The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/30/field-notes-michelle-teas-valencia-boozie-brunch-culinary-cinema-and-california-turns-175/This week: Michelle Tea’s Valencia turns 25, and California turns 175; Boozie Brunch boosts local restaurants while Pruneyard Cinemas pairs films with three-course meals; a state park's post-wildfire regrowth and Point Molate's transformation into a public park; and puppy yoga, cat Pilates, and Bay Area makers. Boozie effect Local influencer Novi Mitchell, who’s Oakland born and raised, has built a 169,000-strong Instagram following with her Boozie Brunch account by spotlighting Bay Area restaurants big and small.

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