Stay true to resolutions for a healthier New Year with a macrobiotic dinner on Monday, then break all the rules with sake bombs on Tuesday, Singaporean delicacies on Wednesday, Fresh Pasta on Thursday and a happy hour on Friday. It’s yet another week of food and wine events. January 8-16.
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The non-traditional bluegrass band Barefoot Nellies play Saturday, Jan. 8 at the Sunnyvale Theatre.
Dead Souls bring Joy Division back to life at the Blank Club on Friday, Jan. 7 with Devo tribute band Devolutionaries.
With $500 million in fresh investment money and a staff of 2,000 and growing, Facebook is feeling a little bit crowded in its Palo Alto headquarters. Rumors have it moving to the Sun Microsystem campus in Menlo Park as early as this June. Palo Alto is preparing to say goodbye to a steady source of revenue.
After stock price rises over the New Year, Apple is now valued at over $300 million, making it the largest publicly traded company in the world after Exxon. Apple surpassed Microsoft in May on its climb to the top, and is looking forward to high earnings in its first quarter, with new products possibly announced at the International SEC fair starting on Thursday.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: free Reiki, puppet making, lunchtime art lecture, Shorty Fatz, Talib Kweli.
Some of the best meals I ate in 2010 were at Baume, Chez TK, Chinjin Eastern House, Bistro Elan, Evvia, Madera, Alexander’s Steakhouse, and Flea Street Cafe.
Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger named his appointments the High Speed Rail Authority. Conspicuously absent was Rod Diridon, who has represented Silicon Valley to the HSR Authority for the past decade. New appointments from Fresno and Anaheim seem to indicate the direction that future planning may be taking—from Silicon to the Central Valley.
With Facebook overcoming Google as the Most Visited Site of 2010, could Google be preparing to acquire Myspace and position itself in social networking? Rumor has it that Myspace’s owners at News Corps are ready to sell, but there may be some other players in the bidding, including gaming upstart Zynga.
Though Facebook may not have issued an official IPO yet, plenty of wealthy private investors are still buying into the company through four boutique companies in New York that specialize in privately owned shares. Now the SEC wants to investigate.
