Friday, April 9, 2010

LIVE MUSIC IN SAN JOSE AND LOS GATOS

LIVE MUSIC IN SAN JOSE AND LOS GATOS




I had friends from out of town one of them was a Jazz and R an B Singer from Florida she wanted to check out the Jazz  and R an B scene, but we did not fill like driving to San Francisco or Oakland. I found two live spots to go and listen to live music this past week. The first spot was right down the street from where I live called the Three Flames at 1547 Meridian Avenue San Jose, CA  95125. For all you Jazz lovers, there’s a Swing Jazz band called Modesto Briseno Septet from 7:30 to 10:30 pm on Tuesday, come dance or sit back and groove to their Blues-ey Jazz style. If you can’t get out on Tuesday there’s always Sunday night too they have Latin Jazz added to there repertoire. Come out and get your Salsa on from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, there is no cover charge. The second spot is a place I used to frequent back in the 90s, called The Number One Broadway 102 South Santa Cruz Avenue Los Gatos Ca. 95030. If you play an instrument or sing you can come put your name on the list and sit in with The JC band on Thursday nights from 10:00pm to 1:00pm. They play R an B this is definitely a kick back atmosphere, there’s dancing and no cover charge. My friends and I had a great time we didn’t have to take a long drive, If your looking for something different to do, check out these two spots you will have a great time.




LM




http://www.3flamesrestaurant.com/index.html


http://www.numberonebroadway.com/

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Satisfying the "Need for Speed"!

Did you ever want to know what it feels like to get behind the wheel of a race car, and drive as fast as you can while making the sharpest turns, never worrying about injury or getting a ticket?
At "Go Kart Racer" in Burlingame, California....fantasy becomes reality, seven days a week! Go Kart Racer is a huge, indoor facility located a block west of the 'Bay shore Freeway'(Hwy101) just off the Broadway St. exit at 1541 Adrian Road.
It has the largest indoor track (3/8mile) in the United States, featuring three, European-designed courses called the Yokohama, Monza, and Super Track, with state of the art go karts, hair-pin and high speed turns, and an excellent staff of safety officials and customer service hosts.
This is a great place for family members, groups of friends, and corporate teams to enjoy great, road racing competition....while fulfilling the pure, powerful, adrenaline rush desired by all of us "road hogs"!
I speak from personal experience two months ago...my first ever!  My boss, Streetwise President Michael Ealey, who's on the board of directors of the 'California Delivery Association', sent me there to race against six other members....including the CDA President, Andrew Brady.
Michael would have gone, but, since he stands 6-feet 8 inches tall, he thought I'd be a better fit. Well, we had a blast!  We all met there for a catered lunch, were fitted into racing suits and helmets, saw a rules and instructional video, and hit the track for ten-minutes of practice laps, and a grueling 20-minute race.
I have never felt that kind of ground speed in a car, nor endured a tougher arm and body workout from making all those tight turns. I have much more respect now for professional race car drivers, many of whom began racing in go karts. More on that later.
As for our racing finish, it turns out Michael may have fared better than me!  Let's just say I wouldn't have claimed any prize money....had any been offered.  They did give us a nice victory celebration, and, although it would have been nice to stand on the podium, I still had fun! WE all did, and it was great exercise too!
While working as a TV sportscaster in Bakersfield, California in the 1980's,I got to know the famous Mears racing family, otherwise known as "The Mears Gang". Rick went onto win the Indy 500 four times(2 while I was there), while older brother Roger won 4-Baja 1000's!  They both began racing on go karts as kids! So did their sons Roger Jr.,Casey,(now a NASCAR champ) Rick's son Clint, and current superstar Kevin Harvick.
So did other racing legends I had the privilege of interviewing, such as: Mario Andretti, Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan Bill Elliott, Bobby Allison and Rusty Wallace. All went on to stardom, and all began in go karts during their early days.  To me, go carting is as fast as I want to go!
'Go Kart Racer' has also had its share of famous visitors to the track, including Jerry Rice, Jason Kidd, Michael Strahan, MC Hammer, Jon Fogherty, and even the late Paul Newman.
If you're interested in testing your driving skills, 'Go Kart Racer requires you have a valid drivers license, and those ages 12-17 are allowed a special driving school course.  Those pregnant, or with back or heart ailments, are not advised to drive, however, for the rest of us it's a safe, well-run, high-caliber experience,of speed, hard turns,and thrills.(no bumping allowed)
As for the cost: 10-minute hot laps are $25 each and $20 each additional lap.
Races are $45 each, which includes 20-minutes of between  20-30 laps.($40 dollars for each additional race)
The grand prix course includes 30-minutes of between 50 and 60 laps on the track, and that costs $60-dollars. For me, it was well worth it! You should try it too....at least once!
Thanks, and drive carefully...no matter what road you're on!
Sincerely, PeteCam4

