January Meeting will take place in a former Alameda NAS hanger in Alameda. We will meet at the shop of the unique Berkeley store called Craftsman Home.

From the name you might gather, and correctly so, that this business is related to the Craftsman style of furniture and furnishings. The shop performs two important functions for the business: restoring Craftsman furniture (and maybe other items like lamps) and building modern Craftsman-style furniture. What we get to see may in part depend on what happens to be in the shop when we visit on the evening of January 17th.

Our host for the evening will be the proprietor of the business: Mr. Lee Jester. You can learn more about his products and business by visiting their website: www.craftsmanhome.com. This will be an interesting visit for anyone who has visited such California landmarks as The Gamble House in Pasadena which was designed by architects (brothers) known as Greene & Greene. (By the way, our new club President Craig Mineweaser was honored to stay overnight at The Gamble House because of his work with historic structures.) If you like the Craftsman style this should be a cherished meeting, and if you don't particularly like the style then the information about the woodworking and the shop will be plenty of interesting. They do have a store at 3048 Claremont Ave. in Berkeley. Their MISSION says "Honest Furniture for the Home and Heart."

By the way, don't forget to bring something for Show and Tell!

Meeting Location

From the Bay Bridge
Take the I-880 s exit towards ALAMEDA/AIRPORT/SAN JOSE. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto W. GRAND AVE. Turn right onto SAN PABLO AVE. Turn slight right onto CITY HALL PLZ. Turn left onto 14th ST/INTERNATIONAL DR. Turn right onto BROADWAY. Turn left to take the ramp towards ALAMEDA. Stay straight to go into WEBSTER ST TUBE/CA 260. See below for the rest of the route.
From the North
From I-880 take the WEST GRAND AVE exit towards MARITIME ST. Turn left onto W.GRAND AVE. Turn right onto SAN PABLO AVE. Turn slight right onto CITY HALL PLZ. Turn left onto 14th ST/INTERNATIONAL DR. Turn right onto BROADWAY. Turn left to take the ramp towards ALAMEDA. Stay straight to go into WEBSTER ST TUBE/CA 260. See below for the rest of the route.
From the South
From I-880 N take the BROADWAY exit toward DOWNTOWN. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Turn left onto BROADWAY. Turn left to take the ramp towards ALAMEDA. Stay straight to go into the WEBSTER TUBE/CA 260. See below for the rest of the route.
For all routes once in the Webster Tube
Turn slight right onto WEBSTER ST. Turn right on Atlantic Avenue (the edge of the College of Alameda is on your right). Drive to Alameda Point (former NAS or Naval Air Station) Go through Main Gate, around aircraft and continue on Atlantic Avenue to Ferry Point (a "T" intersection and Atlantic ends.) Turn left on Ferry Point. The Craftsman Home workshop is located in the second building on your left. The entrance is next to the BIG turquoise "N".