Tag: San Jose

In San Jose, California

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West Santa Clara St. Mural

San Jose Mural

I could stare at this downtown San Jose mural every day. I am enamored with this. I adore it. Created by San Jose artist Lacey Bryant.

San Jose Mural
San Jose Mural
San Jose Mural
San Jose Mural

I love the art of it, the movies my mind creates inspired by it, the fantasy, the San Jose references within the work, the flow of emotions and thoughts I come to when staring at it.

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San Jose Buildings

Here are a few buildings that I was admiring on a walk.

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Bank of Italy Building, which became Bank of America.
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Top of the Bank of Italy building.
San Jose Buildings
San Jose Buildings
San Jose Buildings
Historic 1904 building preserved until repair and development of building and surrounding land.
San Jose Buildings
San Jose Buildings
Close up of KQED building, location of the world’s first radio station.
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The Great Seal, and also the spot of the annual ice skating rink in downtown.
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Family Court House.
San Jose Buildings
San Jose Buildings
Once the main post office, now the San Jose Museum of Art.
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Happy Place on 4th Street

Being introduced to this place this year pleased me beyond all expectations. If I found this place anywhere in any town on any road trip, I would have been so completely proud and happy with myself. So, to be taken here, right in San Jose, on 4th street, where I had never been… well, it blew me away.

4th Street Bowl Coffee Shop
Coffee Shop at 4th Street Bowl

First, I should say that I find Diners and Coffee Shops to be one of humanity’s special places. And, I love to enjoy them, to eat, drink coffee, and basque in the humanity and time within them.

This one, right in San Jose at 4th Street Bowl, is quite special. Let me share some of the beautiful highlights about this coffee shop. Plenty of energy with customers and staff. Lots of windows. A looooong counter and a bunch of booths. A big menu. A glass door and windows that connect and look into the bowling alley. The alley is not updated. There is a cocktail lounge, a pool hall, a few video games, and of course, the coffee shop, all connected to the alley. Despite the simplicity of my words, the reality is a poetry of place and presence. It is a block of time and a splash of nostalgia whipped with distraction and covered in coffee. It is a treasure.