by Sarah Stefaniuk | Aug 25, 2020 | Rockridge, Women's Style
We’ve oft wondered why women’s shoes have to strangle and torture our feet. Surely, none of us can count the number of times that we’ve frantically flung off our shoes upon leaving an event — whether on the sidewalk, in our cars, or as soon as... 
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 | Mar 1, 2020 | Active Lifestyle, Men's Style, Rockridge, Women's Style
You know what we just learned? Transports has been around for 35+ years in the East Bay! We should have known that really. Now that we think about it, it’s ever so obvious that they’ve been doing this for decades. All the shop local signs are there that... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Feb 24, 2020 | Kids Style & Stuff
A confession. I am a terrible gift giver. Atrocious really. But it’s not that I buy awful gifts. It’s that I can never get it together to go out and buy them in the first place. Sadly, I can’t even get the chore done for my beautiful nieces much less... 
by Sarah Stefaniuk | Jan 20, 2020 | Rockridge, Women's Style
Is it our imagination? There seems to be so few independently owned shoe shops in Oakland. Perhaps it’s one of those categories that people gave up shopping locally years ago because it’s just easier to go to a mall or order online. If that’s the... 