I like fried rice, fried, really fried, not just veggies and chopped meat mixed into steamed rice. Ramen House Ryowa is one of the places that everyone goes for ramen, but I hear very little conversation about their fried rice. It’s good and you should consider checking it out. I make fried...

Raising chickens is a very popular hobby right now. Mountain View  just happens to be one of the bay area cities that allows residents to have 4 hens (no roosters) in their backyard. We’re lucky!  There isn’t any place in Mountain View that you can purchase live chickens. I recommend finding...

  I’ve been wondering what’s going on with the construction at Ava’s Downtown Market & Deli so I stopped by a few days ago and spoke with Juan and Ann. Now that I heard all the details, I can’t wait to see the official unveiling that will be happening this summer.  Yes, the meat counter...

What were you doing back in 1988? That’s when Tied House first opened in Mountain View. This year is their 25-year anniversary in our community.  To celebrate they’ll be partnering with SJBeerWalk to host a Beer Walk in downtown Mountain View.    June 1st, 2013 from 1pm – 5pm  954...

  I’m not exactly sure how I got involved in this, but I am. I was telling my friend Kristina that I learned how to make rugs out of t-shirts. She is the Senior Recreation Coordinator  at the Rengstorff House. She was planning a lace-making event, and now I’ll be demonstrating how to weave...

  I recently started taking yoga classes at Yoga Belly downtown. I wanted to write about my yoga experience, as limited as it is, so I started looking around online at the other yoga studios in Mountain View. We live in an amazing area if you are at all interested, or even curious, about...

If you’ve never taken the time to attend Silicon Valley Open Studios, now is your chance. It’s only once a year.  WEEKEND 1: May 4th – 5th Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San...

   I went to the grand opening of the new Safeway at The Village at San Antonio. Swanky. That’s what I have to say. The produce department is beautiful. Fruit stacked up like edible-works-of-art. All of the usual departments are bigger and therefore you’ll find a larger selection and new...

For years I’ve been driving past the green house on Church Street that has bicycles for sale. I stopped today to introduce myself. I met Peter Lazo. He’s lived in that house for 52 years and he’s been selling bikes for 16 years. He told me that it’s a hobby that turned into a little...

Monday, April 22 is Earth Day. Mountain View’s plastic bag ban will go into effect on that day.  Single-use, carry-out bags (plastic bags) won’t be used at any retail businesses, but they will still be allowed at restaurants. There are already 23 other local cities that have this plastic bag...

There’s an event coming up that I’m really looking forward to: Dreaming in Color. It is a fundraising event for an organization called Special Spaces. They’re a nonprofit that provides dream room makeovers for children and teens with life threatening illnesses. They already transformed one...

This is the second walking tour booklet: Mountain View’s Historic Homes, A Walking Tour. The house in the photo is so adorable. It was remodeled a few years back and that extension on the left was added. It used to be even skinnier than it is today. I look at it every time I drive past...