These made-to-order timepieces are crafted as accessible heirlooms by John McConnico, an architect for the wrist.

Tucked between North Berkeley and Downtown Berkeley is a bustling community of arts, healing, shopping, and delicious treats.

Geana Sieburger’s aprons, smocks, jumpsuits, and reusable coffee filters are beautiful inside and out.

Smoothies and stylish workout wear at Ride Oakland, artists and an art fair at Abrams Claghorn Gallery, and concerts and art at Charles R. Vineyard.

Yetunde Olukoya, owner and designer at Ray Darten, brings some color and uniqueness to the shopping destination.

Just east of Lake Merritt, discover psychics and martial arts, tattoo artists and locksmiths, crawfish and sweet and savory pies.

Oakland designer and stylist Shayla Dopp uses sustainable material to make her high-end footwear.

These lines — Bay Belle, Frances Austen, and Bells & Becks — feature clothing and shoes made by East Bay women entrepreneurs.

Students of Hult International Business School in San Francisco organize FCW, and they recruit emerging fashion designers and models to strut the cat walks, providing newbies them a platform to shine.

You can pick up provisions, lose yourself in a hardware store, or get your nails done, and then eat and drink in the tiny Oakland hills enclave.