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The Experience, Castro Valley: ParkFest

The Experience:

Celebrate 90 Years of parklands!

We are so privileged to live in the East Bay surrounded by the 126,809 beautiful acres of East Bay Regional Parks! The EBRP features 73 parks and is the largest regional park district of its kind in the nation with 55 miles of shoreline, and over 1,330 miles of trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties,

Join your parklands friends at ParkFest to celebrate their 90 years on Saturday, May 11th at Lake Chabot, 10am- 4pm.

Food & Beer:

  • Drake’s Brewing
  • Golden Gate Gyro
  • Waffle Roost

Main stage

  • Alphabet Rockers
  • Oakadelic
  • Los Cenzontles
  • Black Cat Zydeco
  • Berkeley High School Jazz Band
  • Leung’s White Crane Dragon & Lion Dance Association

Kids Zone, Silly Circus Show, Prescott Circus and more.

17600 Lake Chabot Rd. in Castro Valley Many visitors are expected to attend ParkFest. Please consider alternative methods to reach the park. We recommend biking, or using the trip planner provided by AC Transit or BART. Lake Chabot Information

Toll Free: 888-EBPARKS (888-327-2757), option 3, extension 4536

Where!

17600 Lake Chabot Rd. in Castro Valley

https://www.ebparks.org/parkfest

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The Experience, San Leandro: Top Hatters Kitchen & Cocktails

The Experience:

Top Hatters Kitchen & Cocktails serves up the most excellent curbside service

What was once a midcentury hat shop is now the purveyor of an eclectic mix of flavorful dishes delivered right to your car. And Chef DanVy Vu and her delivery servers are  friendly and happy to see you! Try the bowl of Chick peas with lentil chutney, sumac yogurt, cucumber and herbs or the seared rice cakes with Chinese sausage or Bo Bia – vegetarian spring rolls with peanut sauce. You can order here and schedule a time for pickup. A serene outdoor patio  awaits  your visit when they re-open seating. Check their FB page for updates on re-opening.

Where:

855 MacArthur Blvd
San Leandro
(510) 777-9777

http://tophatterskitchen.com

By |2020-07-08T15:11:21-07:00June 10th, 2020|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Discover Lake Chabot: San Leandro’s Beautiful Hidden Gem!

Every morning the light changes the mood of Lake Chabot. Every day new discoveries unfold as you make your way around the lake.

After sheltering in place for over two months, you may be ready for that 4-hour hike. Or just an hour hike? Entering the park from Estudillo Dr off the I 580, the walk all the way around Lake Chabot is 9 miles. Trekking to Bass Cove and back is only 3. To tour the whole lake, be sure to pack in a lunch or power bars with lots of water.  You will be amazed by the stunning vistas along the path – views of the lake through an artist’s eyes. Lush green oaks, manzanita, cedar, pines and eucalyptus are painted with wildflower displays such as the Shortstem Morning Glory and Baby Blue Eyes. Here is their plant identification guide to get you started.and their Lake Chabot Califlora guide.

Built in 1874 as the primary source of water for the East Bay Lake Chabot reservoir still serves as a standby emergency water resource today.  A historical tour of the lake starts at the beginning of the trail  as it moves to the marina. The lake is over 300 acres and is stocked with trout and catfish, along with bass and other fish. Talk to the fishermen to hear their ‘stories’. At Bass Cove one caught a two-foot long trout last weekend and grilled it. He said it tasted like salmon and even his children loved it.  He came back for more. So maybe, take your fishing pole and a fold-up chair? But be sure to stay 6’ apart from others who are fishing.

Dogs on leash and 6’ apart with their human companions on the trail and everyone, including Ginger, will be happy. And don’t forget you can always take the path less traveled. Enjoy!

Park map

Trail guide

By |2020-07-08T20:20:48-07:00May 24th, 2020|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Pub Crawl Thru San Leandro Breweries for OcDROberfest on Saturday!