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The World's Biggest Haunted House

The entire Winchester Mystery HouseImage by dalvenjah via Flickr
The largest 'haunted house' in the world sits squarely in the heart of Santa Clara County.  The "Winchester Mystery House'" is located at 525 Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California, right next door to 'Century 21 Theater'(1st of the Century theaters) and one block west of 'Santana Row' Shopping Center.
 
Having grown up just ten-blocks away, this California Historical Landmark has always been a local treat for me, whether just driving by or taking the tour over the years.  I used to get discounts, because three of my seven siblings worked there as tour guides!
 
Rumor has it the place is haunted...and, IT IS! (in my opinion) Why else would they call it a "mystery house"!  To understand why its 160 rooms stretch seven stories high, have 47 fireplaces, and took over 38-years to build--you have to take a peek into American history!  
 
Sarah Pardee and William Wirt Winchester were married in New Haven, Connecticut during the Civil War in 1862..  Prior to that, William invented the famous Winchester repeating rifle, and amassed a fortune.
The couple's only daughter Annie, died shortly after birth, thus tearing them apart emotionally. In 1881, William died of tuberculosis, leaving Sarah with a second heart-ache...and a 20-million dollar inheritance!
 
Upon consulting a psycic, Sarah was convinced her family was cursed by all the deaths incurred by the rifles, and decided to move toward the western sunset. Arriving in the Santa Clara Valley in 1884, she bought a six-room house on 162-acres--for which it was foretold she needed to build upon constantly...or else...die!
 
She did just that...BUILD, in radical fashion!  Sarah eventually employed 22 carpenters working  24 hours a day, often 7-days a week.  Along with three elevators, there were numerous stairways built, some of which led to dead end walls....along with upside down stair posts, trap doors, un-explained passages, bathroom doors made of glass, closets that emptied into open air and a fall to the garden, countless chimneys, and only two mirrors existing in the entire mansion.  Sarah believed that ghosts feared their own reflections, and they also liked to appear and re-appear in her many chimmneys.
 
What was weird to most, made control-freak type sense to Sarah, who constantly wanted to maintain a strangle-hold on ghosts, spirits and other evil intruders who continually haunted her fortune--which, again, came from making that deadly rifle!
 
Sarah was also obsessed with the number 13, having most windows built with 13 panes of glass, 13 panels on each wall, and parkay floors with squares 13 feet wide and 13 feet long.  Meanwhile, the constant hammering and delivering of new materials to the mansion finally eased up in 1906.
 
That's when the infamous San Francisco earthquake rocked and damaged the mystery house as well, partially trapping Sarah in one of the rooms. As imagined, she started building again, and didn't stop for 16 more years! The construction finally came to an end with Sarah Winchester's death in 1922, and the estate was inherited by a niece, Francis Marriott--who soon realized Sarah's fortune had dwindled to nearly nothing.
 
It was rumored there was a hidden safe filled with a fortune in gold and priceless jewels, however the safe's that were eventually discovered contained nothing but fish lines, old socks and newspaper clippings.
 
In 38 years Sarah spent 5.5-million dollars building the Winchester Mystery House. That converts to about 75-million in today's dollars!
 
It became a California Historical Landmark in 1930, as Robert L. Ripley was one of the first to showcase it as a popular tourist attraction in his daily column, "Ripley's Believe it or Not!"  Today it remains just that, a tourist attraction!
 
Over the years there have been thousands of stories about voices moaning, walls knocking, cold spots in certain rooms, floors shaking and mysterious whistles and howls nearing closing time when the tours end. 
 
My younger brother Rob once told me one of the employees was accidently locked in the compound over night, and when morning came...he was found white-faced, trembling and incoherant following a night of haunting fear and emotional trauma.
 
Can you believe that?  I can, in my own, fun kind of way...especially around Halloween! Come on!  Where's YOUR spirit???
 
