The Experience, Sausalito: Sausalito Boat Show 2025
The Experience:
Live life on the water! Sausalito Boat Show opens tomorrow, Fri, Sept 19.
What’s in store for the 3nd Annual Sausalito Boat Show? More boats, more music, more food, more art, more entertainment for the kids, more seminars, and more fun for everyone!
Clipper Yacht Harbor is located at 310 Harbor Drive Sausalito, CA 94965
About Clipper Yacht Club
A lovely venue! The Clipper Yacht Harbor on the Sausalito waterfront is filled up with fantastic boats, tents, a stage and so much more as they prepare to open the Sausalito Boat Show. An extraordinary experience celebrating the sea, local culture, and community awaits you. Clipper Yacht Harbor is the largest and only full service harbor in Sausalito with over 700 slips and dry storage spaces.
About Sausalito Boat Show
Hours: Fri/Sat, Sept 19/20 10am-6pm; Sun. Sept 21, 10am-5pm. Contact show manager Mitch Perkins at [email protected], 415-272-4130 with any questions you may have.
Where:
310 Harbor Drive
Sausalito
https://www.sausalitoboatshow.com
The Experience, Alameda: Faction BrewingTakeover
The Experience:
BRUNCH + BEATS + ISLAND VIBES
Mark your calendars—Saturday, Sept 20th, our friends are taking over Faction Brewing for a Filipino-style day party to help them raise the vibes and funds for Filipino Island Fest 2025 happening Oct 4!
Experience bayanihan – building bridges & connecting – with this fun day party.
Brunch: Filipino-inspired eats by Café Jolie, Pinay owned restaurant in Alameda
Beats: Non-stop island grooves with DJ Zhaldee.
Drinks: Faction Brewing will be serving your favorite beers and Malaya Botanicals will provide Mocktails
Faction Brewing’s Hours: Wed/Thu 2-8pm; Fri/Sat 12-8pm; Sun 12-6pm. Non-alcoholic beverages are also available for purchase. They have a large outdoor patio and indoor seating is also available. Call to confirm hours (510) 523-2739.
Where:
2501 Monarch St in Alameda Point
Alameda
The Experience, Richmond: El Agave Azul Celebrates
The Experience:
Celebrate Mexico’s Independence from Spain!
Join the fun with the crew at Agave Azul from 5-7pm on Sunday, September 14, as they bring on Mexican Independence Day.
Enjoy live music from Mariachi San Francisco and your fave traditional Mexican dishes with friends & family. And indulge in their Independence Day drink specials!
Or you may want to do a tequila tasting. El Agave Azul offers six different tequila flights. Start your tequila education here!
Blanco Flight
- Don Fulano
- El Tesoro
- Mijenta
Añejo Flight
- Don Pilar
- Siete Leguas
- Tres Agaves
Reposado Flight
- La Gritona
- Mijenta
- 7 Leguas
Artesanal Flight
- Fortaleza Blanco
- G4 Añejo
- La Gritona Repo
Cristalino Flight
- Don Julio 70th Anniversary
- Herradura Ultra
- Cenote Añejo Cristalino
El Agave Azul Grand Flight
- Casa San Matias Rey Sol
- Don Julio 1942
- Herradura selección Suprema
If you need a kickstart try this one (featured above) – Tanteo’s Habanero infused tequila. And El Agave Azul is proud to feature Mijenta Tequila. They carry the entire series: Blanco, Reposado, Añejo, and Cristalino. Get down there, judge for yourself and enjoy some of your Mexican favorites from their extensive menu. They can’t wait to see you!
Agave Azul Hours: Mon – Thurs 11am-9pm; Fri 11am-10:30pm; Sat 10am-10:30pm; Sun 9am-9pm. 510-307-5749.
Where:
12955 San Pablo Ave
Richmond, CA 94804
The Experience, Emeryville: Public Market Choices
The Experience:
Jayne Gyro gives up perfect wraps!
Nothing beats the first bite of a gyro loaded with tender meat, fresh veggies, and tangy sauce. Jayna Gyro has perfected the wrap, making every meal feel like a mini getaway to the Mediterranean.
Jayna Gyro is a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant offering a mix of grab-and-go options and made-to-order meals. The menu is inspired by Greek and Turkish culinary traditions, featuring freshly prepared chicken and beef gyros, crispy falafel and a vibrant Greek salad.
Just go down to Pubic Market and ecperiencet the many delish globally inspired cuisines along with a drink at Blush Bar where you can catch your fave major league sports.
The Public Market Food Hall has globally inspired offerings. Order from your fav purveyors!
