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Last night I got together with wrdnrd and the_andy at Showa, a sake bar -- or izakaya -- in Fremont. I had mentioned it to wrdnrd when she posted about her love of sake on her blog. Suffice it to say that they know a lot more about sake then I do, and they gave me a primer over the first glass. The main thing I remember, other than typical alcohol content, is that the ( Read more... )

This is mostly to save the link in a convenient place for me, but maybe others would be interested in this blog post about a hiking route through Fremont that explores the many stairways. I've actually long been fascinated by some of the stairways along the ridge, but I've never explored them and have never been to Fremont Peak Park. The blog is ( Read more... )

I woke up in a crappy mood yesterday, but nonetheless I got a fair bit done in the morning, including some writing, hurrah. As usual, I started off with breakfast at Roxy's, and the streets of Fremont were already lined with chairs and blankets that people were laying down in anticipation of the Solstice Parade. It was raining. I was in a crappy ( Read more... )

Yesterday I picked up Doug and Christina around 12:30 and brought them to Fremont. I took them on a long, looping walk around the neighborhood. First stop was the Troll, of course, but we couldn't get a good photo because some people were reciting Shakespeare in front of it. So we continued on to the Lighthouse, which roasts its own coffee. (Doug ( Read more... )

The Fremont Universe blog reports that the building housing the Dubliner (an Irish bar) and 23 apartments above has been sold for $4 million (!) and that the buyer is saying they will develop the apartments into a hostel or pensione-style hotel. That could be a potentially very cool development, although I'm curious what kind of demand there is for ( Read more... )

So yesterday was a drift around day. I needed to take DVDs back to Rain City Video, and since that got me halfway there, I continued on to the Fremont Sunday Market. It was the first time I'd made it there this summer, and it has expanded. Same old food choices, however, and I had the panang curry from the Thai booth with the tip jar that says "for ( Read more... )

It seemed to me that a lot more people had already staked out places along the parade route as I made my way to Roxy's Diner this morning at 8am than had done so by the same time last year. The guys who had hauled six couches down to the curbside looked like they had camped on the couches overnight. Yes, it's time for the annual Fremont Solstice ( Read more... )

Strange coda to the story I posted about the other day about the Triangle Tavern being replaced by a gangster-themed bar called Nine Million in Unmarked Bills. According to a column in the Stranger, the name of the new bar is taken from a piece of neon artwork by Jeremy Bert. Bert's piece, made from mismatched salvaged neon, says "Leave Nineteen ( Read more... )

Okay, this is an example of another thing that drives me crazy. Fremont Universe announces that the Triangle Tavern is closing and being replaced by a '20s-gangster-theme-bar called 9 Million in Unmarked Bills. Now, admittedly this new bar sounds like a place I will stay far away from. But you know, I've stayed far away from the Triangle lately too ( Read more... )