Should you find the desire to find out for yourself, both mansion and estate tours run daily from 9am to 7pm.(unless it's really dark by then) It costs more than when I was a kid though.(sorry) $33.00 for adults and $30.00 for children and seniors. It may seem frightenly expensive, but it's well worth visiting...at least once in your lifetime!
 
Thanks,  and keep the light on!
 
Sincerely scared, PeteCam4
  
 
 
 


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Sunday, March 21, 2010

SAN JOSE FLEA MARKET

San Jose Flea Market entranceImage via Wikipedia
SAN JOSE FLEA MARKET

Spring time is here, every ones out enjoying the weather after all the rain we had. San Jose Flea Market is one of my favorite place to go in San Jose when the weather is nice, I have been going to the San Jose Flea Market since I was five year old. Just about Forty five years later, I still get excited about going to San Jose Flea Market. When I was five, I like going just for the corn dogs, cotton candy and the carousel ride.
When I became a teen, I like going with my girl friends, so we could shop and meet boys. Now I strictly go to see what treasures I can find and oh!
the corn dogs of course their still delicious.

If you haven’t been in awhile or you never been, you must go and explore more than 8 miles of colorful alleys of shopping , enjoy the 25 restaurants and the dozen of snack carts. San Jose Flea Market has the largest Farmers Market in California. San Jose Flea Market has something for all ages. For the youngsters there is the old fashion carousel, three new play grounds. If your to old for the carousel or play ground there is a cool arcade.

San Jose Flea Market is now celebrating its 50th Anniversary on April 10-11. The San Jose Flea Market is a San Jose institution, it is located at 1520 Berryessa Road in San Jose California 95133. The Flea Market San Jose Flea Market, The Worlds Largest Flea Market. Go and enjoy.

LM


http://www.sjfm.com/home/tabid/36/Default.aspx


http://www.sjfm.com/events/tabid/68/Default.aspx

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

How to avoid paying for traffic tickets!

U.S. speed limit sign, MUTCD R2-1.Image via Wikipedia
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How to avoid paying for traffic tickets!


First off, I've gotten five traffic tickets over the past 17-years, two for speeding and three for moving violations. I paid for only one of them, but I didn't just blow them off!  People who try that end up paying much more, and their lives take a drastic turn for the worse!
I beat paying for most of my tickets by getting them legally dismissed, but it wasn't easy.  My method takes a little extra effort and some luck.--with no guarantees.
Before I share it with you, the best way to avoid paying for tickets is not to get them at all!  That's accomplished by driving safely, obeying all laws, and observing the speed limit. However, should you manage to get one or two, as happens to the best of us, take care of them on time!

When I was a teenager, I missed the payment deadline by two days, and the judge slapped me with a failure to appear which doubled the fine.  Then he warned me that if it happened again, I'd be in for grave trouble...with a capital G!!  It never happened again.

I will now share my method, using the most recent ticket:   I was on a courier run for 'Streetwise Special Delivery', driving medical equipment from San Jose, California to a surgeon's residence in Redding, California....and my boss rented me a fast, six-cylinder Chevy Impala to cover the 670-mile trip.

I made the delivery by 10:15pm, and immediately headed back, stopping just once for coffee.  The drive was smooth, wide-open and a little speedy at times, as the rental car was more powerful than I was used to. I really had to watch the speedometer, which slipped past 80mph a few times.

By 2:30am I was southbound on Hwy 680, just crossing the Dublin 580 interchange in Pleasanton, when the red lights flashed  behind me. A CHP officer pulled me over at Stoneridge Avenue, and gave me a speeding ticket for going 81mph. When I checked the speedometer it read 74mph, but the cop maintained I had already slowed down a bit. This happened on June 8th, 2009.

Here is what I did to beat this.  When the citation arrived by mail, I called the court to request an extension. Most grant you 30 extra days.(some may offer more)  This bought me an extra 60-days. A week prior to that deadline, I called back and scheduled a walk-in appointment in order to schedule a court date to fight the ticket.

I then drove to Pleasanton, waited in line for 20-minutes, sat in court for another 30-minutes, and plead not guilty.  At the clerk's window I asked for the latest court date possible, and was happily appointed February 25th, 2010, almost nine-months after I first got the ticket!

This is the key to success! Extend, extend, extend--but don't miss the court date!  With any luck, so much time will have passed that the citing officer transfers out, or blows off court because it's his day off.  Maybe this is his sleep time, which often happens with graveyard citations. Also, CHP officers do not get paid to appear in court, unless its during their normal work shift. The same goes for city police and sheriff officers.

