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July-August 2009

July-August 2009

 


In the Kitchen
Dig Into These Delicious Little Pillows of Flavor
Wine
The Pope and Chiles Valleys in east Napa County boast lakes, wooded hills, secluded wineries and serene little valleys.
Second Helpings
On a recent visit to Sidebar, my friend and I ordered the smoked paprika fries ($5) for a starter snack to go with her Pinot Gris and my Grenache. And were they good fries.
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2009.07.03 July Estate Auction
Michaaan's Auction holds monthly estate auction offering fine art, american and european furntiure, estate jewelry, asian works of art and other...
2009.07.04 Fourth of July Celebration - USS Hornet
The USS Hornet Museum in Alameda hosts its annual Independence Day party on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The family event features live music on...
2009.07.11 Ragtime
Based on the award-winning novel by E.L. Doctorow, "Ragtime" tells the story of America’s "melting pot" through the lives of three ethnically...
Real Estate
The latest hot home properties in the Alameda Area!
Retail
Your Shopping Guide to the Alameda Area!


July-August Features

Cooks, Illustrated

by Jen Trolio (Photography by Mitch Tobias)

We’ve seen them all before: picture-perfect kitchens that, for all their fancy finishes, shiny appliances and other bells and whistles, look as if they’re more commonly used to serve takeout...

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Green Stick

by Noelle Robbins (Photography by Lori Eanes)

In many ways Michael Brune, executive director of the Rainforest Action Network—an environmental group hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “some of the most savvy environmental agitators in...

EOYDC: A Beacon for Oakland Youth

by Marcus W. Thompson II (Photography by Mitch Tobias)

A sudden-yet-familiar terror overtook Regina Jackson, executive director of the East Oakland Youth Development Center. The moment she heard the news—that Tyrrell Blackshire had been shot—she...

July-August Departments

From the Editor

by Judy Gallman(Photography by Wendy Wheeler)

Say hello to a bigger and better Alameda Magazine.

Letters

I wanted to send you big thanks for covering the Cycles of Change APC shop [“I Wanna Ride My Bike,” May/June 2009] in Alameda Magazine.

Around the Town

It seems a paradox, artists and athletes mentioned in the same breath.

Therapy

by Wanda Hennig(Photography by Michael Halberstadt)

Laughter—It’s the Best Medicine

Taste of the Town

by Derk Richardson(Photography by Lori Eanes)

When one of Alameda’s most popular chefs teams up with the Island’s most renowned vintner and secures a plum location in the heart of the Park Street business district...

In the Kitchen

by Roy Creekmore(Photography by Paul Skrentny)

Dig Into These Delicious Little Pillows of Flavor

Wine

by Kent Rosenblum(Photography by Julie Goonan)

The Pope and Chiles Valleys in east Napa County boast lakes, wooded hills, secluded wineries and serene little valleys.

Second Helpings

by Wanda Hennig(Photography by Lori Eanes)

On a recent visit to Sidebar, my friend and I ordered the smoked paprika fries ($5) for a starter snack to go with her Pinot Gris and my Grenache. And were they good fries.

Out on the Town

by George Shirk(Photography by Eric Gillet)

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