Livermore Valley Wine Country

Alden Lane Nursery

4 points

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Lake Del Valle

4 points

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Shadow Cliffs

4 points

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Purple Orchid Inn Resort and Spa

3 points

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Photographed by Kim Giancaterino (September 2009)

Fanucchi Family Granada Bowling Center

3 points

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Mural Adjacent to First Street

Downtown Livermore, California

Livermore Street Sign

LIVERMORE City Limit Sign - High Quality Aluminum

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 11/09/2009)

Brand new aluminum sign, rounded corners, predrilled for easy hanging. Size: 4 x 18 inches

Yelp Reviews on Active Life in Livermore

Here's what Yelpers have to say about Active Life in 94550

The Course at Wente Vineyards (Livermore): "I recently moved to California from Seattle area and playing golf every week enjoying the sun but this course was the best one so far in south bay area...." more
Mines Road (Livermore): "Wonderful to drive through. I can imagine if I had a convertable, what would be nice! But don't go too fast. There's plenty of wild animals that can jump..." more
Granada Bowl (Livermore): "This place reminds me of the bowling alley my parents bowled at, and took me to for league nights in the mid-70's back in Ohio. Racks of house balls, pro..." more
Del Valle Regional Park (Livermore): "I'm giving this a 4 perhaps because I had low expectations, and Del Valle exceeded them. We decided to take a short, one-night trip in our Volkswagen..." more
Cosmic Dog Yoga Studio & Boutique (Livermore): "I wanted to save my 300th review for something really special. I promised Ben P. that I wouldn't write another review about a nail salon (see Ben? I..." more

The Photographer Who Put Livermore on the Map

Suburbia

Photography by Bill Owens

In 1972, Livermore Independent news photographer Bill Owens spent his Saturdays photographing residents of Livermore. The project lasted a full year and resulted in a widely renowned volume entitled Suburbia. As he explained it in an Art a GoGo interview, The photographs for "Suburbia" weren't done by accident. I put together a shooting script of events that I wanted to photograph ... Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Birthday's, etc. I got a small grant, and began taking photographs every Saturday for a year, so basically "Suburbia" was shot in 52 days. After I finished the photographs, I realized that I had a book, but I never set out with the intention of doing a book.

Since that time, his photos have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout Europe and North America. Many Suburbia photographs are available at the Bill Owens website. Be sure to watch the slideshows, which feature photos from the author's other works, including Our Kind of People, Working, and Leisure.

Bill Owens Quote Courtesy of Doug Lang, Art a GoGo

Bill Owens

by: A.M. Homes, Bill Owens

Amazon Price: $43.87 (as of 11/09/2009)

In his most recent photos, many of which are in color and previously unpublished, Owens reveals how suburbia has evolved in the last 40 years--from the friendly place he captured in the 1970s to one characterized by sprawl and anonymity.

Bill Owens Books on eBay

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Notable Livermore Residents

Max Baer
Boxing Heavyweight Champion

Tamara E. "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D.
NASA Astronaut

Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff, Ph.D.
NASA Astronaut

James DePaiva
Actor, One Life to Live

Jill Whelan
Actress, The Love Boat

Sandra Irwin
First Woman Plebe, U.S. Military Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

The Infamous Misspelled Mosaic

Livermore Public Library

Imagine everyone's surprise when the Livermore Public Library unveiled a 16-foot diameter mosaic peppered with misspelled words! The story, bouyed by national media coverage, piqued the curiousity of visitors, anxious to spot all 11 errors. Artist Maria Alquilar felt the people of Livermore just "didn't understand art." Even so, one must wonder if William Shakespere or Albert Eistein would be amused. The artist reluctantly corrected the mistakes, though several are captured for posterity in the photo gallery, below.

Image used under Creative Commons from squidish (Flickr)
Mosaic Misspelling Photos Courtesy of joelt (Flickr)

Livermore Library Mosaic Gaffes

Since Repaired at an Additional Cost of $6,000 to the City

Eistein (Einstein)

Nefertite (Nefertiti)

Shakespere (Shakespeare)

Thesues (Theseus)

Virgen (Virgin)

Essential Elements

A Novel by Livermore Author Sal Hisola

Essential Elements

by: Sal Hisola

Amazon Price: $26.50 (as of 11/09/2009)

From the Dust Jacket: After working 23 years as a design engineering associate, Sal Hisola retired in 2003 from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, CA. LLNL has been managed for more than 50 years by the University of California at Berkeley; consequently Sal became a beneficiary of the generous and fiscally sound UC Retirement System. Essential Elements is his fourth novel.

Livermore Restaurants and Eateries

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Restaurant at Wente Vineyards

4 points

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Castle Rock Restaurant

3 points

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Casa Orozco Mexican Restaurants

3 points

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The Grill at Poppy Ridge

2 points

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The Altamont Speedway Free Festival of 1969: A Video Showcase

Cattlemen's Steak House

1 point

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Altamont Pass in Northern California

A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia

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Altamont Pass (elevation 755 feet) is a pass in Northern California, United States, located in the Diablo Range between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley.

