Tonight at 7pm, don’t miss Cynthia Omolulu’s book release party for her new young adult novel, Dirty Little Secrets, about living as a teen child of a hoarder.
Zocalo Coffeehouse is an independent, locally-owned coffeehouse and roastery, located in San Leandro, California. The name, a Mexican-Spanish word meaning "town square" or "town center," was chosen to reflect the goal of community building, focusing not only on the product, but on the place itself. It's not just about coffee or tea, its about the community.
| • In-House Roasted Coffee • Organically Grown, Fair Trade Coffee • Pastries & Bagels • Free Wireless Internet Access (wi-fi) • Rentable Event Space |
• Specialty Teas
• Milkshakes & Fruit Smoothies • Indoor Kid Space • Open 365 Days a Year • Alameda County Certified Green Business |
T’ai Chi at Hot Body Fitness
Ron San Miguel will return teaching T’ai Chi Ch’uan at Hot Body Fitness after a long absence. Classes are Mondays starting Feb 1st, from 9 – 10 a.m and are on going and open-ended, so new students can start at any time and learn at their own pace. Ron San Miguel has been practicing T’ai Chi Ch’uan for 30 years. You can contact him at (510) 495-4258 or <ronsanmiguel@gmail.com>.
The East Bay Citizen – Keep Informed
I’m not sure how I’ve gone this long without calling it out, but I can’t say enough good things about the work Steven Tavares is doing at The East Bay Citizen.
Tavares is a reporter without a newspaper. In this age that may be a blessing more than a curse. In response to the collapse of the paper industry, Tavares is doing it on his own, reporting with no restrictions and no ties to hold him down, he’s covering San Leandro extensively and has broadened to include Castro Valley and Hayward, not to mention his reporting on Stark, Hayashi, Lai-Bitker, and even national issues.
I highly recommend you make it a daily read or sign up for his RSS feed. You can also follow him on Twitter if that’s your thing.
$10K Donated to Davis St. Non-Profit
Anda Chu/Daily Review
With a matching $5,000 donation challenge from Zocalo Coffeehouse, our customers showed their community spirit donating $5,275 dollars to hit our $10,000 goal donation to San Leandro’s Davis St Family Resource Center.
Thanks to all who donated and spread the word far and wide. From the $5 hearts to the $500 tree toppers, you folks pulled it over the top and made a big chuck of difference that just wouldn’t have happened without you.
Open 8-6 Mon, MLK Jr. Day
We’ll be opening at 8am on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 18th, so don’t jump out of bed at six and come pounding on the doors because we won’t be there yet.
100 Yelp Reviews, Add Your Stars!
Whoo hoo! We’re at 100 reviews in Yelp!
What significance does this have, you ask? None! Though it does give me the chance to ask you to review us (with 5 stars I hope!) on Yelp of you haven’t already.
Just click on the Yelp icon in the lower left of this page and you link there. While at it, why not click on the FaceBook icon to go to our FaceBook page and become a fan!
Zocalo in the Daily Review!
Tim Holmes, proprietor
The Daily Review recently did a piece on Zocalo Coffeehouse reporting on the $10,000 matching fundraiser we held for The Davis Street Family Resource Center.
My favorite quote:
“My entire goal,” he said, “was to build a community space, and sell a little coffee, too.”
A Call for Healthy Foods
For some time now I’ve wanted to carry more vegan, gluten-free, etc. (if I may “etc.” whole categories of food like that), but can’t find sources…
We have some items that we have found or have come our way, but, for instance, our granola supplier, Hidden City Cafe, has dropped off the face of the earth (by phone anyway) and I have nothing to replace them.
I’d love to know if there are any warehouse/supply type stores in the east bay and what items and companies are worthy of attention.
$600 to Go in Davis St Fundraiser
With only hours to go until the end of year deadline, there’s only $615 needed to hit our $10,000 goal!
Consider a donation to day to have Zocalo match your donation. We’re open until 6pm today and open 10am to 6pm New Year’s Day.
MacHeads (feat. Zocalo) on CNBC
Before there was Zocalo I worked in high tech in the south bay for Apple. Now 7 years later, there’s MacHEADS, a documentary about the Apple fan base (or fan boys if you will) and not only am I in it, but so is my brother, nephew, wife, son, and dad!
MacHEADS is showing on CNBC the following times (for some reason listed in Eastern Time…)
Tuesday, 1/5 at 10pm & 1am ET
Thursday, 1/7 at 9pm & 12am ET
Saturday, 1/9 at 7pm ET
Sunday, 1/10 at 10pm ET
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