by burtkauf | Mar 25, 2015 | BEHIND THE CAMERA, Behind the Scenes, Huell Howser, Part 2
Did you know that Huell was once mooned in the middle of an episode?! Read that story and more in Part Two of the three-part series of questions and answers with Huell’s production team Ryan Morris, Phil Noyes, and Michael Garber, now up on our site:Behind the...
by burtkauf | Mar 25, 2015 | 50s, Beany's, CA, Diner, Drive Thru, drive-in, Fifties, Halcyon, Hamburger Place, Hamburgers, Long Beach, Restaurants
Beany’s Drive Thru Long Beach Ca ’53 – Rare Video Brings Back Halcyon EraThey don’t make ’em like this anymore…Beany’s Drivein Restaurant Long Beach, CA 1952-53. Anyone out there remember this place or others like...
by burtkauf | Mar 25, 2015 | Biography, California's Gold, Facebook, History, Huell Howser, Notes
Shows that could have been: Walt Disney Family Museum, Julia Morgan, Mayme Clayton Library and others. Learn more on the last installment of the three-part series of questions and answers with Huell’s production team Ryan Morris, Phil Noyes, and Michael...
by burtkauf | Mar 17, 2015 | Bay Trail, CA, Glen Ellen, Jack London, Jack Londson State Park, Ridge Trail, Trails
Click here to subscribe to mailing list Jack London State Park Now Features London Estate and Miles of TrailsJack London packed in a LOT during his short 40 year life (1876-1916) and covered a LOT of ground in his day. Without the aid of modern transit, he...
by burtkauf | Mar 16, 2015 | hidden, Lafayette, trail, Walcott
Hike thorugh some Beautiful Back Yards and Home Vineyards on Lafayette’s Walcott Trail Imagine neighbors allowing trail passage through their yards?Believe it or not, it happens on the Walcott(sp) trail off Happy Valley Road in Lafayette, Ca, And, it...
by burtkauf | Mar 15, 2015 | California Places, Downton Los Angeles, Howser's California, Huell Howser, HUELL HOWSER'S GREATEST HITS, HUELL HOWSWER, HUELL HOWSWER'S Greatest Hits, Huell Retro, Map
MORE ON HUELL HOWSER and his California’s GoldHuell Howser’s CaliforniaHuell Howser’s CaliforniaOh, the places he’s gone! Click on the map to explore landmarks Huell Howser has visited over the years.Here’s an episode from Huell’s...
by burtkauf | Mar 15, 2015 | Ann Rutherford, Anne Jeffries, Burt Reynolds, French Garden, George Jones, Hollywood, Huell Howser, HUELL HOWSER'S GREATEST HITS, HUELL HOWSWER, HUELL HOWSWER'S Greatest Hits, Los Angeles, Tammy Wynette
Ann Rutherford, left, Huell Howser and Anne Jeffreys at French Garden Restaurant around 2010.Huell Lunches with the ‘Two Anns,’ Golden Era Actresses at Hollywood’s French Garden, Tammy Wynette This video and others may be purchased along...
by burtkauf | Mar 12, 2015 | Bicycle Trail, Bicycles, Contra Costa, Danville, Diablo, Expensive Homes
Entering Diablo, a tiny town just inside or outside Danville, with the most expensive homes in Contra Costa county. (Get there by taking the El Cerro exit off Fwy 680 and go about a mile until you reach Diablo Rd. Stay on Diablo until you reach the...
by burtkauf | Feb 23, 2015 | Andrew Weil, Auschwitz, Living Ship Day, Nazi Germany, USS Hornet
USS HORNET LIVING SHIP DAYin the shadow of AuschwitzSpent most of Feb 19, 2015 aboard the USS Hornet aircraft carrier, best known for its participation in World War II as well as the last three Apollo missions. It was decomissioned in the late 1960s and today...
by burtkauf | Feb 22, 2015 | Alameda, Forbidden Island, Steel guitar, Tiki, Tiki Bar, Tiki Lounge
America’s Top Tiki Bar and Lounge – Forbidden Island, Alameda, CAForbidden Island is regarded as the top tiki bar with is authentic polynesian interior based on a real ship wreck in the Fiji Isalnds back in the 1940s. The drinks are pretty authentic...