Alhambra, California

Alhambra, California’s name came from the book, Tales from the Alhambra by Washington Irving.  Alhambra, California is around eight miles east from Downtown Los Angeles.  Alhambra major roads and Freeways would include: Atlantic and Valley Boulevards, Main Street, Garfield and Fremont Avenues, Mission Road, I-10 and I-710.

Italian, Mexican and Chinese influence is found throughout Alhambra’s streets.  Chinese culture has a very large influence in businesses in Alhambra.  The Chinese have developed many businesses on Valley Boulevard including Chinese restaurants, Chinese shops, Chinese supermarkets, Chinese banks, Chinese massage parlors and much more.  Valley Boulevard is a national place for many Asian-owned bank headquarters.  The San Gabriel Lunar New Year Parade and Festival is celebrated each year  and broadcasted live on Chinese radio.  The San Gabriel Lunar Year Parade and Festival is done on Valley Boulevard.  The historic Garfield Theatre was bought to play Chinese-language films but later was converted into what now is known as “The Hat”.  “The Hat”, a commercial center is filled with Chinese eateries and stores.

Alhambra is extremely close to many coastal areas.  Some of these coastal areas would include Playa del Rey, CA, Marina del Rey, CA , Manhattan Beach, CA , Redondo Beach, CA, and Long Beach Harbor, CA.

For a wonderful meal there are plenty of restaurants, eateries and coffee shops in Alhambra, California that will satisfy anyone’s taste buds and will be friendly to anyone’s pocket.  Some of these restaurants, eateries and coffee shops in Alhambra include: Angelena's Restaurant, Applebee's Bar & Grill, Cafe on 2nd, Denny's Restaurant, Diner on Main, Main Street Cafe, Main Street Cafe, Johnny Rockets, Tony Romas, Twohey's Restaurant, Yama Restaurant, Yazmin Malaysian Restaurant, Triumphal Palace, Thai Purple, Tamaya Restaurant, Shakas Restaurant, Pho 79 Vietnamese Restaurant, Panda Express, Hop Woo Chinese Restaurant, Crane Sushi, Bluecherry Yogurt Bar, Coldstone Creamery, Fosselman's Ice Cream Co., Lovebird's Cafe and Bakery, Perfectly Sweet, Sweet Annie's Chocolates, Temptations Chocolate Factory, 38˚, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, iBrowse Coffee & Internet, Starbucks Coffee Company, Tea Station, cha FOR TEA, Bistro 39, Mahan Indian Restaurant, Wahib's Middle East Restaurant, Fronteras Mexican Grill & Cantina, Cuban Bistro, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill and Ambiente Restaurant/Nightclub.

Alhambra has many stores for shopping lovers and visitors; shopping lovers and visitors will find everything they need in the variety of stores that Alhambra has to choose from.  Some of these stores in Alhambra would include:  Alhambra Beauty Supply, Alhambra Camera, Alhambra Nail & Beauty Salon, Alhambra Nutrition Center, Apsara, Apricot Fashions, Banana Wireless, Circle Wireless, CVS/pharmacy, Demoiselle, Fruit in a Basket, Furniture Mart, Happy Paws Boutique-Grooming, Honibay Fashion, Jeffs Sporting Goods, In Motion, La Source Gems, Inc, Lemon Fashions, Lieberg's Hallmark Shop, McCormick's Pet Emporium, Main Street Attraction, Main Street Tickets, Marini Music, Melody's Cosmetics, Mervyn's Department Store, MJ's Barbershop, New Life Christian Bookstore, Nucleus, Paul Mitchell School / Cao Institute, Perfume Station, Prober's Shoes, Ross Dress for Less, Sports Palace,Tee City, Tom's Men's Wear and Uniforms, Inc., The UPS Store, Xian Zi Beauty Center, Inc. and York Fashion.

Edwards Renaissance Stadium 14 and Edwards Atlantic Palace 10 are two movie theatres that are great places to go watch a movie.  For dance entertainment and live music some of the places to visit in Alhambra are Ambiente Restaurant & Nightclub, Azul Bar & Nightclub, Cuban Bistro, Havana House, Main Street Cafe, The Granada, Sapphire Lounge, Shakas Restaurant and Wahib's Middle Eastern Restaurant. People who like the arcade / billiard atmosphere should visit Ultra Zone Alhambra and The Cue Ball.

People who enjoy museums, art exhibits and galleries would love Alhambra Historical Museum, Art Lyceum, Alhambra City Hall Art Gallery, Nucleus - Art Gallery, Shorb Garden, Bronze Statues of Benjamin Wilson at Alhambra Renaissance Plaza and Amor Art Gallery/Hits Fine Art Connection.  The Lizard Theatre Company presents short plays and offers acting classes and workshops for young people and adults.

