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Waterfront Mysteries

Published: February, 2003 Just a mile or so out of Alameda, you’ll find it…..there on Doolittle Drive, just before you get to Swan Way. It’s been there for years and years, or at least for the 27 years that I’ve lived here, but its origins have always been a mystery. My kids used to make […]

Variety is King at Third Street AleWorks

By Joel WilliamsPublished: April, 2008  Thanks to the friendly wait staff and customers I met there, I found out that it is a popular happy hour hangout; the outdoor Beer Garden is especially inviting on a nice spring day. Founders Jim Tasley, Todd Hedrick and Chris Hagan opened the AleWorks in 1996 with a vision […]

Bikes on Boats

Published: July, 2003 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) has proposed a plan to expand the Bay Area’s ferry system that ought to make cyclists pretty happy. Not only has the WTA recommended reaching as many as eight additional communities around the Bay Area by ferry, but it plans to mandate bike-friendly […]