Why should beer take a backseat to the craft cocktail movement? Everything is fashion in the 20-teens and that means we can make room for beer and booze inside the same cup. In advance of Silicon Valley Beer Week, we criss-crossed the South Bay for…
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Five years ago, Dr. Jim Withee made a calculated decision and quit his high-paying job as a government scientist to help people drink good beer. Withee had studied yeast in graduate school and applied his findings to the human immune system, studying ways for the…
Globally speaking, the MLS isn’t a great league. So rather than cobbling together two all-star squads, the league honchos skim the cream and pit their best against a competent challenger from across the pond. This year, the squad of scrappy Americans and washed-up foreign legends…
San Jose native Teresa Alvarado wants to make it easier for people to be able to proudly say they live in San Jose. After leaving the area for for grad school, she returned home to work with SPUR—one of the oldest non-profits in the area. The…
The famed Gilroy Garlic Festival returns July 29-31, this time with improved transportation for South Bay residents. A staple of summer for 20 years, the Garlic Fest attracts tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world for a weekend filled with cookcoffs, concerts…
Fried chicken never goes out of style. The classic and reinvented flavors all enjoy similar fanfare. It comes as no surprise then, that restaurants should offer an entire menu starring breaded poultry. Enter Starbird, a new, healthier version of Chick-Fil-A with in-app ordering and curbside…
The sun was intense and I could taste the Texas cedarwood as my homemade mustache wax melted into my mouth. If it wasn’t for the other ingredients—vegetable shortening, artisanally smoked beet sugar and Doritos Ranch dust—it would have been unbearable. I dragged the kiddie pool…
If the weather is any indication Summer has arrived in full force. It’s finally time to break out those shorts and enjoy some much needed time in the sun. Every week different parks around San Jose will play host to a series of events focused…
The road towards the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio is in full force at the U.S. Olympic Trials for women’s gymnastics at the SAP Center in San Jose. Among the Olympic hopefuls is the world’s three-time all-around champion and four-time U.S. national all-around champion, Simone…
Silicon Valley Beer Week—the annual celebration of all things barley, hops and malt—kicks off July 22 with a citywide party taking place at three of San Jose’s premier microbreweries. Whether it’s your first time diving into the world of ABVs and IBUs or you’re already…
