Traveling around in #SanJose and #NearbyToSanJose at 825 mph on our spinning planet.
Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose has many great reasons to visit. One is to find and walk around the Native Plant Garden. (https://cnps-scv.org/index.php/restoration/lake-cunningham) While you are there you may also enjoy the largest skate park in California, BMX bike park, water park with water slides and lazy river, playgrounds, paths, and so on.
If you have to have pipes anyway, why not make them colorful? You can make the world a little better wherever you are. That’s what some people in downtown San Jose think. You can find these colorful and functional pipes on Third Street.
El Amigo Restaurant at 7090 Santa Teresa Blvd., San Jose, CA 95139
This taco experience was enjoyed by two adults and two children, as well as the company of friends who ordered other items from the menu. While there is an indoor dining area to this well decorated restaurant, the outdoor area is so inviting with roof covered sections, shaded sections, and sunny sections, that I think it would be difficult to pass on the outdoor eating experience here. Tacos ordered on this day were asada con queso, tacos de papa, hard shell tacos with chicken and cheese, and fish tacos.
Notes from this taco tasting included:
– Delicious!!!!
– Good. Simple papa lettuce & tomato. Served with rice & beans. Some salsa adds lots of flavor.
– Not bad.
– Great outdoor eating, friendly people working here, and I’ve eaten many things here over the years and they were good. The fish tacos today did not impress me as much as other food here has, though I still ate all of my tacos. Also, from experience, I can say their asada tacos here are great.
Combined taco score for El Amigo = 🌮🌮🌮
Las Cazuelas Restaurant at 55 Race St., San Jose , CA 95126
Two children and two adults tried tacos including vegetarian, plain carne asada, and al pastor.
We were with several friends for this adventure who all chose burritos for their meals so they did not get to chime in on the taco score. This restaurant is near many murals and art studios and we had a great day exploring and listening to live music on The Alameda for this Second Saturday. Second Saturday is a movement on The Alameda to open up the art galleries and host artist talks, musicians, and hands on art opportunities for all who come. We had a great time trying our hands at several art and poetry projects, listening to Mighty Mike McGee, famous local poet, be interviewed in the School of Visual Philosophy. Then we walked around the wonderful Recycle Bookstore before walking over to Las Cazuelas restaurant.
I have to say that the patio and friends as part of a great day went superbly with my tacos that came out great. An excellent day of living.
Taco notes included:
– Outdoor patio so nice and comfortable. Tacos are delicious!
– It was good.
– Ehhhhh😐
– Our friend joined us and loved his veggie burrito, adding hot salsa, saying “Sauce is so good, it’s so hot, I’m dying.”
Combined taco score for Las Cazuelas = 🌮🌮🌮
Some art that stood out to me when walking around The Alameda recently.
I like this mural for several reasons. I especially appreciated how the open train car was a frame to the scenery. And then, I noticed the food in the train car and the fact that this food has chopsticks on it. That made me think a lot. The fact that it made me think a lot is what keeps me thinking about it. Why is it so interesting that there are chopsticks instead of a spoon, fork, or nothing? We have lots of restaurants here in which I use chopsticks and still this stands out to me when on this particular art scenery. Is this what the artist was trying to get me to think about? The artist was surely using chopsticks for a reason… And now, as with all interesting art, I am left to feel or think. And in this case, I am doing both. Excellent.
La Playita Restaurant at 1169 Redmond Ave, San Jose, CA 95120
For this day we had two adults and one child with us and ordered al pastor, asada con queso, and veggie tacos. One child was off on a different adventure so didn’t get to eat with us this time. I have a fond space in my heart for this place as I used to eat here regularly many years ago and the family that runs the place have always been very kind. In fact, some of my earliest memories of my children eating at restaurants as toddlers are from this restaurant. This is where my youngest used to eat the salsa as a toddler until their mouth would burn, drink water, pause for a minute, and then go right back to eating chips and salsa as if nothing had happened. My ratings of the experience here are certain to be skewed by happy memories, and also, the meat in my tacos was excellent!
Comments included:
– Very good. I like the patio and all of the plants, also.
– Good.
– Good. Delicious. Basic veggie taco.
Combined taco score for La Playita Restaurant = 🌮🌮🌮
So beautiful, something in me swells with joy when I see these.
California Poppy Day was established as April 6th by the California Senate in 2010.
Walking around SoFA (South First Area in San Jose) and looking around.
