Doing the Disco

As I said before I have fallen in love with Oakland, but how it really started was through the night life and going out to a bunch of different bars. Hey what can I say I'm single and in my 20's and I love to dance. My first bar experience in Oakland was the Layover, and coming from east bay bars this was a perfect one to make my transition over to Oakland. They have good music and pretty well priced drinks. Plus Uncle Dougie serves amazing sandwich's right outside, the best snack when you've basically danced your life away( which is what I do a lot). I've been to a bunch of others bars such as Somar, The Kerry House ( shout out to Byron!), 355,  Dogwood, VanKleef ( best greyhounds) and a couple others. But what I am here to brag about is my new favorite bar in Oakland which is Disco Volante! I have now been here on a couple of occasions and every time has been some of the best nights I've had out in Oakland so far. My first experience at this bar was going to see Caldecott a local band perform. The stage at Disco is a little on the small side but they put on awesome show and everyone seemed to have a good time that night. The next time I was here I went with my friend Detroit Jeremy and my sister. We came to just have some good drinks, eat food,  and to visit our friend James who works there on occasional nights( Side note if hes ever bar tending order a Manhattan from him!!!!) I order a glass of Cava, Poema, Penedes Spain , Jeremy order the Hot smoked pork belly , Fried dill pickles, and Grilled Point Reyes oysters, and my sister ordered a glass of Tempranillo, Abadia Retuerta, Sardon del Duero Spain 2008 and the Smoked potato chips. I think I have to mention that I'm a total Wino and sparkling are some of my favorites! It was delectable , I liked the dry taste and  it was an easy drink to sip on and enjoy. As for the food I had one of the oysters and usually I don't like sea food that taste like the sea but these were cooked perfectly! That night their live music was Carne Cruda Cumbia Project and special guest Dr. Loco +El Kool Kyle playing cumbia and old latin vinyl. It was another fun night dancing to Latin music and some blues too played by Dr.Loco. My most recent time there which solidified my love for Disco Volante being my new favorite bar was again seeing Caldecott play ( Hint: This is there new residence every third Sunday of the month so that means go see them!) This time I ordered a glass of the Riesling, Selbach, Spatlese, Saar Germany 2008, suggested by Damon who was bar tending that night, thanks! I about died when I  had it was so good! It was chilled at just the right temperature and the sweetness of the wine was not overpowering but perfect especially for such a warm summer night in Oakland. I'm not the biggest fan of eating pork but my friend Jeremy ordered it once again and the way everyone who's tried it says its amazing I had to have a bite.... so here I go in saying hats off to the chef here because everything you cook that I've had has blown my palette away. I highly highly highly recommend this place to anyone who is living or visiting  Oakland for the food, drinks, ambiance, and always entertaining live music!!

One tiny confession

So I'm kinda having a not so secret love affair with Oakland. I actually am absolutely in love with it. Ever since my sister moved there about 6 months ago I have spent more and more time getting to know the area and people who live there. Growing up in the suburbs of the city and far east bay we were told that Oakland is a shady place and never to really hang out in that area.When she told my family she was moving there I actually thought she was kinda crazy at first because she was a single girl living alone in the area, but I also knew it would be a growing experience for her (my parents and her fought way to much so she definitely needed to move the heck out ). The past 2 days I spent there though confirmed for me that this is a city I one day need to live in. My favorite part of this city so far has been Lake Merritt. I love running around it especially in the later evening or earlier in the morning just because its not so busy. Oakland is so lucky to have this beautiful piece of nature and I literally could spend my whole day hanging around there. I either run, walk, sit in the grass and read, have a picnic, or spend time with my sister. I will say it does smell a little sometimes but only in certain areas and never bad enough to keep me from coming back. I especially loved it last Saturday when after I went running I went to the amazing farmers market off of Grand. I have to run now but this is just one of the many reasons I love Oakland :) Don't fret though there will be more confessions about my love soon!

Getting to Know all about you ... I mean me

So why am I starting a blog.... well like every other person I'm a bit vain and of course want to talk about myself.  But I also have summers with so much free time and not very many people my age get that now a days. And of course I thought starting a blog would be interesting way to document my summers. My favorite season because I live in the beautiful state of California were I love to lay out in the sun, go to the beach, take hikes, run, camp, random road trips, volunteer, bake and cook, paint, sew, be crafty, and see tons of bands because music is my second life and can not live with out it. So obviously these are some of the things I will be blogging about.  I can't promsise that you'll always find it interesting and I'm not the best english student so there will be some grammatical and spelling errors, but other then that have fun reading and following me on some of my interesting and crazy adventures.