In mid-September I flew out to Oakland to visit family. It had been 2 1/2 years since I had traveled anywhere, so I was a little apprehensive about getting on a plane once again but, as is usually the case, once I got there those concerns melted away. I was visiting Oakland’s Uptown District, which…
Category: Food and Drink
Snapshots from 2022’s Cocktail Party in the CWE
Following a two-year hiatus, approximately 3,000 people were more-than-ready to experience the CWE’s 5th Cocktail Party on Saturday, June 11. The event has its origins in the discovery that a CWE resident, Clara Walsh, is on record as hosting the 1st-ever cocktail party in her Lindell Blvd. mansion 100 years ago. According to proprietors of…
New Orleans-based Main Squeeze Juice Co. now open at 310 N. Euclid
Main Squeeze Juice Co. opened earlier this week at 310 N. Euclid Avenue, near Warby Parker and Brennan’s. When I stopped in earlier this afternoon, proprietors Maddison (below right) and Alex Kamakas (not photographed) were too busy to pause for an interview, so until that happens let the photos posted here encourage you to…