Peaceful afternoons outdoors are timelessly delightful. This Sunday afternoon, I returned to the grounds of the South Bay’s lovely Villa Montalvo. One of my favorite parts of the villa’s grounds is the spectacular garden that is home to classic statues in the midst of beautiful landscape design. There, old-world mediteranean classic is juxtaposed with modern southwestern … More A Walk in the Park
Thousands of San Joseians hit the polls yesterday for the ever underestimated General Election, and like on any Tuesday following the first Monday of the eleventh month, the people of America had to make some key local and state-wide decisions. Since this year has marked one of the dryest in the state’s history, Proposition 1, … More Voting is Sexy — Election Day 2014
The SoFA Street Fair, one of the things that made San Jose cool in the nineties, is back! On Sunday, thousands of San Joseians gathered on South First Street to enjoy what’s left of summer by drinking some ice cold brews, dancing (or moshing) in the street, and listening to some excellent local music. Indeed, … More The Return of the SoFA Street Fair
What does a hearse, local music, corn on the cobb and some Pabst Blue Ribbon have in common? Last Saturday, they were all very present at Motorpool Automotives, where the repair shop celebrated their one-year anniversary in conjunction with this cool guy Nate’s birthday. The event was community driven — Tap-Tempo, a local music shop, helped … More Last Saturday at Motorpool Automotives
Bacon. Bacon, bacon, bacon. The 2nd annual Bacon Festival was the perfect way to celebrate ‘merica and freedom: the freedom to put bacon on anything and everything. The Bacon Festival took over Caeser Chavez Park in downtown San Jose as well as Market Street, which loops around the park. On Friday, the takeover of bacon … More Bacon Festival 2014
Judy Sugiyama of Almaden first heard about The Little Free Library from a friend whose daughter was writing a research paper on literacy. The Little Free Library is a movement that began in Wisconsin in 2009 when Todd Bol decided to build a model of a school house and fill it with books to commemorate … More A Little Free Literacy
United States might be becoming a soccer loving country. Our neighbors to the South worship the sport, but for some reason in the United States soccer just hasn’t made a big enough impression. Some may say that soccer isn’t a “contact sport,” these people obviously haven’t noticed the lack of padding and protective gear on … More the FIFA fever
In the 21st century, not every day in San Jose is Earth Day. Most days our spent driving around in our private cars, with the AC turned up and no one in the back or passenger seats to tell us the short route, while we cruise up and down San Tomas Expressway or Stevens Creek … More Earth Day!
Today for lunch, I got an outstanding sandwich at Peanuts on San Fernando between 6th and 7th streets downtown San Jose, followed by a stroll up a few blocks and around the corner to Kaleid Gallery on 4th Street. Because there’s nothing more distracting than viewing good art on an empty stomach. Kaleid is always home … More Today at Kaleid Gallery
Garry Singh’s exhibit, The Lucidity Of Travel, occupies the right wall of San Jose’s Good Karma Cafe, where the food is not only delicious but also delightfully vegan. The photography exhibit was a pleasant look at cherished fragments of solitude from around the world. They’re snapshots of ones state of mind, not simply events that have … More ‘The Lucidity of Travel’ G. Singh
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