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Aug 27, 2025
Another Entry on San Jose’s Impermanent Record
Forty years ago, El Paseo de Saratoga Shopping Center was a vibrant cosmopolitan epicenter of culture where monks and musicians gathered.
Aug 20, 2025
To Find Meaning, Experience What Others Ignore
Inspired by Phil Cousineau’s The Art of Pilgrimage and the poetry of Basho, I made a transcendental strip-mall journey to Senter Road.
Aug 13, 2025
Summer Fest’s Brightest Moments
First of all, the Alebrijes—vivid sculptures from Oaxaca—arrived in Plaza de Cesar Chavez. They were perfect.
Aug 6, 2025
A Look Back at the San Jose Jazz Break Room’s Past
During Summer Fest, the Break Room serves as a gathering place where late-nighters—you know, like most jazz people—can lurk in the shadows.
Jul 30, 2025
Why We Need a Plaque at 1063 El Camino Real
You wouldn’t know by shuffling past 4Printing in Mountain View, but 50 years ago, Paul Terrell opened the first Byte Shop in that building.
Jul 23, 2025
From Auzerais to Woz Way
Any wandering scholar with poetic inclinations will study the ways San Jose has torn out its own insides. It makes for great travel writing.
