people everywhere. Originally from New York, her features and profiles have appeared regularly in The New York Times, Ms., Dwell and The Village Voice. She also writes creative nonfiction and has been published in Believer, Evening Street Review and on the websites Catapult, Juked and Panoply. She moved to Berkeley in 2017 because it has sidewalks.
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Shop Talk: Perfumery at former Spengerâs site sells fine scents (nothing fishy); superheroes in North Berkeley
Le Labo, part of an upscale international chain of perfume shops, opened quietly during the pandemic on Fourth Street. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
At Berkeleyâs queer tango class, it takes 2 but it doesnât matter who
âQueer tango is Argentine tango without the homophobia, transphobia and rigid heteronormative rules,â says a co-founder of Abrazo Queer Tango, open in Berkeley since 2012
Shop Talk: Westbrae Nursery turns into worker co-op; no rivalry for lamp sellers on Solano
Westbrae Nursery, in existence since the 1930s, now has seven worker-owners. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
How to cook with the East Bay’s bounty of cherry plums
Wild plums, the freely found fruit of the East Bay, can become chutney, ice cream or liqueur.
This delicious fruit is free for the taking across the East Bay
You’ve seen cherry plums spattered on the sidewalk and smashed them underfoot, but they’re actually a forager’s dream.
Shop Talk: The Berkeley jeweler favored by rockstars; Berkeley Garden Club turns 90
Jeweler David Giulietti started out making armor in high school and has worked with metal ever since. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Shop Talk: Berkeley car repair shop has âchanged with the timesâ; âFar & Fewâ is backÂ
Drawn to anti-war Berkeley as a 21-year-old mechanic, Ken Shapiro has been fixing cars in the city for 50 years. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
At Berkeley gallery, student photos of Hong Kong protests get rare showing
Organizers of the âEchoes of Defianceâ exhibition at Fourth Street Fine Art say itâs the first time student photos of the 2019 street protests have been shown overseas.
Dr. Happy Toothâs family dental practice marks 48 years
Dr. Thomas Arnold, known for dressing up as a giant molar, and his wife, Dr. Wendi Wilson, have built a dental practice rooted in history.
New book on Julia Morgan offers an intimate portrait of famed architect
The heavily annotated and picture-rich book incorporates previously unknown details about the architect’s private life, as well as her career.
Shop Talk: Chameleon-haired stylist brings wig business to Vine Street; another Green Yogi opens on Telegraph
A stylist whoâs been doing hair extensions since high school turns it into her side hustle. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Shop Talk: Cose Belle boutique will play nonstop Italian tunes; new barbershop has chairs like a â57 Chevy
The scion of a venerable Berkeley restaurant family is opening her fourth store a couple doors down from her brothersâ restaurant, Agridolce. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
‘Botanical Entanglements’ opens Saturday at UC Botanical GardenÂ
Berkeley artist Juniper Harrower explores our complicated history with flora in the new ecological art exhibition.
Shop Talk: New preschool opens at former Gay Austin site; changes afoot for Luna Dance Institute
About 30 students are now enrolled at the Little School preschool on Hopkins Street. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Berkeley â4-starâ store on Fourth Street closing as Amazon axes concept
When it opened in 2018, it was just the third 4-star store in the country. Now, Amazonâs abandoned the concept of bringing trending online items to retail shops.
