Rejuvenation Stations—West Side Story

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January-February 2005

Cooking
It’s September—the best month of the year for picnics and outdoor fun in the Bay Area.

Taste of the Town
Fortunately for fans of ropa vieja, chicken adobo, black bean soup and mango mojitos, the restrictions on travel to Cuba don’t apply to Havana—on the island of Alameda.

Wine
Argentina is a great country to visit if you like wine, especially if you’re on a budget.

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2008.04.23 Interactive Kinetic Art and the Pinball Machine
Before the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3, there was the pinball machine. Instructed by multimedia artist Michael Schiess, this class introduces...

2008.09.05 Dashe Cellars
Dashe Cellars turns its attention to crafting small allotments of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petite Syrah.

Real Estate
The latest hot home properties in the Alameda Area!

Retail
Your Shopping Guide to the Alameda Area!

January-February 2005, Volume 4, Number 1

Day-Spa Dreaming

Bid a nostalgic farewell to Great-Aunt Gertie’s beauty parlor, with its pale pink hair rinses, Popsicle-orange nail lacquers, industrial-sized cone dryers and faded posters of models showing off seventies-era shag cuts. In Alameda, the pamper palaces have arrived.

Entering Her Zone

Strokes of airy watercolor wash over like the very waves to which she is so often drawn. Silent and still, yet somehow breezy, her dreamy pastel interpretations reflect her own sentiments of both the local and slightly more exotic landscapes portrayed.

Proud Pioneers in Aviation

Alameda was once the terminus of the most famous air service in the world, specifically, Pan American Airways. Today, however, the closest that airplanes get to the town is on ascents after taking off from Oakland International Airport.

West Side Story

Since a wooden trestle spanning San Antonio Creek first connected pre-Island Alameda to downtown Oakland in 1871, Webster Street has, for better and worse, been the vanguard of the West End.

January-February DEPARTMENTS

Polls	Local Sounds	Community Blog	Snapshots	Best Of

Can Alameda restaurants compete with Oakland restaurants in terms of quality and appeal? Click here to vote!	Earl J. Rivard You can't keep the good ones down. Alameda native Earl J. Rivard was hit by a car when he was four months old and then, later in life, was hit two more times. The blind and partially-paralyzed Rivard doesn't let any of this get him down, releasing Troubadour Blue. Track: "Saving Face." » Local Sounds Archive	The Associated at Lost Weekend July 31, 2008 Those crazy cats are back. That's right, check Lost Weekend regulars The Associated at—you guessed it—the Lost Weekend this Saturday. It is the release party for their great new record,... more »	View pics from: • Save our Music • Rosenblum's March Madness • Boys and Girls Club Annual Auction • Midway Shelter 17th Have a Heart Gala • Mardi Gras Masquerade Party • Alameda Civic Ballet Auction • Kiwanis Club Chili Cook-Off • Saint Philip Neri Crab Feed • SJND 27th Crab Feed • Slow Food Alameda • A Grand Gala • Theatre Grand Opening	Best of Alameda • Best Of Alameda Party 2007 • Best of 2007 • Best of 2006 • Best of 2005