21st Amendment Brewery +

Cleophus Quealy Beer Co + Drake’s Brewing

invite you to join them

at the third annual OkDROberfest

to celebrate beer and brewing in San Leandro!

Special this year: a collaboration beer from all three breweries –

a Märzen called Eins is the Loneliest Number 

“There’s one time of year that you literally must hold a stein and wear your lederhosen,” says Megan Andrews, Marketing Manager at 21st Amendment Brewery. “That time is now, and OkDROberfest is the best way to do it. Free shuttle to all our amazing breweries here in San Leandro? And a pint at each brewery? Das ist a no-brainer.”

WHEN: Saturday, October 6th, 12noon -5pm

WHERE:

  1. Cleophus Quealy Beer Company, 448 Hester St  Directions
  2. 21st Amendment Brewery, 2010 Williams St Directions
  3. Drake’s Brewing Company, 1933 Davis St #177 Directions
  4. San Leandro BART station: First shuttle at noon. Last shuttle leaves at 5/5:30 back to BART

WHAT: San Leandro’s three breweries join forces to host the city’s 3rd annual OkDROberfest.

  • Each tasting room will showcase the brewery’s own spin on Oktoberfest with different beer selections
  • Each brewery will have specialty one-off Oktoberfest-styled beers brewed specially for this event
  • Food:
    • Each brewery will have its own representation of German-inspired cuisine – think sausages, pretzels & more
    • Regular food offerings will also be available at each spot.
  • Music:
    • Oktoberfest themed music will be playing at each brewery
    • From 3-6pm 21st Amendment will have live music from Fault Line Blues Band
  • Two Brew Hop shuttles stopping at each brewery & San Leandro BART Station for safe transportation to each spot
  • Tickets are $20 pre-sale or $25 at the door
  • Ticket cost includes:

    Cornhole at 21st Amendment

    • access to the shuttle
    • three (3) beer tokens
    • & an OkDROberfest Stein to take home.
    • Designated driver tickets are also available for $5 and include shuttle access, but no beer.
  • Tickets available online here

SPECIAL NOTES:

  • OkDROberfest festivities are limited to guests 21+
  • Dogs are welcome outdoors, per each brewery’s tap room rules; however, they are not allowed on the Brew Hop shuttle
  • Come visit and have a great time with your old friends and make some new friends!!
  • Eins is the Loneliest Number
By |2018-10-02T17:50:35-07:00October 2nd, 2018|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Early Morning at Lake Chabot

Magical Morning as the fog lifts   Photo/Christina Samuelson

Early morning is a great time for a three to five mile hike along Lake Chabot in the East Bay Regional Parks District. Immersing yourself in nature starts the day with bunnies and fawns crossing your path, the fog lifting from the water and skies waking up. Fishermen head out for their day’s catch and hikers take on the hill challenge. Each day presents a different painting and each painting is full of its own beauty.

How to get there:

Exiting off the 580 at the  Estudillo exit, take Estudillo east under the freeway for about a minute and you can park in San Leandro’s Chabot Park parking lot and head up the hill. Here’s the trail guide. Enjoy!

A bit of history from EBRPD website:

Lands that became Grass Valley Regional Park in 1952 (later Anthony Chabot Regional Park) were on territory east of what would become Oakland and San Leandro, an area where Native Americans collected acorns and other staples of their diet. Today the 5,069-acre park and its lake are named for Anthony Chabot, a pioneer California businessman and philanthropist who created Lake Chabot by building an earth-fill dam in 1874-75.

Lake Chabot Reservoir (served) as a primary source of water for the East Bay. The 315-acre lake was closed to recreation for 91 years. Legislation passed in the 1960s opened the lake for controlled recreational uses. Currently, the lake serves as a standby emergency water supply. For this reason, visitors are asked to observe certain necessary regulations to keep the waters pure. (Read more about the history)

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