Kirk's Recreation Links

Airline Travel

Amateur Radio

ARRL (Pacific Division)
Clubs
- CCRA (Contra Costa County)
- EBARC (East Bay--Albany)
- LARK (Livermore/Tri-Valley)
- MDARC (Mt. Diablo)
- SBARA (South Bay--Fremont)
- SCCARA (Santa Clara County)
- SFARC (San Francisco)
Repeaters
- Open Repeaters (California--partial)
- Northern California Repeater List

Auctions

Amazon.com
Bid.com
BoxLot
DoveBid (the original hi-tech auction company)
eBay
Mercata
OnSale
uBid.com
ZAuction
Auction Search Engines
- Auction Watch
- Overbid
Utilities

Audio and Video

Acoustic Sciences Corp. (Tube Traps)
Audio and Video Publications
Audio Engineering Society
Audiolab
Audioseek (search engine)
Bottlehead (tube equipment and diy)
Bright Star Audio
Parts Express
Home Audio
- AudioWeb (Audio Amateur, Speaker Builder)
- GoodSound
- HiFi Heaven (reviews and articles)
- HiFi Pages
- rec.audio FAQs
- Recommended Components (misc sources)
- Stereophile Recommendations 1996
- Unofficial Nakamichi Cassette Deck Page
- Nakamichi Cassette Deck FAQ
Home Theater
Speakers
- DIY Loudspeakers
- Falcon Acoustics (excellent kits & crossovers)
- Gold Sound (good kits)
- Madisound (excellent)
- Meniscus Audio
- Parts Express
- Solen
- Sound Clearing House
- Speaker Builder
- Speaker Building
- Speaker City
- Speakerlab
- Zalytron (good bargains)
- Driver Manufacturers
  - Audax (Audax France)
  - Dynaudio
  - Focal
  - Morel USA
  - Peerless
  - Scan-Speak
  - Seas
  - Vifa (Vifa USA)
    - Tweeter Mods: Site1 Site2

Automotive

EPA Fuel Economy Guide
Safety Tests & Specs
Sparrow electric vehicle
Auto Parts
Auto Rental
Classic Cars
- ACD Museum
- 1997 ACD Festival
Vehicle Prices
- Auto Mall USA
- Car Prices (new & used)
- Edmund's Car Guides
- Intellichoice
- Kelley Blue Book
Vehicle Sales
- 2BuySell (Bay Area cars)
- Auto-by-Tel
- AutoNationUSA
- Auto Trader (used cars)
- AutoVantage (good prices in writing)
- Autoweb (not discount; referrals to local dealers)
- Buggy Bank (Berkeley)
- CarOrder (discount)
- CarPoint
- Carsave Auto Buying Service
- CarsDirect (discount)
- Carsmart
- Costco Auto Services
- iMotors (used cars)
- Trader Online (nice!)

Cooking & Food

Barbecue
- Bar-B-Que Specialties (vertical smokers and accessories)
- Barbecue'n on the Internet (Texas-style; excellent site!)
- Barbeques Galore
- Klose BBQ Pits (Custom pits and accessories; great site)
- Kansas City Barbecue Connection
- Texas-Style Barbecue Sauces
- Dick Cricket's Barbecue Recipes
- Garry's BBQ Pit (also Garry's Texas Cookin')
- Collected Dry Rub Recipes
- Collected Barbecue Sauce Recipes
- Collected Barbecue Recipes
- Weber Grills
- Let's Q!
- Restaurants
Beef
Cajun Injector (deep fried turkey)
Coffee
Grocers
Hot & Spicy Food
- Club Garlic
- Gilroy, CA ("garlic capitol of the world")
- Garlic Festival Foods
- The Garlic Shoppe
- Gillio Garlic Farms
Housewares
- General Housewares (Chicago Cutlery)
- Northwest Cutlery
- Premium Knives
- Shoplite Cutlery
Recipes
Water
- Bottled Water Web
- Alhambra (analysis)
- Arrowhead (analysis)
- Black Mountain Spring Water (analysis)
- Calistoga (analysis)
- Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water (analysis)
- Water.com (Belmont, Crystal, Hinkley, Sierra springs)

Department, Hardware & Variety

Dining

Guides and Lists
- Bay Area Restaurant Guide
- Bay Area Restaurants
- Berkeley Area Restaurants
- BonViv - Dining Out (Bay Area)
- CuisineNet (major US cities)
- San Francisco Focus Restaurant Guide
Individual Restaurants
- Armadillo Willy's Texas Barbecue (South SF Bay Area)
- Austin's Texas Barbecue (Sunnyvale)
- Back Forty Texas Barbecue (Pleasant Hill, CA)
- Corky's BBQ (Memphis; overnight delivery)
- Menara Moroccan Restaurant (San Jose)
- Rick's Famous Barbecue (Carrolton, TX)
- Rudy's Barbecue (Texas; great sause)
- Sonny Bryan's Barbecue (Dallas, TX)
- The Stinking Rose (SF & LA)
- Waves Smokehouse (San Jose)
Meals Delivered
- Cook Express (prepared meals to cook at home)

Games

NTN Trivia Game
Puremco (dominoes)

Parks

Photography

Sports

Auto Racing
Climbing
- ClimbingShoes.com
- Planet Granite (Santa Clara)
Truck & Tractor Pulls
Rodeo
- Livermore Pro Rodeo
Skiing
- Cal Lodge
- On The Snow
- SF Gate Ski Report
- Sierra Club
- Ski Central
- Tahoe Guide
- Individual Ski Areas
  - Bear Valley
  - Royal Gorge
Spelunking/Caving
- California Cavern Tours
- National Speleological Society

Travel

Western Wear

Alcala's (Chicago)
Boot Barn
Boot Hill
Boot Town
Callahan's General Store
Denim Express
Double J Western Wear
Head West
Horseman's Western World
Langston's
RCC Western Stores
Sheplers
West Texas Western Store
Western Mall
Western Warehouse
Boot Info
- Boot Merchants on the Web
- Cowboy Boot Web Page ("A Tribute to Cowboy Boots")
- Cowboy Boots Online
- Walk this Way (article about boots)
Boot Manufacturers
Wrangler Jeans

Woodworking

Miscellaneous

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Last modified August 10, 2006 by Kirk Bertsche, KBertsche@aol.com