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When Seanie and I came home from Rogue One a couple of nights ago, our street was blocked off and filled with fire trucks and police cars. It was too dark to see anything clearly, but we spotted white foam on the ground in front of the house next to us. The smell of smoke was in the air, but it was a strange, chemical odor, not the comparatively ( Read more... )

It was an ordinary evening.  Nothing much happening. Seanie and I were just hanging out an starting to think that it might be time to go to bed ( Read more... )

Alternative Press Expo returned to San Jose this weekend after Comic Con International passed management of the convention back to Dan Vado, owner of Slave Labor Graphics. Going to APE has been on my to-do list for several years, but getting up to San Francisco was always a logistical challenge so I was thrilled that it was back in my hometown ( Read more... )

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In my Gallery and Exhibit Design class, we occasionally take field trips to see how museums and galleries display art in their public spaces. This week, the teacher decided we should meet in downtown San Jose to explore several of the art venues clustered in the area ( Read more... )

San Jose Bike Party is so f*cking obnoxious. I'm just trying to get home from work and I've got to dodge hundreds of cyclists weaving in and out of the lanes around me, crossing major streets at random intervals, screaming at each other as they go.  When I finally got home (traffic had slowed to a crawl because all these cyclists were hogging the ( Read more... )

The San Jose Rep announced today that they were officially closing and filing for bankruptcy.  It's quite sad from a cultural point of view - a city as big as San Jose can't support its own theater company? - but honestly, I'm not that surprised ( Read more... )

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Nutcracker, The Terracotta Prince
An Eastern spin on the holiday classic, The Nutcracker!

When I was a little girl, my father would take me to Ballet San Jose’s annual production of The Nutcracker. I’ve lost track of how many times I saw the show, but I feel like I know it by heart.
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