The pass carries Interstate 580, heavily congested by Central Valley suburbanization, Altamont Pass Road, which is the original alignment of US 50 before it was bypassed by the present I-580, and two railroad right-of-ways (ROWs). Only one right-of-way is still in use: the old Western Pacific line, now owned by Union Pacific; it is today used for the Altamont Commuter Express, with service to Livermore, Pleasanton, Fremont, and San Jose. The abandoned right-of-way was used by Southern Pacific, which is now part of Union Pacific. This line was the Bay Area's original connection to the transcontinental railroad and was abandoned in 1984 in favor of trackage rights on the ex-Western Pacific line.

The pass is known for the Altamont Pass Wind Farm, one of the earliest in the United States.

Gimme Shelter

The Altamont Pass area is also home to Altamont Speedway, which is known for being the site of the 1969 Altamont Free Concert, a large concert marred by violence.

Mick Jagger at Altamont Speedway

The Rolling Stones

Gimme Shelter

In December 1969, the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane gave a free concert at Altamont Speedway, attended by more than 300,000 fans. Regrettably, the Hell's Angels were in charge of protecting the stage. Brandishing pool cues and knives, the Angels attacked several spectators, killing one. The film intercuts performances with images of violence and teens gone wild, then follows up with the Stones as they view concert footage and reflect on one of the darkest days in rock and roll history.

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Criterion Collection

Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 11/09/2009)

Called "the greatest rock film ever made," this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell's Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment.

The Altamont Concert on Squidoo

A Video Showcase of the Altamont Speedway Free Concert

It was meant to be a day of peace and love—a "Woodstock West," echoing the Bethel, New York festival held four months earlier in August 1969. The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a one-day event held in northern California, on the pass betwe...

The Windmills of Altamont Pass

Livermore Valley Wine Country on Squidoo

Learn More About the Livermore Valley Wineries

Find them all at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Directory

Livermore Valley Wine Country Flickr Photo Gallery

In 1889, the Livermore Valley captured America's first international gold medal for wine at the Paris Exposition, officially placing California on the world wine map. More than a century later, Livermore Valley wines are still popular with residents...

Livermore Valley Wine Country: Directory of Wineries

In 1893, the Livermore Valley was a thriving wine region with more than 4,000 acres of vineyards and 23 wineries. Outside forces nearly devastated the industry. Aphids destroyed more than 1,500 acres of vineyards in the early part of the 1900s, and P...

Livermore Valley Wine Country Headquarters

This group showcases the wineries of Livermore Valley in northern California. Do your part in supporting the wine industry by visiting these wineries (tough work, but someone has to do it!) Then, share your experiences by writing your own Squidoo len...

Livermore Valley Wine Country Video Showcase

Livermore Valley Wine Country The best videos highlighting the Livermore Valley Wine Country are assembled in this showcase, which features productions created by the Tri-Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau, Adventures in Wine Tasting, and Back Roa...

Livermore Valley Wine Map & Visitors Guide

The wineries of the Livermore Valley are artfully depicted in hand drawn, pen and ink watercolor designs on the Livermore Valley Wine Map & Visitors Guide. In addition to Livermore, the region is home to wineries in Pleasanton, Sunol, and Castro Vall...

Are You a Professional Wine Taster?

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Squidoo City Groups

We'll be bringing together all the Squidoo lenses about specific cities. Don't have a lens on your city? Make one now! SCG is growing. Fast!! We've got some great cities, towns and villages from all over the world. Add your lens to the Squid...

The Town Group Headquarters

The Town Group. I suppose a town is rated by the number of people living within the town boundries. This can be different from country to country, If you have a Lens about your town, or one you know a lot about, then join us here and show the world....

Local Area Lenses Headquarters

Local Area Groups This is a group for all local groups. An example would be an existing Group about New York, but at the moment it is buried deep inside the general Travel group. It is not possible for Groups to join Groups, but there is a solut...

Join the 29th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration

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Let's Hear it Through the Grapevine

Have you visited the Livermore Valley Wine Country yet?

CherylK wrote...

I'm in California at least once a year...spend a week or two up in Bodega Bay in the fall and have tasted wine and relaxed in lots of California wine regions from Santa Barbara up to Napa, Sonoma, Russian River and the Anderson Valley But I've never been to the Livermore Valley! Must make that a priority next year. You've really given me the travel bug, again!

Posted October 28, 2009

JaguarJulie wrote...

OMG, now this is an awesome winery lens! I seriously want to go THERE!

Posted October 27, 2009

hlkljgk wrote...

fantastic lens, kim. it's so full of info, has great graphics and interesting videos.

Posted September 22, 2009

Frankster wrote...

Congrats on the well deserved purple star. Livermore Valley is a great place although much hotter in during a lot of the year than I can take.

Posted June 19, 2009