San Jose Local Flavor

Best Kept Secret

1. Tin's Pink Party

with Victoria's Secret."  or "True or False:  Pink Floyd is a rock band."  The winner won dinner with me at Sino in Santana Row.  -I also gave an award to the best pink outfit., which was a gift card...

2. Develop Your…

and was unappreciated. Not so with this event. There was one woman in the kitchen doing everything when we arrived who seemed very happy to have us there to help (and she kept everyone pretty busy the entire time...

3. Winchester Mystery…

be the best place EVER to play hide and go seek).   Along the way I just kept thinking about how crazy the human mind is to get lost down a trail like the one lady Winchester went down. She's quite...

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Neighborhood Favorite

1. Japantown San Jose

Japantown is a cute little downtown community with great shops, places to eat and overall makes a nice friendly neighborhood.  Few of my favorite things here: Obon Festival, and the other local...

2. Rock n Roll Half…

I've done a few marathons and this is one of my favorite ones.  The course is flat.  It's close by so I don't have to wake up as soon as I sleep.  It's chip timed and pretty accurate.  My favorite...

3. San Jose Obon Odori

the festival comes to the neighborhood.  The Beef skewers are deilciously marinated and perfectly cooked so that they're still nice and tender. Beer and sake is also available for cheap compared to most...

4. St. James Park

concerts and movies in this park which is part of the upgraded charm of the place. I am not giving this any more than 3 stars because I am still skeptical of its neighborhood and history.  Look out...

5. Silicon Valley…

the neighborhoods alone in the second half was boring.  I appreciated the course for the half marathon, so I'm glad I decided to give the Silicon Valley Marathon a second chance. There was always...

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