Spring weekend - Art Murmur

We had an amazing time at Oakland's Art Murmur on Friday... just walking around uptown looking in galleries and stopping here and there. It was so great to see the streets and sidewalks filled with people. This used to be a questionable neighborhood - there was NO ONE on the streets after 5pm. Now it's full of cool restaurants and bars and clubs and galleries... and people! Do you know about Art Murmur? It's the first Friday of every month and you just walk around. A whole lot of indie art galleries are open and there are food trucks on the street and vendors and all the cool restaurants and clubs are open. This last Friday we stopped a few minutes at an old school drive-in/hamburger joint on Telegraph at about 22nd. Can't even remember its name, but it was so cool...the parking lot was filled with cherry classic cars from the 60's and 70's and someone was spinning tunes from the time. Like a warp, it was! Later we stopped by the Art Deco-y restaurant Flora for a drink and a nibble, and then sauntered into Van Kleef's for one of their famous greyhounds. The music was lame that night, so we left,, but Van Kleef usually has cool music.