Post #493315 by Mai Tai on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 3:03 PM

Believe it or not, good ol' Huell Howser just did an episode on Alameda, and it just finished airing in the Bay Area on PBS channel 9 KQED at 2pm. It's a new episode from his show California Communities. It covers Park St. and it's revitalization, the newly restored historic Alameda Theater, Ole's Waffle Shop, Tucker's Ice Cream Shop - especially for Unga :wink:, the Blanding Shopping Center and the Estuary and "Oakland Riviera". Huell mentioned that there's two wineries on Alameda, and also "the place that makes vodka" (St. George Spirits/Hangar One), but when he went over to the old Naval Air Station, he only went to the converted aircraft hangar that is now an indoor rec center, Bladium - lame! You think he could have given Lance and they boys at Hangar One a little credit, same with Rosenblum Cellars. Oh, and he skipped Forbidden Island, too! Also, he didn't really talk at all about the U.S.S. Hornet, or the history of the Navy base, or the Antiques By The Bay swap meet. Nor did he talk about the abundance of Queen Anne Victorian houses that were brought over here by barge from San Francisco, but he briefly showed a picture or two of a few. Nor did he show the beach, or the view of San Francisco from both there and the Navy base. But overall, if anyone wants to see what Alameda's all about generally, and what it currently looks like, you should check out this video.

California's Communities #111 - ALAMEDA and those who can't find the episode on tv or online can purchase it here as a last resort.

Interesting trivia fact #1: Alameda is second only to Marina Del Ray in California for number of boat slips.

Interesting trivia fact #2: Huell is an ex Marine.