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May 24th – I received an email back from Devony Taylor at the City Manager’s office about my inquiry and she referred me to Ernest Guzman. I tell her of the situation and link her to my blog post. May 25th – Ernest calls me after having read my blog post. He told me that Team San Jose had put in a proposal for the management of the facility a few ...

I’ll preface this first with an apology to anyone whose name I misspell as I didn’t always have a chance to ask how the name was spelled. It started with an email on May 10th from our hosting provider informing us that the DNS for monopolyinthepark.com had been changed. Questions immediately arose as we didn’t have the domain registered with either of our two registrars. I immediately contacted Network Solutions, one ...

Over the last couple years the company I work for has been working on the development of a site using a CMS (Content management System) platform, a good change in my opinion and something that many companies are moving towards with their sites now as it allows for quick and efficient changes to a site without requiring a full time developer or web designer on your staff. That said, as CMS ...

Business: Cintara, www.cintara.com Owner: Lisa Tollner Industry: full-service branding agency Opening Blurb:  From deep roots in the bay area, working in an apartment kitchen, to a company that now services industries including technology, healthcare, consumer products, hospitality and financial businesses meet the founder and woman behind Cintara. Today I sat down with Lisa Tollner, owner of Cintara, a full service branding agency located in down town San Jose off Post and First Street. In ...

Have you ever been to a strip club that let you hose down a fully nude nubile in a shower tub only inches in front of you? If you haven’t then you may want to visit the lovely ladies of the Pink Poodle gentlemen’s club in San Jose open from noon until three in the morning Friday and Saturday and from noon until midnight the rest of the week. While Santa Clara ...

While San Jose isn’t known for being open twenty four seven – we do have late night adult only attractions and places for the creatures of the night to stretch their tentacles. Whether you spent the day shopping at Santana Row, dancing at club WET or perhaps getting splashed on from an erotic shower show at the Pink Poodle with friends, you can always find the doors of Bay101 and Garden ...

The West Coast Hip Hop scene first began to dominate radio play and record sales in the early 90’s and it was around this time that many Bay Area artists started the Hyphy subgenre of Crunk music. The phrase was originally coined by Bay Area Rapper Keak Da Sneak, but became popular when artist E-40 put the underground Hip Hop culture of the Bay Area on the national map. To this ...

The bay area is no stranger to ice hockey having had NHL teams since we had the California Golden Seals in 1967. While there was a dark period from ’74 and through the 80’s, San Jose persevered and in 1990 the San Jose Sharks started their first season. While the Golden Seals had played in the Oakland Coliseum, the San Jose Sharks originally played at the Cow Palace in Daly City ...

Can’t make it to Yosemite or Big Sur? That’s alright; we still have what you’re looking for. Many visitors and locals ride their bikes along the Los Gatos Creek River, take a stroll along the Guadalupe Park River, or enjoy themselves at one of the many quaint parks that litter the South Bay. However, if you’re looking to break out of the city’s downtown core and get away from suburban life ...