Bladium Sports Club has beautifully restored an old Navy hanger into a multifaceted sports center. Since 2001 at its Alameda location, and in the bay area since 1996, Bladium has served as a sports arena for soccer and hockey leagues, hosted sports-centered birthday parties, offered gym memberships with full access to the entire facility, run Group X classes with pilates and yoga workouts, offered boxing training, and taught rock-climbing with a 35-foot wall and a 10-foot boulder. Upstairs in the facility, overlooking the entire grounds, is a sports bar, complete with flat-screen televisions, food and alcohol. Bladium Sports Club proudly promotes its unique combination of children and adults as a family-oriented gym in which children take gymnasium classes and interact in numerous athletic activities at the same time as their parents use the facility. For kids 8 & up, there is also a Kid's Club room, which has flat-screen televisions and Nintendo Wiis with interactive games, a karaoke system and parentally controled computers.
Breakfast is served all day at this family-owned Millbrae institution and has been since Mother's Day in 1959. As you would guess they make pancakes - lots of them. Their varieties include traditional buttermilk and buckwheat as well as German and Swedish styles and apple, banana, chocolate, blueberry and fresh strawberry. Millbrae Pancake House also has a full menu for lunch and dinner.
Reservations are not accepted on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Their banquet room can accommodate up to 80 people. Take-out orders must be made in person.
This club is located off the marina on Mindanao Way. It was established in 1961 and joined forces with the Santa Monica Yacht Club in 1999. Membership has its privileges and offers racing opportunities, cruises, Friday night music, dinner twice a week, social events and much more. Call for membership opportunities.
You enter into a beautiful garden with the rich smells of incents and flowers. Pacific Cultural Center is a relaxing and comfortable place to be. It doubles as a yoga studio based on the teachings of yogi Baba Hari Dass, who has been silent for the last 50 years. The Ashtanga yoga system is taught here.
There's a large space for rentals and events, but the calendar is generally booked. The events include Congolese dance, Indian temple dance, Afro-Brasilian dance, Guinean West African dance, lectures and classes.
The Hecker Pass Winery is a family-owned and operated winery. In addition to its daily wine tastings, the vineyard's La Vigna event center is available for private events throughout the year.
Martinez Event Center is the place to go in downtown Martinez to hold an event. The Center boasts an executive chef with more than 30 years of experience to help you put together the perfect meal. It also has a full service bar, wait staff, DJ and event planner to help make sure your special day goes off without a hitch. So whether it's a wedding, family reunion or any other event, contact Lisa to get the ball rolling.
