Really, this post should be called Oakland Day #1, seeing as that is where I went today and what this blog is going to be mostly about, but in the spirit of being consistent and the fact that groupings of 5 are supposed to be lucky (or something like that.. according to Japanese Zen or something but don't quote me on that because I don't fully recall).
I caught the BART from Powell station in downtown San Francisco to 12th Street in Oakland. It's basically a subway, and to get to East Bay, it goes under the bay. To be specific, it was the Pittsburgh/Baypoint line (I only mention this because I remember it hahaha). When I arrived in Oakland, I don't know, it wasn't quite what I expected (I by far don't mean that in a bad way). Though, I don't know what I expected, or of I expected anything at all. I had a few reasons as to why I wanted to go to Oakland. Perhaps the more obvious being that
the punk scene used to be great here back in the mid 80s-late 90s. Rancid, Green Day, The Matches, Operation Ivy to name a few, and I would almost say AFI, however I think they were from a little further north (I wanna say Eureka), but based in Berkeley... Don't quote me on that last part though. So yeah, I guess that was one reason for visiting the East Bay, but really, I was after some soul food... Souley Vegan, at Jack London Square in Oakland.. that's right, VEGAN soul food. I'm not joking, this place is amazing. The prices are more than reasonable, the food is exceptional and the staff are lovely. If you go here, I recommend the Southern Fried Tofu. It's like KFC, but waaaaaaay better. I had the Crispy Burger (which uses the above mentioned dish as the 'crispy' part). I also had it with a side of Mac'n'Cheese, and Cheesecake for dessert.
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