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Jan 4, 2023
Of Travel Routes and Family Trees
With genealogy all the rage these days, I became driven to make an ancestral journey, tracing my roots from...
Dec 28, 2022
2022 Retrospective: A Salute to the Research Muses
With all the changes unfolding in San Jose this year, the Alley denizen remained committed to transforming every situation...
Dec 21, 2022
San Jose Gets a Kick Out of This Year’s World Cup
At O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub, the World Cup semi-final soccer match between France and Morocco on large outdoor screens triggered...
Dec 14, 2022
In the Ballpark: Graham Field and Other Goosetown Memories
The noir atmospherics of Willow and Mastic at nighttime recently conjured the ghosts of Joe DiMaggio and Mercury-News reporter...
Dec 7, 2022
San Jose in Stephanie Foo’s ‘What My Bones Know’
Earlier this year, Stephanie Foo wrote the best San Jose book of 2022, What My Bones Know: A Memoir...
Nov 30, 2022
Finding the Hidden Poetry at Campbell Plaza
A suburban wasteland symphony of commerce, Campbell Plaza offers a poetic experience for all.
I begin with a masterpiece: Luigi’s...