Plus, if he does show up, what can you lose?  You'll probably end up paying, but the judge may actually reduce the fine. If not, you'll just be granted another 60-days to pay.(or some other payment arrangement)

On February 25th of last month, I walked into a courtroom filled with people and CHP officers, but not mine!   CASE DISMISSED!  The same thing happened long ago with two other tickets that I had legitimate beefs with.  However, neither officer showed, and both tickets were dismissed as well. The other ticket happened down the street where I live, and the San Jose Police officer did appear,  however, the judge ruled he'd set-up an un-authorized speed trap, and threw my case out!

Am I just lucky or what?  Remember now, in each case I extended, extended, extended--to the limit of the law, and my patience seemed to pay off!  I must have saved more than $1000 in fines, and some pretty high insurance premiums over the years, simply because I  figured a way to, at least, improve the odds of beating a traffic ticket!

I won't get cocky though, after all I drive for a living.  It's my job to get things delivered safely!  NO MORE TICKETS FOR ME!

Walking out of court that day, I also managed to chat with CHP motorcycle traffic officer about some interesting traffic facts. He told me they receive no money from traffic fines, and the CHP have no set quotas for issuing tickets.  He also told me that 3 or 4 of every ten drivers display bad attitudes when getting stopped. It makes a big difference!  "The rest are cool, and save lots of money", he said.

He gave an example where he pulled a guy over going 92mph, however,  the driver was so pleasant that he only wrote him for doing 74mph. "Had that same guy cussed me out or gave me trouble, I could have arrested him for reckless driving...which is a huge fine and 3 points on his record",he said..

So remember, drive safely, avoid getting tickets, be nice to cops if you do, and fight them all in court by using my "extend" method.  You just may save yourself some hefty fines, high insurance premiums, and that dreaded 8-hour driving class!


Thanks, and be safe out on the road,

Sincerely,  PeteCam4
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

How To Handle Getting Flipped Off On The Road

Who among us can honestly say his or her driving hasn't, at one time or other, elicited "the finger" from a fellow motorist?  We've ALL been "flipped off" from time to time.
My first incident happened when I was 21-years old, lean and dressed to the 9's in a tuxedo, heading to my parents house to pick them up for a wedding(not mine).  I was about to turn right on to Curtner Ave. from Meridian Ave. in San Jose, California, when this gorgeous girl changed lanes from behind me, pulled along side and swiftly flipped me "the bird"! 
  I was stunned. (I must have accidentally cut her off.)  All I could do was shrug my shoulders, as she flashed a quick smile and sped off.  I guess that wasn't so bad, however, what happened  two days ago...was even better!
Heading southbound on De La Cruz Blvd. in Santa Clara, California,  I eased down to the speed limit as is a daily habit between Martin and Reed Avenue, because Santa Clara traffic cops constantly patrol that corridor with radar.  In fact, I had just noticed a motorcycle unit about 100-yards up,  pointing his lidar-gun in my direction....when at the same moment,  this pick-up truck sped-up behind me from out of nowhere.
The driver laid on his horn, changed lanes and raced by while vigorously flipping me off, as he flew past. Unfortunately, whatever satisfaction he may have enjoyed was short-lived!  From my rear-view mirror, I saw the motorcycle cop pull out and blow by me to flag down the fast-fingered driver. 
Upon catching up, I noticed the stopped driver's right hand cupped over his forehead , displaying a much more civil gesture!  Unfortunately, flipping someone off or getting flipped off seldom ends with a ticket or a peaceful chuckle. Thousands of road rage incidents stem from this foul hand gesture, leading to violence, injury and death...among other things. 
Take what happened last year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  An Australian businessman living and working there got mad and flipped off a local driver, who then followed him home, beat him up, and called the police. The local driver happened to be an Arab-Emirates Government official. The Australian was immediately thrown in jail for a month, and then deported along with his working wife.
This past June, a 62-year old New Jersey man was killed after crazily chasing down a young woman who had flipped him off.  His front bumper clipped her from behind, sending his car flipping out of control, and ejecting him.
"The bird" can get you into trouble elsewhere, too.  At the Canadian Legislature in the province of New Brunswick recently, a Liberal Party official flipped-off a Progressive Conservative adversary during a debate, and was suspended for three days without pay!
Back on the road, the simplest rule is to never, never, flip anyone off! Ignore it, and AVOID danger. But, what about receiving the insulting gesture?  A woman in Foster City, California suffered extreme anxiety following her first episode, when a man tailgated and flipped her off repeatedly, before finally turning the corner in another direction. She couldn't stop wondering what she'd done wrong.  "Couldn't the man see I was helpless and alone, with a baby in the back seat?", she wondered.
After a week of poor sleep, the woman finally called a handful of girlfriends to see how they handled getting flipped off, and some of thier answers made sense.  One would slap the side of her head and whisper the words 'I'm sorry'...which got an "ok, no problem" reaction. 
Another woman met the bird by blowing back a kiss, while another, into Yoga yelled back  "Go to Yoga" to any naughty hand signals.  A final remedy was to pick up the cell phone and act as if you're calling the police! This usually did the trick, and these ideas finally gave the anxious woman some piece-of-mind.
As mentioned in a previous blog, the best way to deal with unkind, aggressive driving behavior is to steer clear of it,  by driving safely, ignoring horns, verbal insults or the infamous bird flip which can often inflame road rage incidents..
Should danger persist despite avoidance or apology, use your cell phone to call for help, and drive to either a police station or other populated area...but,  NEVER drive strait home....at least not until totally clear of of danger. This is all COMMON SENSE.  Use it!
Thanks, drive carefully, and stay out of harms way,
PeteCam4  
"Best Wishes"--PTCJr
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

