Here at wtfdto we are constantly amazed, and amused, by our city. There is much good and there is much that is sad as well. At wtfdto we will pull no punches. With bullshit detectors set on full we will roam the streets day and night. Our turf is the downtown of Oakland proper...sure, trips across Broadway to Chinatown or across the tracks to JLS will happen, but mostly we are staying down town––and in a city this small that means from 1st to 20th streets.
If you are tired of looking at nothing but beautiful people stroking iphones, re-arranging the human genome, serving you $4 cups of drip coffee (I don't care that it is made one at a time...it is still DRIP), mowing you down on thousand dollar fixed gear bicycles, or cutting you off in one of those awful, fat assed Maseratis then this is the place for you. Sure, there are jerks here too and there are also people doing heady, and creative stuff over here––it just feels a bit more real....know what i'm sayin'? If you don't, you can cruise your drug runner boat back over to Sausalito, slip into some fleece and get botoxed.
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all photos by K. Thomson
Downtown Oakland has some of the best examples of 20s and 30s art deco architecture in the country. I spent many years cruising around on my bike through every nook and cranny possible down there. Even lived in the "clean and sober" residence hotel called the "Ridge" (which was originally the Claridge" but someone painted out the first three letters on the sign) for a spell. Looking forward to your posts Kevin.
ReplyDeleteit truly was just a matter of time until you ended up over buddy, it's just so much better!
ReplyDeletewtf you are being followed!
ReplyDelete...and I got pole position...
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"stroking iphones"... tee hee.
ReplyDeleteisn't "downtown" one word? (sorry, the editor in me...)
please do cross the JLS tracks, we need a bullshit detector down here!
I'm ready for your report on the donks.
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