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Madcap Puppets make a star of Galileo

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Don t miss Madcap Puppets zany show Look Out, Galileo! on July 17 at the Herrick Memorial Library.

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A step back to the age of kings and pharaohs

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

There is nothing ordinary about the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which boasts the largest collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts in the Western U.S. It s in a quiet residential neighborhood rather than a downtown location like most museums. The Egyptian Revival and Moorish architecture of the buildings and the Ancient Egyptian artifacts inside are exotic. Even the layout is unorthodox, with the museum sharing the city-block-sized grounds with gardens, a planetarium and a research library.

Winchester Mystery House: A monument to eccentricity

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:06:04 GMT

You will never see another house like this one, nowhere, no way. The Winchester Mystery House is equal parts grandeur and madness, with 10,000 window panes more than the Empire State Building, many of them Tiffany glass and some that open onto blank walls. There are also 2,000 doors, some that open outward to eight-foot drops. In all, you ll see 110 of the 160 rooms during a walking tour at the House.

LB Steak: Prime Beef at a prime location

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

LB Steak is the first restaurant you see driving along Santana Row, San Jose s premier shopping and dining district, and it s one of the best. There s plenty of sizzle on the entire menu, but there s a reason why steak is in the restaurant s name. Every beef item on the menu uses only USDA Prime Beef, the highest grade, which accounts for only two percent of beef produced in the U.S.

The Grill on the Alley: Back to the good old days

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The Grill on the Alley is a step back, several generations back. It s inside the modern Fairmont Hotel in the heart of resurgent downtown San Jose, but does a nice job of recapturing the food and the mood of the big-city dinner clubs and grills of the 1940s.

The Tech Museum: A technology wonderland for all ages

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The Tech Museum fits San Jose as snugly as the Louvre fits Paris. The Silicon Valley, after all, is the geographical heart of tech culture. And fortunately the museum s curators have ensured that the exhibits are understandable to almost anyone.

Santana Row: So much more than a mall

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Calling Santana Row a shopping center is like calling Carlos Santana (no connection) a guitar player. It s true, but it only scratches the surface. Opened in 2002, the design of the shopping district in central San Jose draws from successful elements seen in public squares and shopping boulevards from Barcelona to Beverly Hills.

Monterey Bay Aquarium: The Carnegie Hall of oceanic life

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Call it the Carnegie Hall or the Fenway Park of aquariums. After a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA), the superlatives will gush from your lips as surely as the breakers that pour over you every 30 seconds in the Wave Crash Tunnel at this mega-aquarium. Some say it s America s best.