San Jose

[Rock]

Anyone know of anything to do out there? never been....don't know shit about it, but I am going for a couple of days next month. are there any places that "i just have to go to"?

San Jose California.

[kll]

san jose, california?

[Rock]

oh yeah... san jose california.

[kll]

a-z lives there now, doesn't he?

when are you going? i'll be in the area in late september, but you're probably sooner than that.

[Rock]

Oh word? I didn't know that. Ima gonna hafta bug em about it.

Yeah, im going to be there on the 8th of Sept.

I'm just trying to soak up some of the non-clubbing nightlife. check out some live music. eat some good food. and see some cool shit that the city has to offer that most cities don't. and don't know where to begin.

[mickill]

san jose, california?
No, Magellan.

He meant Puerto Rico.

Fukkattaherewitdatshiiit.

[kll]

No, Magellan.

He meant Puerto Rico.

Fukkattaherewitdatshiiit.


WELL... considering he's from VIRGINIA... and there's San Jose, Illinois, New Mexico, Arizona and Florida... hmmm, I thought I'd ask...

[mickill]

Fukkattaherewitdatshiiit, you farthole.

[marsdaddy]

I hear Costa Rica is nice, this time of year.

There is a cool downtown district with some live music. Also, great asian food distric near downtown. Depending on where you're staying, lots of stuff is within walking distance of the convention center. The SJ Museums are nice, too.

[Knuckles]

I was there last month visiting the inlaws. The only "fun" thing we did was take the kid to Bonfante Gardens (http://www.bonfantegardens.com/).

Yeah, I wouldn't recomend it unless you have some youngsters or are really into plants.

[buddylee]

thiers shit loads of stuff to do here,
Winchester Mystery House
Japanese Friendship Garden next to:
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium
the great part is it close to every thing the beach and the snow
you can go walk Los Gatos downtown or cruz santa clara st , but you must likely get pulled over
downtown has lots of night clubs

[Knuckles]

I wanted to go to the Winchester Mystery House.
not enough time:(

[buddylee]

I wanted to go to the Winchester Mystery House.
not enough time:(

Bonfante Gardens kinda blows unless you a little kid or realy old,

the mystery house is cool .... been thier atleast 5 times

another good one but is kinda hard to find is the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot http://www.mysteryspot.com/


beening that I've lived here all my life , most of the funnest time were in places that I wasn't sposed to be , quick silver mine, sneaking in to Los Gatos Christian Church at nite ( place is big its' own shcool in it )

some of the best food can be found at liq stores , like happy hollow market makes the best bbq ribs , El Rancho Liquors Almaden Rd & Vine makes killer tacos

[Rock]

Word.
Thanks for the suggestions...now its time to narrow down which ones to go too since i'm only there for the weekend.

Any ideas on places to go for good live shows? Not arenas or anything...but something a few leaps ahead of some homo coffee shop.

[abcdefz]

Your best bet is to get a copy of the Mercury News on Thursday, the 7th -- that's when the entertainment supplement called "Eye" lists everything that's going on that weekend.

Depending on what kind of music you want, you can hit clubs for blues, jazz, DJs, etc. Be a little careful if you wander too far south of San Carlos to -- I hate to say this, but -- the, uh, "urban" clubs. There's one or two that police crack down on because of so much violence. Just a few months back, somebody opened fire in the parking lot: a couple dozen shots at the crowd. Not cool.

I don't know that San José has any real "must sees," but it's got tons of "cool to sees." Just depend on your tastes.

Local papers:

Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/), Wave (http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=25124), Metro (http://www.metroactive.com/metro/).