Park Station Hashery, San Jose

Park Station Hashery, San Jose

I love that Kid One is still finding fun places to take me out to eat. Here, we revisit the scene of one of my first blog posts and find that the old-school Italian restaurant morphed into a fresh hip take on a diner. It was delicious, as the photos show.

Vintage KFC bucket sign, San Jose

Vintage KFC bucket sign, San Jose

Now that Kid One is living in San Jose, I have a good reason for heading “over the hill” more than once in a blue moon. One thing I’ve discovered is that San Jose has done a great job preserving historic signs. I posted this one from mStephen’s Meat Products a while back. Here’s one near Kid One’s flat – an old Colonel Sanders bucket marking a KFC and Taco Bell next to Zanotto’s Market near the Rose Garden. I love it for the food history preserved here.

Roadside Sausage Sign, San Jose

Roadside Sausage Sign, San Jose

Here’s a lone sign in a parking lot near San Jose’s Dirdiron Train Station, a testament to times past. You don’t have to know anything about it to enjoy the retro font and styling, but since I know you’re curious, you can find out more about...
Microprocessors and Mummies

Microprocessors and Mummies

Torrential rains in San Jose did not deter the boys and I from a morning adventure to visit museums new and old: the Intel Museum and the Rosicrucian museum.