From East Bay: (no, these are not the directions Mapquest will give you, but if you're coming down here in the evening, rest assured, taking a freeway called "downtown Oakland" will have less traffic than any other, unless you really want to sit through all those stop lights and the Emeryville Mall traffic on San Pablo Ave.)

• Take I-80 W ramp towards OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO.
• As gracefully as possible, manouver your vehicle into one of the three left-hand lanes and get on I-580 E. DOWNTOWN OAKLAND/HAYWARD-STOCKTON.
• Do not merge onto I-880 SAN JOSE. Keep going on 580-E.
•Merge onto I-980 W. DOWNTOWN OAKLAND.
•Take the 27TH STREET exit towards WEST GRAND AVE. 0.33 miles
•Go LEFT at the intersection (left or middle lanes, you will be on 27TH ST and pass Jerry Brown's swanky loft) 0.19 miles
• Turn RIGHT onto TELEGRAPH AVE. (at the corner of Jerry Brown's swanky loft) 0.4 miles
• Turn LEFT onto 25th ST.
• We're on the second block on your left.