WHAT TO DO AROUND THE BAY AREA



If your looking for something to do this weekend here are a few suggestions of things to do for all age groups. For you chocolate lovers, you have the San Francisco Gourmet Chocolate Tour. San Jose has OVO presented by Cirque du Soleil and the Spring Festival Silicon Valley 2010 -Chinese New Year Gala these are events for the family. In Palo Alto you can take a Quilting class at the Muse of American Heritage. That is a little something to do in the Bay Area this weekend, so go out and enjoy.

LM

http://www.gourmetwalks.com/html/chocolate_tour.html?gclid=CMHT45iU_Z8CFRwUawodgTaEmQ

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/ovo/tickets/san-jose.aspx?d=33&9gtype=search&9gkw=san%20jose%20entertainment&9gad=3701645510.1&9gag=1268670290

http://events.mercurynews.com/san-jose-ca/events/show/97428265-spring-festival-silicon-valley-2010-chinese-new-year-gala

http://events.mercurynews.com/palo-alto-ca/events/show/93505285-i-can-quilt

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

What Not To Do During An Earthquake

USGS photo from 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. C...Image via Wikipedia
You may have already read Streetwise blogger LM's fantastic article on earthquake survival in the Streetwise Courier, which details how to stock-up and prepare for life after a horrific quake.  Now, I'm going to re-inform you on how to reach that point, in other words....how to survive during the initial moments of destruction and the collapse that follows, as happened in Haiti last month.
As school children we were all taught to "duck and cover", by getting under our desks to protect ourselves from falling debris....or to stand in an open doorway under the frame, which is the strongest part of the building.
However, according to Doug Copp, one of the top disaster rescue experts in the world, this is exactly what NOT to do, and is in fact....is dead wrong! Literally!
Copp is chief of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI),  the most experienced disaster rescue team in the world, and claims his information in this article is both factual, and will save lives in an earthquake:
"I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, and worked in every major disaster since 1985.  The first building I crawled into was a school in Mexico City during the '85 quake.  Every child was under its desk, and every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones.  They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles", said Copp.
"SIMPLY STATED,  when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceiling falling on objects or furniture crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them.  This space is what I call "the triangle of life". The larger and stronger the object, the less it will compact.  The less it compacts, the larger the void and the greater the probability that the person in that safety void will NOT be injured."
The following is a list of Doug Copp's VALUABLE TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY:
1-Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" when buildings collapse are crushed to death. Do not get under objects like desks or automobiles.
2-Cats, dogs and babies often curl up into the fetal position.  You should too during an earthquake.  It is a natural safety/survival instinct that allows one to survive in a small void.  Get next to an object, sofa or large bulky object that will compress and leave a void next to it.
3-Wooden buildings are the safest to be in because wood is flexible, and moves with the force of the quake. Wood also has less concentrated, crushing weight.  Brick buildings will break into individual bricks causing many injuries, but far less squashed bodies than with concrete slabs.
4-If you're in bed during an earthquake, simply roll off the bed.  A safe void will exist around  it.  Hotels should all post these rules on the back of every room door, insuring a greater survival rate.
5-If an earthquake occurs and you can't escape by door or window, lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa or large chair.
6-Don't get under an open doorway frame during a building collapse. Why?  Because if the doorjam falls forward or backward, you'll be crushed by the ceiling above.  If the doorjam falls sideways, you will be cut in half by the doorway. Either way, you will die!
7-NEVER go to the stairs!  Stairs swing separately from the main part of the building, and continually smash into the other parts of the building until structural failure takes place.  People on stairs are chopped up and mutilated by the stair treads.  Even if left intact, stairwells may collapse when overloaded by fleeing people. Stay off the stairs!
