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Gilroy Garlic Festival leaves a satisfying taste

Sal Pizarro — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:26:20 +0000

I couldn’t help but be amazed by the Gilroy Garlic Festival this weekend, and from the crowds that were there Saturday, it seems like thousands of others were having a great time, too. I don’t know if it’s the food, the entertainment or the overall sense of community that makes it such a great event. [...]

Thinking about getting off the BART-to-San Jose train

Sal Pizarro — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:29:49 +0000

When Measure A passed in 2000, I was a huge believer in bringing BART to San Jose. I was 28, living in downtown San Jose and could envision using the commuter-rail line to take in a baseball game in Oakland or ride it across the bay to San Francisco. I had — and continue to [...]

Silicon Valley Home Raffle tickets for sale at Music in the Park tonight

Sal Pizarro — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:21:16 +0000

If you’re planning to catch Vanessa Carlton at Music in the Park at Plaza de Cesar Chavez today, you’ll also have an opportunity to buy tickets in the Silicon Valley Home Raffle, which has a $1 million City Heights penthouse as the grand prize. The raffle is a fundraiser for InnVision, and CEO Christine Burroughs told me [...]

“Bee Movie” at S.J. Municipal Stadium on Saturday

Sal Pizarro — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:34:53 +0000

In my wrap-up of non-traditional movie fare this weekend, I missed something that should be a real hoot: Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie” will be showing at San Jose Municipal Stadium on Saturday at 7 p.m. A co-production between History San Jose, the San Jose Giants and Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (which had regular outdoor movies before it closed for [...]

To Twitter or not to Twitter, that is the question

Sal Pizarro — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:12:07 +0000

I ran across an interesting post on BlogHer this morning about a recovering Twitter addict, and it got me thinking about my own “tweeting” habits and where the “too much information” line has moved in Silicon Valley thanks to all this technology. I joined Twitter a few months ago at the urging of a very tech-savvy [...]

World leaders enjoy lavish dinner with wine from Santa Cruz Mountains

Sal Pizarro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:19:37 +0000

In an item in Britain’s Daily Mail, James Chapman describes the 18-course “gastronomic extravaganza” enjoyed by leaders at the G8 summit in Japan. They even have a copy of the menu that was created by chef Katsuhiro Nakamura. The Huffington Post linked to it and lots of people are up in arms that with skyrocketing food [...]

Art, death and St. James Park

Sal Pizarro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:06:45 +0000

What others are saying about Silicon Valley

Sal Pizarro — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:29:54 +0000

Despite today’s “Spare the Air Day” warning, I decided to get out of bed anyway and found some interesting reading out in the ether. Writing for Budget Travel on CNN.com, San Jose native Beth Adams takes a brief but diverse tour through the capital of Silicon Valley. I like the fact that she eschews most of [...]

Spare the Air Day declared on Monday

Sal Pizarro — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:15:24 +0000

So the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared Monday, July 7, as a Spare the Air Day. That means that “concentrations of ground-level ozone pollution are forecast to be unhealthy.” “Clear skies and hot temperatures” — aka Summer in San Jose — “will combine to produce poor air quality for the Bay Area.” And [...]

The Scene at the Rep returns July 12

Sal Pizarro — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:08:22 +0000

Weird day with me and the San Jose Rep. I got a press release by e-mail today about the Scene at the Rep, which is one of the San Jose Rep’s special deals. This one is aimed at people that I’ll call the cocktail crowd. The basic premise is theatergoers get a catered reception with [...]