- Demiya
- Jayna Gyro
- Juice House Co
- Koja Kitchen
- Konarq
- Le Marine Fish & Grill
- Mr. Dewie’s Cashew Creamery
- NabiQ
- Naru Sushi
- Paradita Eatery
- Peet’s Coffee & Tea
- Pig in a Pickle
- Pizzeria Mercato
- Public Bar by Blush
- Ramen Hiroshi
- Super Duper Burgers
Did you know you can watch your favorite sports while you enjoy scrumptious food and lively drinks at Public Market Emeryville? Their mega TV screens are showing live local sporting events.As always, travel the world, one bite at a time at The Public Market Food Hall.
Where:
5959 Shellmound St
Emeryville
http://publicmarketemeryville.com
The Experience, Alameda: Rhythmix Cultural Works New Exhibit
The Experience:
Views of Democracy: Gratitude and Hope for the Future
“Views of Democracy is the culmination of more than a year of work to identify and curate a visual art exhibition that celebrates democracy,” says curator and founder of Citizen Joy, Jeff Raz. “Conceptualized during 2024, most of the planning for Views of Democracy took place during an election year. We knew that – regardless of the outcome in November – our country needs an informed and engaged citizenry. Our goal was to encourage a deeper collective commitment to learn about and participate in our democratic system, shining a light on what we have to be grateful for as well as the work to be done.”
Views of Democracy: Gratitude and Hope for the Future celebrates democracy through the eyes of visual artists–from video to sculpture and from painting to photography, textile art and mixed media. Accompanying artists’ statements, are both personal and universal and encourage reflection on democracy and citizenship.
Presented by Citizen Joy. Curated by Jeff Raz and Barbara Kibbe.
- Exhibit Dates: September 6th – October 25th
- Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6th, 2025, 3:00-5:00pm
- Closing Reception: Saturday, October 25th, 3-5pm (free; RSVP)
- Gallery Hours: Wednesdays 6:00-9:00pm, or by appointment.
Featured here Kevin Daniels’ “The Rights and Rites of Protest” is part of Views of Democracy: Gratitude and Hope for the Future.
Where:
2513 Blanding Ave
Alameda
The Experience, Emeryville: Trader Vic’s Rum
The Experience:
Ever been to a rum festival?
It’s almost here – the 10th San Francisco Rum Festival & Congress descends upon Emeryville at Trader Vic’s on Sat/Sun, Sept 13/14.
It’s a a tropical weekend of rum tastings, tiki cocktails, and island vibes. Ideal for both rum connoisseurs, bartenders and casual consumers eager to taste (unlimited), explore, and learn about rum, with over 85 distinct award-winning premium rum brands (200 expressions). There are two parts to the fest
Saturday, September 13 – Rum Fest Grand Tasting 2-7pm Based on your interest in rum, they offer different ticket options. Grand Tasting ticket holders can stay at the event during DaiquiriMANIA.
Sunday, September 14 – Rum Congress – 2-7pm Sip, swirl, and celebrate all things rum!
Two days of world-class rum, tiki cocktails, & tropical chaos— and tickets are now available! Tickets
Music by: DJ Speakeasy Ray. Enjoy the afternoon light as the sun begins to dip and you slowly finish off your tiki indulgence.. 510-653-3400
About Trader Vic’s + the Mai Tai
Decades ahead of his time, Vic ‘The Trader’ Bergeron chose to offer Chinese dishes alongside the then-contemporary Continental cuisine, creating maybe the original fusion menu. Today, Trader Vic’s continues the tradition and still uses the Chinese Wood-fired Ovens featuring dishes from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia, and Japan. And, as we all know, Trader Vic’s claims to be home to the original Mai Tai.
According to the Trader, Vic Bergeron, “In 1944, after success with several exotic rum drinks, I felt a new drink was needed. I was at the service bar in my Oakland restaurant. I took down a bottle of 17-year-old Jamaican J. Wray Nephew rum, added fresh lime, some Orange Curaçao from Holland, a dash of Rock Candy Syrup, and a dollop of French Orgeat, for its subtle flavor. A generous amount of shaved ice and vigorous shaking by hand produced the marriage I was after. Half the lime shell went in for color, I stuck in a branch of fresh mint, and gave two of them to Ham and Carrie Guild, friends from Tahiti, who were there that night. Carrie took one sip and said, “Mai Tai – Roa Ae” In Tahitian means “Out of this World- The Best”. Well, that was that, I named the drink ‘Mai Tai.’”
(Victor Bergeron and Carrie Guild featured below in 1970)
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday:
- Lunch 12pm-3pm
- Lounge 12pm-9:30pm
- Dinner 5pm-9pm
Where:
9 Anchor Dr
Emeryville
