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 24, 2020 | Home Goods & Decor, Rockridge
We live in the era of “bigger is better” — or so we’re told. So, we shop at National, Big Box, and Ecommerce retailers. All are committed to deliver a seemingly endless supply of mass-produced and very ordinary furnishings and uninspired home... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Jan 29, 2020 | Gift Inspirations, Home Goods & Decor, Rockridge
One of our favorite things about shopping local in Oakland is “discovering” the shops that have been around forever. Sometimes we go in search of such shops. Other times, we just happen to be walking by. This is a story about the latter. It was a beautiful... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Jan 22, 2020 | Downtown Oakland, Gift Inspirations
PART 2: LOCALMOTIV’S Take Oo La La… Oakland. Oftentimes, when we casually explore the local shopping scene in Oakland, we think that we could just as easily be in a European city or town. Indeed, this feeling usually arises as we walk The Town and just... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Jan 1, 2020 | Home Goods & Decor, Oakland Love, Rockridge
To hear Laleh’s version of their story, it’s so modest and humble. It goes something like this: Laleh and Alessandro had a crazy little dream to leave their corporate jobs to create a venture of their own. As they saw it, they’d apply their skills... 