Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Harold McGee, Miss Arely, Anthony Bourdain, ArtRage, Zero Hour.
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Blind tasting challenge at Artisan Wine Depot; Summit to Sea and Psycho Donuts Tasting Event; Winemaker Dinner at Cin Cin; Winemaker dinner at California Cafe in Palo Alto; Anthony Bourdain at Sur la Table; British pub crawl.
Soccer fans may have noticed that Earthquakes star Chris Wondolowski donned a bright pink wristband while he scored an unheard of three goals during the team’s Oct. 20 game. Instead of shying away from wearing pink clothing, Wondolowski and many of the team’s players and coaches sported pink attire at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara a week ago.
The South Bay does have vegetarian restaurants. They generally fall into two groups: south Indian food (dosa, utthapam) and Asian-ish restaurants that lean heavily on tofu and faux meat. I love south Indian food, but I think the fake meat thing is lame. If you’re going to cook or eat vegetarian food, embrace it. Why dress up food to look like meat?
Izakaya is Japan’s take on tapas, small plates of food designed to go with beer and sake. Silicon Valley has a wealth of izakaya restaurants, and while the range and execution of the dishes at Kyora put it somewhere in the middle tier of South Bay izakaya restaurants, it still deserves a place on the map.
Opening Ballet San Jose’s 25th anniversary season, company veteran Karen Gabay took the starring role on Sunday at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in company director Dennis Nahat’s two-decades-old choreographic update of the story ballet ‘Giselle.”
There was something for everyone in the gliding crew of beloved Disney characters, although the young reviews seemed to relate better to the newer ones.
The hero of ‘Secret Order,’ a dramatic, edge-of-your-seat play is William Shumway, a brilliant young researcher who has discovered a new method of fighting cancer—one that may lead to a cure.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: a DIY haunted home, Charles Burns, Peelander-Z and Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, a truly scary play, free jazz by The Empty Cage Quartet.
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