Not only does Alhambra have places to visit; there are also many entertainment venues in the cities nearby.   Some of the venues in the cities nearby would include: Aquarium of the Pacific, Arboretum of Los Angeles County, Arrowhead Pond, California Science Center/Exposition Park, Catalina Island, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Disneyland, Dodger Stadium, Grand Romance Showboat, Greek Theater, Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood Wax Museum, Huntington Library, Ice House (Comedy Club), Knotts Berry Farm, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles Times CalendarLive.com, Los Angeles Zoo, Magic Mountain, Mann Theaters, Mark Taper Forum/Ahmanson Theater, Medieval Times, Music Center/Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, NBC Studio Tour, Norton Simon Museum, Olvera Street, Pacific-Asia Museum, Paramount Film and TV Studio, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Rose Bowl/Rose Bowl Parade, Queen Mary, San Gabriel Civic Auditorium, San Gabriel Mission, Santa Anita Race Track, Shrine Auditorium, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. Studios.

People who are planning to visit Alhambra, California might want to consider arriving at the Los Angeles International Airport.  Los Angeles International Airport is around thirty minutes away from Alhambra by car.  The airline carriers would include Southwest Airlines, Us Airways, Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, Avianca, Hawaiian Airlines, TACA, Sunwing Airlinnes, Virgin Atlantic, Wet Jet, Alaska Airlines, V Australia, Virgin America, American Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Qantas, Aeromexico, Air Jamaica, Alitalia, Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, Continental Airlines, Copa Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines, United Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Air Pacific, Air Tahiti Nui, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Copa Airlines, El Al, Emitates, EVA Air, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, LAN Airlines, LTU International, Lafthansa, Malaysia Airlinrs, Mexicana, Philippine Airlines, Phillippine Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways International and Vietnam Airlines.

For a nice calm and peaceful stay in Alhambra, there are many hotels that vary in price and tastes for everyone.  Such hotels in Alhambra would include:  Comfort Inn Anaheim, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Hollywood Sunset, Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens, Miyako Hotel Los Angeles, Comfort Suites John Wayne Airport, Grafton on Sunset, Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles, Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel Anaheim Resort, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Pasadena-Colorado Blvd., Fremont Inn Alhambra, Alhambra Motel, Days Inn Los Angeles and Alhambra Inn & Suites.

We all know how important conservation is, now more then ever, Reduce, Reuse Recycle programs better known as Green or Greening are the responsibility of all people in all places. These are some of Alhambra, California’s programs, in place to help in Environmental Development: The City of Alhambra promotes the reduction, reusing and recycling of products.  Alhambra also, encourages the community to conserve water and electricity.  Alhambra has many recycling and reuse centers.  These centers in Alhambra accept, broken asphalt and concrete, clean dirt, beverage containers, glass and plastic containers, newspapers, cardboard, tin cans, metals, mixed paper, cellular phones, batteries, chargers, reusable clothing, reusable shoes, reusable furniture, household appliances, yard waste, used computers, packing peanuts, used motor oil, used filters and much more!  Alhambra has a commitment to ensure green spaces are created and preserved. Alhambra is concerned with its Urban Environment as well as the Global Environment, From low-flow toilets to conserving gas in our cars and homes, planting trees, shrubs and even a garden to supply some fruits and vegetables helps in taking small step towards Environmental Protection and Conservation, our precious natural recourses hang in the balance. Many cities have issues with the amount of water or the pollution of water, it is each cities responsibility to address these issues and find ways to develop Environmental friendly Energy such as Wind and Solar power, increase Water Energy and create Sustainable Energy for generations to come.  Over the last Century we have managed to pollute our world to a point of all most no return. www.beemazed.com is committed to Environmental Development and will make as many green products and services available as an alternative for people that are concerned for our environment.  Many companies are learning Green not only helps the Environment but is also a good business.  The Green Economy and Emerging Green Industries if managed properly will have a great impact on the Ecology Environment and in turn assist in preserving our natural recourses. As a commitment to the our Environment and Environmental Projects www.beemazed.com will create a Simply Green link that will profile companies that provide Green Products and Services this link may be found on every page of www.beemazed.com website.  In addition you may find stories from Individuals, Communities and Businesses that have innovative ways to assist in the greening and conservation of our Environment.  www.beemazed.com will contribute 5% of sales from companies that place ads in the Simply Green section of the website.  These donations will go directly to organizations that have proven to make a positive impact on the Environment. All donations will be listed in the Simply Green section of www.beemazed.com

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