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San Pedro Square Market Guide
PlacesShopping Jun 04, 2013, by Thyra Phan
San Pedro Square Market is a bustling indoor market filled with more than 20 vendors offering food, drinks and shopping.
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Downtown Mountain View’s Tied House Microbrewery has a big reason to feel special this year. They poured their first pints back in January 1988, so 2013 marks their 25th anniversary year. The credit for their enduring run rests on the quiet yet very supportive leadership style of its founder, Lou Jemison, who opened Tied House after being inspired by the brewery restaurants that he visited during a trip to Germany in 1986.
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Fashion, football and philanthropy anchor a splashy soiree planned for the fifth-annual Summer Fashion Show at Santana Row on Saturday. Extra excitement this year comes courtesy of guest Vernon Davis, the 49ers’ star tight end. His scheduled stroll down the catwalk has prompted faster ticket sales than in previous years.
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Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch founded Gordon Biersch in 1988 with the goal of making the most authentic German-style lagers outside of Germany. Twenty-five years later, Gordon reflects, “I can’t believe it, actually. When Dean and I started, we never thought 25 years. Being here, having the brewery in San Jose where I was born in an area where I had my college job working in the canneries located around it, it’s so hard to believe that this actually happened.”
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Silicon Valley Tech Landmarks
Places May 07, 2013, by Celeste Lodge
For those looking to tour Silicon Valley’s tech industry landmarks, most of the magic happens behind closed doors in private offices. However, visitors can easily find points of interest on a driving tour of some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech company campuses, and a few offer attractions that our worth a quick stop.
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Downtown San Jose shoppers have a lot more to look at with the opening of Japanese minimalist shop Muji last week in the plaza next to the Fairmont Hotel. Described by company execs as a lifestyle store, the 4,590-square-foot retail space offers more than 2,000 items, from housewares and clothing to furniture.
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While most cities in California have seen development stall in the last few years, thanks to the recession and the dissolution of state’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs), Willow Glen has become an outlier, a DIY business community.
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San Jose Walks and Talks Showcases Silicon Valley History
Places Apr 02, 2013, by Celeste Lodge
A group of about 20 San Jose locals gathered around the Peralta Adobe site on a warm Saturday afternoon, surrounding two De Anza freshmen as they spouted off facts about the historic building—the oldest structure still standing in San Jose. The purpose for the gather was the Adobe to Adobe tour, part of San Jose Walks and Talks, a new organization created to showcase Silicon Valley history.
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When Angela Cartwright, never to be forgot as “Penny Robinson,” comes to the San Jose Super Toy, Comic and Collectible Show this weekend, she carries with her the residual electricity of having been a passenger on perhaps the bravest of 1960s TV spaceships, the Jupiter 2.
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Sperry Station is a relatively new business collective located in a historic building in downtown San Jose. Since last October, it has quickly established itself as an ambitious purveyor of the arts and a spot for creative types to exhibit and sell their work.
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