Looking North on 1st Street
Discovery Meadow Park
South San Jose Hills
Iconic Building on 1st Street
Succulent on Paseo de San Antonio
Idea Tree – Interactive Art Outside the SJ McEnery Convention Center
Lake Cunningham Park
This last weekend we went to Lake Cunningham Park for the Fall Family Fun Festival. It was pretty impressive. The park is already a neat place to play and visit. The Fall Festival added a whole bunch of great activities, however, and it was all free. That is what amazed me, that there could still exist an event like this where all is free for the public. I mean everything you would need for a great family day including parking, performances, activities like zip lining and rock climbing, pumpkins- big ones too, hotdogs, chips and water that Lucky grocery store donated and that the San Jose fire fighters were cooking and preparing for the community… all of this free! In budgeting there have been times at fairs when we have had to tell the kids no for certain rides or activities. So you can imagine how great it was to play at this community event and not have to say no for economic reasons to anything. We had a blast. It was a great experience and I am grateful to be paying taxes in a community like this and spending money in local businesses that contribute to these events. Also, I had no excuse but to go on the zip line, too. That was AWESOME!
Burger Bar on 1st Street
How many decades has this sign greeted the motorists heading south from downtown? The dollar amount has gone up over the years for the five burgers but the rest looks nearly the same. It was a rare treat to get take-out growing up but when this place was desired in my family, someone would say “go to bag-a-burgers.” I didn’t know the place had another name until I was an adult. I do recall the bag-a-burgers coming home on rare occasion, though.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Park Center Plaza – Public Art
