Thursday, May 14, 2009
PinkSlipMixers.com and Local San Jose Business in Redevelopment Zone Wants to Revitalize Silicon Valley Job Market
PinkSlipMixers and South First Billiards of San Jose will host a series of pink slip parties to help professionals find jobs. The events will be held every second Monday of the month. The pink slip party format will also include a 'career circuit' that will give job seekers tips to improve their job search.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Caravan Lounge (The)
98 South Almaden Avenue
San Jose, CA 95113
phone: +1 408 995 6220
This local dive is frequented by the blue-collar crowd, younger refugees from the club scene, and the occasional stray from the Greyhound station next door. It's not the most chic place you can choose for a drink, but it does have a distinct character all its own. You can play pool or drop a few dollars in the jukebox while you swill drinks from the better-than-average booze selection. You can even buy six packs to go.
San Jose, CA 95113
phone: +1 408 995 6220
This local dive is frequented by the blue-collar crowd, younger refugees from the club scene, and the occasional stray from the Greyhound station next door. It's not the most chic place you can choose for a drink, but it does have a distinct character all its own. You can play pool or drop a few dollars in the jukebox while you swill drinks from the better-than-average booze selection. You can even buy six packs to go.
Agenda Lounge
399 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
phone: +1 408 287 3991
email: info@agendalounge.com
This spectacular establishment has an elegant, upscale restaurant at the ground level, a nightclub upstairs, and a subdued retro dance place in the cellar. Located in a refurbished historical landmark, Agenda Lounge caters to many walks of life, from businessmen to jazz hipsters. In the Agenda restaurant, relax amidst the simple decor and go for the House Made Pork Pot stickers or the Chicken Satay. Sample the extensive selection of wines and single-malt scotches. Head up to the lounge and watch live jazz, swing, salsa or roots music.
San Jose, CA 95113
phone: +1 408 287 3991
email: info@agendalounge.com
This spectacular establishment has an elegant, upscale restaurant at the ground level, a nightclub upstairs, and a subdued retro dance place in the cellar. Located in a refurbished historical landmark, Agenda Lounge caters to many walks of life, from businessmen to jazz hipsters. In the Agenda restaurant, relax amidst the simple decor and go for the House Made Pork Pot stickers or the Chicken Satay. Sample the extensive selection of wines and single-malt scotches. Head up to the lounge and watch live jazz, swing, salsa or roots music.
Ambassador's Lounge
175 North San Pedro Street
San Jose, CA 95110
phone: +1 408 298 2529
At Ambassador's Lounge let your hair down at the large dance and party space. Spread over 7,000 sq.ft, this is a very lively and fun-filled venue. It features three bars, up-to-date sound and lighting system, pool tables, outdoor smoking patio and two VIP areas. Weekends are fun with Celebrity Friday and Saucy Saturdays when many celebrities like Young Gunz, Trick Daddy, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Saber Cats and many more, entertain with their performances.
San Jose, CA 95110
phone: +1 408 298 2529
At Ambassador's Lounge let your hair down at the large dance and party space. Spread over 7,000 sq.ft, this is a very lively and fun-filled venue. It features three bars, up-to-date sound and lighting system, pool tables, outdoor smoking patio and two VIP areas. Weekends are fun with Celebrity Friday and Saucy Saturdays when many celebrities like Young Gunz, Trick Daddy, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Saber Cats and many more, entertain with their performances.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Pizarro: San Jose Museum of Art celebrating 40th anniversary
By Sal Pizarro
Mercury News
The San Jose Museum of Art is celebrating its 40th birthday this year and is inviting everyone else to join in on the fun, too.
The museum — which sits at the corner of Market and San Fernando streets downtown — is holding a community day next Sunday with free admission and lots of family-friendly activities including art making, storytelling, gallery tours, face painting and dance performances.
The festivities will continue later this month with a brunch May 31. This event will be more focused on the evolution of the museum, which started as a small civic art gallery in 1969 that was created in part to save the old city library (which now houses a museum gallery and cafe) from destruction.
Marjorie Schwarzer, chair of the department of museum studies at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, will be sharing stories of the museum's history.
Tickets to the 10 a.m. May 31 brunch are $75. You can find out more at www.sanjosemuseumofart.org.
Contact Sal Pizarro at spizarro@mercurynews.com or 408-627-0940.
Mercury News
The San Jose Museum of Art is celebrating its 40th birthday this year and is inviting everyone else to join in on the fun, too.
The museum — which sits at the corner of Market and San Fernando streets downtown — is holding a community day next Sunday with free admission and lots of family-friendly activities including art making, storytelling, gallery tours, face painting and dance performances.
