Plaid Friday
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Midtown Oakland Arts District
Check out the new First Friday map and Facebook Page for Midtown Oakland Arts District.
Labels: affiliations, arts, city of oakland, community, events, first friday, gallery, local, location, music, small business, spread the word
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Facebook, Twitter & Videos
These days, we're doing a lot of our news, updates, and the likes here:
www.facebook.com/awakencafe
www.twitter.com/awakencafe
www.youtube.com/awakencafe
www.facebook.com/awakencafe
www.twitter.com/awakencafe
www.youtube.com/awakencafe
Labels: community, media, spread the word, www
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Best of the East Bay Party
We're closing at 3 pm on Friday and heading down the street to the Best of the East Bay Party at the Oakland Museum of California. We'll have a booth with coffee, food, and the new videos from French Press Films. Come visit us!
Our Art Opening will be on the Second Friday this month.
Labels: arts, city of oakland, community, events, first friday, local
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Friday, July 10, 2009
New Sidewalk Seating, Planters, and Umbrellas
We just added 3 tables & 9 chairs made of sustainably grown solid teak from the Wooden Duck in Berkeley, two large yellow umbrellas and two planter boxes with native plants.
Labels: build-out, community, customers, green, sustainability
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Oakland Indie Awards
Check out the Oakland Indie Awards at the Crucible this Friday! We're a finalist in the Greenie category and will be serving up free coffee at the event! See the ad on page 15 of the East Bay Express.
Labels: city of oakland, community, events, green, independent, local, spread the word, sustainability
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Trunk Show Today (10 am to 1 pm)
Amy MacClain Designs - Fine Hand-Crafted Original Designs Jewelry.
Also, we're now open until 5 pm on the weekends!
Labels: arts, community, events, independent, local, merchandise, small business, trunk shows
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Fox Theater Open, Awesome Lineup
Check out their website for lineup, including Social Distortion, Michael Franti, CAKE, & Modest Mouse!
(Photo is a digital image of a painting by Cleo Vilett which will be featured in our February Art Show!)
Labels: arts, city of oakland, community, events, local, spread the word, www
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Recycled Glass Tile
We're installing a beautiful recycled glass tile backsplash in the main cafe area! The tile is from our good friends at Ecohome Improvement -- if you haven't been over to their shop and paint bar and neighboring design studio, we recommend you make a trip! They've got green alternatives for many conventional building applications: tile, countertops, flooring, cabinets, no-voc paints (which we're using at the cafe), and much more! Check them out!
Labels: build-out, community, green, sustainability
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Reused, Salvaged, and Community Created Counter
We've been working on our main counter for Phase One, the world-class espresso bar. At it's core, is a re-used lab table from UC Berkeley Overstock and Surplus Den. We cut off the legs to make in the legal height for ADA access and added casters. We're now adding to that a redwood facade using the salvaged redwood from the old drop ceiling at the Golden Bull. The countertop was fabricated out of stainless-steel by a friend of the Awaken Cafe and the whole thing was put together by other members of this community! Stay tuned for more photos when we get it complete!
Labels: build-out, community, green, salvage, sustainability
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Bay Area Coffee in the NY Times
There's a great article about our friends at Blue Bottle in the New York Times. It's all about Blue Bottle's new siphon bar and another high end brew machine called Clover.
Labels: coffee, community, world-class
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Monday, January 21, 2008
First Entry Way Mosaic Complete
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Story of Stuff
A friend of mine, Erica Priggen, produced this really great movie and passed it on to me: "The Story of Stuff".
Since we're planning on selling stuff, it's good to look at our role in this system so that we can be responsible for reducing the impact of the stuff we consume and sell. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Labels: community, green, sustainability, www
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Signage
Thomas Sepe (www.tomsepe.com) and Orion Fredericks are hard at work on the Awaken Cafe signs. There will be two signs, made up of patina'ed ("a complicated process involving heat and chemicals") letters set off against a polished stainless steel backing, all back lit with low voltage LED lighting.
