EastBayEats | Night at the Fox

It’s Friday night and your favorite band is playing a show at downtown Oakland’s historic concert venue, The Fox. However, you forgot one small detail, where should you and your friends meet before the show?

Travel tips: What to do in Singapore

In 1999, our family was swept away to a new life in Singapore. Weekends consisted of shopping in Thailand, island getaways in Indonesia and swim meets in Hong Kong.

The college essay checklist

With seniors in full application mode, now is the time to check that your essays and personal statements help you shine and stand apart from the crowd.

Dean’s Diatribes | Chores are for winners!

We first moved to Piedmont nearly 12 years ago, just as the bubble was bursting, and trust me we were freaked out!   Along with our beautiful, but somewhat neglected house, we acquired a scary-big mortgage and a sizable project.  But this was our dream—to take this house and make it our own.