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The Return Of The Sharks

With the San Jose Sharks opening their home schedule this week, downtown is alive at night again. Not to imply that it’s been dead for the last year while the NHL shut down, but let’s be serious there’s nothing quite like the buzz that a Sharks home game generates.

The Single Gal in San Jose

So I decided that instead of sitting around feeling sorry for myself,  maybe I should come up with ideas for San Jose to make it better.  It seems that it doesn’t matter if you are living in a married or single hell-of-your-own-making, we all generally want the same thing: a cool, hip city that gives us plenty to do and to be proud of. And let’s face it, just thinking about a cool idea would give me a leg up on most people at City Hall.

Three Quick Hits for a New Week

This week’s quote was a bit unusual in that it comes from the redoubtable Scarlett O’Hara, but how else to emphasize the incredible stupidity of the former Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency, Susan Schick? I remember how several members of the Rotary Club suggested that I was too tough on her when I criticized her plan in 2001 to seize over fifty pieces of private property, our citizens’ “land,”  in an astonishing, wrong-headed and aggressive plan invoking eminent domain in San Jose.

The There There

The Capital of Silicon Valley.  The Heart of Silicon Valley.  Silicon Valley South.  A lot of names have been used, a lot of places have claimed adoption of it, but we still have the problem of what and where is Silicon Valley.  Do we have that same problem with our city?  People definitely know the way here now, but do they know when they have arrived?  More importantly do they have a memorable feeling of “place” that will lead to a return trip?

Spare that Golden Goose and Scarlet Hussey

By Guest Blogger Eric Carlson

Like countless others before me, I have pondered the way to San Jose; specifically downtown San Jose where, one Sunday afternoon, tumbleweeds literally rolled over San Fernando Street as if in a dream. I saw them, and the only noise to break the dead calm was a whoop from way over at Wave’s Smokehouse and Saloon where the Oakland Raiders were temporarily winning. Downtown San Jose, on certain Sundays, can be the quietest retreat one can imagine. Good or bad?

Santana Row Announces Its Bid For 2012 Olympics

Lack Of “City” Status Won’t Be A Stumbling Block Says CEO

By announcing its intention of bringing the 2012 Summer Games to its regional shopping center, Santana Row has threatened to make downtown San Jose “redundant.”  Federal Realty CEO Donald Wood, the parent company of Santana Row, said that if their bid is successful against major cities such as Milan, Hamburg, St. Petersburg, San Diego and Tel Aviv, then downtown “should just fold up its tent.”

The News Of The Week

Thanks to those of you who have written about good pho restaurants.  I’m going to try each and every one of your suggestions.  Keep them coming. But I’ve scrapped my plans to host a big pho party using a city council special events account.

News of The Week

What the heck is going on here?  I take two weeks off from blogging while on special assignment to find the best pho restaurants in town and the city almost falls apart.

Knowing When To Get Off The Freeway

Within a five to ten minute drive (sometimes even just a walk) of where I work in downtown San Jose, there are a wealth of choices.  Choices for places to live or work?  Well, maybe, although not as many as there could be, but that’s John’s beat.

I was thinking of the diversity of restaurants.