Beer Club

When I ask my fellow San Jose Sharks fans where I can find the least expensive parking for a Sharks game, “Stephen’s Meat Parking Lot” comes up a lot. I found one for about the same price (although the rate in the photo is on a day with no Sharks …

I drive by this bus stop when I’m goin’ to munch out on a lobster roll at Sam’s Chowder House in Half Moon Bay. Bus 17. Best view of any bus stop in the Bay Area. This awesome Bus 17/SamTrans bus stop is right at a vista point. It’s way …

Every Easter, someone at work gives me deviled eggs, so that’s what you see me holding in the pic (what’s left of them). This Easter, plan ahead: some of these free events are on Saturday, the day before Easter, so those of us going to church Sunday can still attend. This …

Have you ever endured the highest temperatures in the Bay Area just to eat a great steak? People do that when they eat at Cattlemens. You may have driven by it and not even known it’s there. It’s right by Boomers! miniature golf on 580, just a few miles east …

It’s all about the Co2. Pouring beer the right way can help you avoid a major stomach ache.  Apparently  I’ve been doing it the wrong way for years. No wonder I always feel so full and bloated! Now I know…how easy! Check it out:

Things to do around San Jose on a rainy day: Delta Queen Car Wash? Nope. Golfland Milpitas or Blossom Hill Rd.? Nope. Hike the Los Gatos Creek Trail. Nope. Well, maybe – it would be cool to see the creek full and flowing. Movie theater? Yes! But which is the …

The Campbell Water Tower goes back further than the city of Campbell does (Campbell became a city in 1952). It used to have water in it, but does it still? There use to be two wooden water tanks, but in 1928 they were replaced by the one 75,000 gallon steel …

So weird! This looks like another planet. And hey there blue gorillas, put some clothes on, would ya? You’ll see ’em as you try on wedding dresses as Trudy’s, or eat some enchiladas at El Burro. The blue gorilla statues are part of the new remodel at The Pruneyard shopping …

Last call for the Boulevard Tavern in Los Gatos is April 25.  Owner Mikey Ellenburg says the new North 40 mixed-use development “homes are going up first and unfortunately the entryway cuts directly though me”.  Find out more details about the end of this era at BOULEVARD

You see the tower with the vines growing on it in the photo? That’s not the oldest building in San Jose, but it’s old. Tower Hall, with the awesome vines growing practically to the top, was built to replace the previous building that was damaged in the big 1906 earthquake …