8-Get near the outer walls of buildings, or OUTSIDE  of them if possible. It's better to be outside the building than inside, because the further inside the perimeter, the less chance of escape.
9-People inside their cars during a quake are crushed to death when the road above caves in on them.  This is exactly what happened between the decks of the 'Nimitz Freeway' in the Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area during the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.  The victims all stayed inside of their vehicles and were killed.  They could easily have survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their cars, because all of the crushed cars had voids 3-feet high next to them.
10-It was discovered that a collapsed newspaper office, and other offices with lots of stacked paper were much more earthquake safe, because paper does not compact!  Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper!
Finally, Mr. Copp made a film 14-years ago that proved his survival methodology correct, by collapsing a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside, and then simulating with scientific detail....an actual earthquake.
Ten mannequins did "duck and cover", while the other ten used Copp's "triangle of life" survival method. After sifting through the rubble, Copp's ten mannequins had survived.  The remaining ten....did not.
We should all be dummies not to want to save thousands of lives by sharing valuable information like this regarding earthquakes, and the many other natural calamities that threaten our existance.
Thank You, and stay safe,
PeteCam4

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

NEW ORLEANS BISTRO IN SAN JOSE

Jambalaya with chicken, sausage, rice, tomatoe...Image via Wikipedia
NEW ORLEANS BISTRO IN SAN JOSE


Have you ever been to New Orleans Louisiana? The sound of music is everywhere, the smell of  food cooking makes you want to eat! eat! eat!.
San Jose has two New Orleans style bistro’s. There’s the Poor House Bistro at 91 S. Autumn Street in near downtown San Jose. You can go to this joint and get your grub on with some Jambalaya, Crawfish Pasta, and Sausage Bread just to name a few of my favorites. While your grubbing down, you can listen to some good soul music by Lara Price & Yesterday Band on Thursdays from 6pm to 9pm. The Poor House Bistro is one of the joints you want to be at you have your choice of days  Tuesday through Sunday. The other bistro is Bourbon Street Bistro located at 5635 Silver Creek Valley Road in San Jose, opened last July 2009. I went to Bourbon Street Bistro this month and I can say I was pleasantly surprised, the menu had a variety of taste of New Orleans. A few of my favorites dishes were Gumbo, Etouffee and Shrimp PoBoy Sandwich,  The music was a collection of Jazz and  Blues, the band was Noel & Friends you can catch them on Wednesdays between 7pm and 10pm.. I think Bourbon Street Bistro is going to be the place to go for good food and good music.


http://poorhousebistro.allappetite.com/


http://www.bourbonstreetbistro.net/




LM
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HAITI’S CHALLENGES

Map of Haiti with Port-au-Prince shownImage via Wikipedia
HAITI’S CHALLENGES


The country of Haiti has had serious challenges throughout it’s past and present. The years between 1791 through 1803 there was the Haitian Revolution, this was a violent time in Haiti’s history. In the 1900s, U.S.
Marines occupied Haiti from 1915 through 1934, another violent and bloody part of Haiti’s past. Haiti once was the richest colony in the New World, with the man made and natural disasters it is one of the poorest of the Caribbean. With this last earthquake on January 12, 2010 Port-au-Prince is in ruins, with the Hundreds of thousand of lives lost and millions of homeless is going to take years to rebuild Haiti. It’s going to take help from the international community, to help rebuild this poor country. We can all help by going www.redcross.org to find out what we can do to help this country to heal. If everyone donated 50 cents that would be a great start.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution


http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jan/25/the-sad-history-of-how-poor-haiti-got-that-way/


http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/2010125173052160977.html


http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=dd1c3004ae666210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD


LM

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