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Here are just a few:
1.
Board a yacht at the Pacific Sail Expo in Jack London
Square.
 2.
Enjoy the sounds of music at Woodminster Amphitheatre.
3.
Toast to Jack London with a beer at Heinhold's Last
Chance Saloon.
4.
Toss a caber at the Scottish Highland Games in July
at Dunsmuir Historic Estate.
5.
Stretch your neck with the giraffes at the Oakland Zoo.
6.
Reach for the stars at the Chabot Space & Science
Center.
7.
Groove with the jazz at Yoshi's.
8.
Hug a tree at Roberts Park.
9.
Bite into a ripe peach at one of Oakland's Farmers Markets.
10.
Rediscover a classic movie at the Paramount Theatre.
11.
Cheer for the home team at an Oakland A's game.
12.
Join the Jack O'Lantern Jamboree at Children's Fairyland
in October.
13.
Retrace Amelia Earhart's flight pattern at the Western
Aerospace Museum.
14.
Relax with a massage at the Claremont Resort & Spa.
15.
Down a double-decker cone at Fenton's Creamery.
16.
Captain a kayak on the Oakland Estuary.
17.
Dance with the sugarplum fairies at the Nutcracker.
18.
Track down your ancestors at the Mormon Temple.
19.
Ogle the Dale Chihuly light sconces at the Rotunda Building.
20.
Shop 'til you drop along Piedmont Avenue.
21.
Whoop it up with the Black Cowboys in their annual parade.
22.
Bask in the sun at Lake Temescal.
23.
Mingle at the mansion in Dunsmuir Historic Estate.
24.
Predict your future at the fortune cookie factory in
Chinatown.
25.
Savor some souvlaki at the annual Festival of Greece.
26.
Honor black history at the African American Museum and
Library of Oakland.
27.
Walk across California at the Oakland Museum of California.
28.
Pull strings (or just buy a ticket) to see the puppet
show at Children's Fairyland.
29.
Lace your skates at the Oakland Ice Center.
30.
Celebrate Dias de Los Muertos in Fruitvale.
31.
Fly through the sky at the Trapeze Arts circus school.
32.
Buy a Kwanzaa present at the annual arts and crafts
show.
33.
Stop and smell the roses at the Morcom Amphitheatre
of Roses.
34.
Rock your socks off during a concert at the Arena.
35.
Root for the Golden State Warriors.
36.
Travel in Presidential style with a cruise on the USS
Potomac.
37.
Promenade at a traditional Las Posadas Celebration.
38.
Remember the Victorian age at the Camron-Stanford House
on Lake Merritt.
39.
Ace some shots at the Davie Tennis Stadium.
40.
Soothe your soul with a concert by the Oakland East
Bay Symphony.
41.
Hook a fish dish at a waterfront restaurant at Jack
London Square.
42.
Treat your mother to tea at the Cohen-Bray House.
43.
See San Francisco by boat on the Oakland Alameda ferry.
44.
Bask in the blues with your barbeque at Everett &
Jones.
45.
Let Lois the Pie Queen give you a slice of your choice.
46.
Serenade your sweetheart in an authentic Italian gondola
at Lake Merritt.
47.
Trot along the top of the Bay Area Ridge Trail on horseback.
48.
Swim laps at Roberts Pool.
49.
Wonder at the Wurlitzer at the Grand Lake Theatre.
50.
Take a hike at Redwood Park.
51.
Let the kids loose at the Museum of Children's Art.
52.
Tee off at the Lake Chabot Golf Course.
53.
Identify birds at Lake Merritt's Rotary Nature Center,
the country's oldest wildlife refuge.
54.
Stroll through the streets of Old Oakland, enjoying
the shops and the architecture.
55.
See what "There" is at City Center. (It's
a sculpture!)
56.
Listen to a Mariachi band at a Fruitvale district restaurant.
57.
Tantalize your taste buds with a tamale and a Tecate.
58.
Let your soul soar to the sounds of the Art and Soul
Festival.
59. Ride with Pancho Viva at the Mexican
American Library.
60.
Join the Raider Nation at the Oakland Coliseum.
61.
Enjoy drop in pottery studios at the Junior Center
of Art & Science at Lake Merritt.
62.
Get technical at the Museum of African American Technology
Science Center.
63.
Sing along at a Summer Sounds Concert in City Center.
64.
Find your form at one of Oakland's many art galleries.
65.
Locate the past at the Oakland Heritage Alliance.
66.
Get spiritual at a Gospel Concert at Henry
J. Kaiser Center.
67.
Fly with monkeys at a Wizard of Oz screening at the Paramount
Theatre.
68.
Visit the past and see the future on a Free Oakland
Walking Tour.
69.
Marvel at the architectural beauty of Oakland's buildings.
70.
Propose to your sweetheart along the estuary boardwalk.
71.
Slay a dragon boat.
72.
Become a kid again at Children's Fairyland.
73.
Cross the Orient at Oakland's Chinatown Streetfest (August).
74.
Board a floating lighthouse (Lightship Relief) at the
estuary.
75.
Voice your opinion at a City Council meeting.
76. Join the movement and take the Black
Panther Legacy Tour.
77.
See the historic port and take a harbor tour.
78.
Smell a rose on the Kaiser Center's Roof garden.
79.
Soar like a bird at the Rotary Nature Center.
80.
Trace your family history at the California Genealogical
Society.
81.
Mold a clay pot at the Junior Center for Arts and Science.
82.
Create a masterpiece at the Museum of Children's Art
(Mocha).
83.
Submit your own Picasso into the Public Arts Program.
84.
Sing along with your favorite artist at the Network
Associates Coliseum.
85.
Ring in the New Year at the Chinese New Year's Bazaar.
86.
Tickle your taste buds at A Taste of Oakland.
87.
Take a Walk in the Wild at the Oakland Zoo.
88.
Howl at the moon at the Lunafest.
89.
Tour a haunted house at the Pardee Home's Halloween
at the Mansion.
90. Sing a sea chanty at Quinn's lighthouse.
91.
Stroll along the historic waterfront at Jack London
Square.
92.
Take an enrichment class at the Oakland Asian Cultural
Center.
93. Ring in the Holidays at the Oakland Holiday
Parade.
94.
Enjoy dim sum at one of Oakland's most authentic Asian
restaurants.
95.
Visit Oakland's architectural past at Preservation Park.
96.
Dine in a one of a kind Gingerbread House.
97.
Enjoy rowing on our sparkling Bay waters.
98.
Spend a romantic evening overlooking the San Francisco
Bay.
99.
Visit the five ladies of Oakland (historic homes).
100.
Meet with your colleagues at the Oakland Convention
Center.
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