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Awaken Cafe Joins the South of Broadway Oakland Merchants Association (SOBO)
The Awaken Cafe has joined the SOBO merchants association. SOBO is centered in the 300 block of 17th Street, between Franklin and Webster (and surrounding streets). SOBO is a sweet little tree-lined urban shopping district with fashion, clothing, food, cafes and personal services. We joined the SOBO association to connect with other entrepreneurial businesses in our neighborhood. We share their vision of growing downtown Oakland as a vibrant and fun arts, entertainment and retail district. SOBO also has street fairs in December and July which we are really looking forward to.
www.SOBOshops.com
Labels: affiliations, city of oakland, community
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Our First Coupon Now Available!
The Awaken Cafe has a coupon in the new East Bay Ecometro Guide. The Ecometro Guide is a resource book for healthy and organic living in the East Bay. The bulk of the book is coupons for green businesses. The Awaken Cafe has a coupon in the guide where you can buy one espresso drink and get another free. The guide costs $20 -- if you shop at green retailers, the book could be a good deal.
Ecometro Guide
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Green Chamber of Commerce
The Awaken Cafe is proud to recently have become a founding member of the new Green Chamber of Commerce. The Green Chamber of Commerce will:
"Provide tremendous networking opportunities for those developing the next generation of clean and green technology
Work with existing organizations in their efforts to create green, sustainable business models, especially in those areas where such efforts have yet to be undertaken
Extend the influence of firms large and small beyond the reach of geographical localities to the community of environmentalists and green businesses and the general public
Recognize that more and more Americans prefer doing business with green companies and provide exceptional promotional opportunities for members to do so
Greatly strengthen the voice and political influence of progressive firms united to create green public policy."
from www.greenchamberofcommerce.net
Labels: affiliations, community, green
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Facade Construction Begins/Salvaged Equipment
We started construction on the Awaken Cafe's new facade! We're pleased to welcome Anthony Bush of Bush Construction Company to the Awaken Cafe family and are excited to be entering the next stage of this project!
Our neighbors the Jhava House have closed their doors and we're giving some of their equipment a second life at the Awaken Cafe. We got a group of friends together (including Doug Hawkins, Nik Greene, Katy Perrings, and Alex Zendzian) this weekend to move the equipment (which includes some sinks, a refrigerator, shelving, and other small products) down the street into our space!
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Review Us on Sustainlane.com
We're out to spread the word about the Awaken Cafe and get the Bay Area excited for our opening! I was reading a new magazine and saw an advertisement for a Yelp-like service for sustainable businesses called Sustainelane.com! I created a listing and we'd love for you to review us and let 'em know you're looking forward to the Awaken Cafe!
(You can also add your review on Yelp!)
Labels: coffee, community, spread the word, www
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Thursday, July 5, 2007
Announcing: The Youngest Awaken Cafe Community Member!
Our Green Architect, Sandy Chan, and husband Ravi recently gave birth to Kaimana Rei Apana-Chan on June 25, 2007. She was four weeks early and is "tiny but otherwise very healthy."
We are overjoyed by the blessing that this baby is and wish her a future full of love, family, community, and many, many hugs!
You can send messages to us and we'll forward them onto Kaimana's parents!
"There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place." - Virginia Kelley
Labels: community
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
"Remember what diversity felt like?"
Commenting on a Starbucks advertisement that appeared in the the New York Times, the July/August 2007 issue of Adbusters Magazine asked readers to reflect:
"Imagine a city, in which there is only one kind of coffee shop. One kind of burger place. One supermarket. One pub.
Remember what diversity felt like? The fun of discovering something unexpected, in a place you hadn't been before? Variety and local flavour matter for vibrant, healthy communities. Go ahead, ditch Starbucks -- and enjoy some local culture instead."
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