The festivities will continue later this month with a brunch May 31. This event will be more focused on the evolution of the museum, which started as a small civic art gallery in 1969 that was created in part to save the old city library (which now houses a museum gallery and cafe) from destruction.
Marjorie Schwarzer, chair of the department of museum studies at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, will be sharing stories of the museum's history.
Tickets to the 10 a.m. May 31 brunch are $75. You can find out more at www.sanjosemuseumofart.org.
Contact Sal Pizarro at spizarro@mercurynews.com or 408-627-0940.
Friday, May 1, 2009
San Jose's population hits 1 million; Mayor Reed says 'size does matter'
By Mike Swift
Mercury News
San Jose has hit another major population milestone — becoming the first West Coast city north of Los Angeles to notch its one millionth resident.
Actually, it's 1,006,892 residents, according to figures released Thursday by the California Department of Finance that had city leaders pleased.
"Size does matter," said a proud Mayor Chuck Reed. While not the only important thing, the mayor explained, "it does matter when I'm in Washington or Sacramento trying to get state or national policy changed on a Silicon Valley issue. I don't know if the absolute number counts, but being the 10th largest city in the country and over a million puts us in a category that people will pay attention to, even though they've never been to San Jose."
No longer does it matter that San Jose lacks the skyline of the biggest American cities, and that it continues to be the geek living next door to the Angelina Jolie of urban centers. Long the Bay Area's biggest city, it is now the 10th U.S. city with a seven-digit population, a threshold that may urge it to leave behind its long rivalry with the cultural Parthenon to the north. ....more....
Mercury News
San Jose has hit another major population milestone — becoming the first West Coast city north of Los Angeles to notch its one millionth resident.
Actually, it's 1,006,892 residents, according to figures released Thursday by the California Department of Finance that had city leaders pleased.
"Size does matter," said a proud Mayor Chuck Reed. While not the only important thing, the mayor explained, "it does matter when I'm in Washington or Sacramento trying to get state or national policy changed on a Silicon Valley issue. I don't know if the absolute number counts, but being the 10th largest city in the country and over a million puts us in a category that people will pay attention to, even though they've never been to San Jose."
No longer does it matter that San Jose lacks the skyline of the biggest American cities, and that it continues to be the geek living next door to the Angelina Jolie of urban centers. Long the Bay Area's biggest city, it is now the 10th U.S. city with a seven-digit population, a threshold that may urge it to leave behind its long rivalry with the cultural Parthenon to the north. ....more....
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Public Street Lighting in San Jose
You may notice when you arrive in San Jose that all of San Jose's public street lighting is yellow. The city was one of the first in the country to convert its lights to energy-efficient, low pressure sodium lamps to save electricity as well as reduce light pollution, which interfered with the nearby Lick Observatory's views of the night sky. In return for the favor, the Lick Observatory christened a newly discovered asteroid 6216 San Jose.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Something People On the East Coast Don't Realize
You know the song, ubiquitous in the late 60s, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" I was just in the shower, where it occurred to me -- with the penetrating insight that only comes to people in the shower -- that the song makes sense to everybody in the country, except people familiar with California.
The narrator is from San Jose and lives in Los Angeles. And he keeps asking directions to get back to San Jose. Directions? You go North! What person from San Jose would need directions to get there from Los Angeles?
Is the song really made for non-Californian sensibilities? The lyricist, Hal David, is from New York, after all. Or was the song a subtle but blistering (and rather unfair) commentary on the brain-atrophying effects of long term Los Angeles exposure? If the latter, then the song is actually . . . FUNNY. It's about a person who went to Los Angeles and lost his (or her -- it's usually her, as in Dionne Warwick) mind, and now can only babble incoherently to a stranger while asking for unnecessary directions.
I like that.
Posted By: Mick LaSalle (Email) April 21 2009 at 04:08 PM
Listed Under: American Life
The narrator is from San Jose and lives in Los Angeles. And he keeps asking directions to get back to San Jose. Directions? You go North! What person from San Jose would need directions to get there from Los Angeles?
Is the song really made for non-Californian sensibilities? The lyricist, Hal David, is from New York, after all. Or was the song a subtle but blistering (and rather unfair) commentary on the brain-atrophying effects of long term Los Angeles exposure? If the latter, then the song is actually . . . FUNNY. It's about a person who went to Los Angeles and lost his (or her -- it's usually her, as in Dionne Warwick) mind, and now can only babble incoherently to a stranger while asking for unnecessary directions.
I like that.
Posted By: Mick LaSalle (Email) April 21 2009 at 04:08 PM
Listed Under: American Life
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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