by Sarah Stefaniuk | Aug 12, 2020 | Downtown Oakland, Vintage, Antiques & Previously Loved
Did you know that shopping local can electrify your mood? That’s our latest epiphany — or re-piphany (because we think we knew that already but had somehow forgotten). Anyway, that is what happened when we accidentally visited Urban Eclectics. It started... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Mar 27, 2020 | Arts & Literature, Downtown Oakland
Once upon a time, one of us at LOCALMOTIV worked in the building right next door to Wolfman Books. Okay, it was me. Indeed, I watched them build out their special project and launch in 2014. All the while, my coworkers and I pondered how they would survive in the age... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Mar 3, 2020 | Arts & Literature, Downtown Oakland, Leisure & Entertainment
We have an idea for a comic book series. Or maybe it’s a graphic novel… It’s about a Shop Local superhero. We think his name should be Eitan. Yes, Eitan. And he lives his daily life disguised as a local indie merchant in Oakland, California. Of... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Feb 26, 2020 | Downtown Oakland, Men's Style
Hill’s Shoes of Oakland! What an authentic black-owned old-school Town Biz men’s shoe store you are! We don’t think we’ve ever seen a collection of shoes for men quite like it. Each pair is a statement for the men who have a bold, unique sense of style,... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Jan 23, 2020 | Downtown Oakland, Oakland Love, Women's Style
We’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Trinity Cross. But she is an Oaktown heroine in our book. She owns Field Day, a clothing boutique on 19th St. And, she designs all the clothing which is then made in East Oakland. It gets even more So Oakland: She uses only... 