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""Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue""
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Campbell, CA
Yelping SinceMay 2007
Things I LoveWhistler paintings, enthusiastic pussy, Russian novelists, Yankee vs Red Sox games, Napa reds, crabcakes, Emerson's late essays, Debussy, V8 engines, beef ribeye, the Bill Evans Trio, Cuban cigars, and Auden's poetry.
Find Me InSan Jose
My HometownDetroit
When I'm Not Yelping...I read, go to concerts or plays, art galleries and museums, eating out
The Last Great Book I Read"From Dawn to Decadence" by Jacques Barzun
My First ConcertBo Diddley
My Favorite MovieThe Philadephia Story
My Last Meal On EarthFish Tacos from my favorite stand by the fish market in Ensenada
Most Recent DiscoverySalsa & Beer
Current CrushElizabeth Bennet
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10/22/2009
Alex's still has $2 drinks, but other than that, it is no different than any other souless corporate dump. Alex maybe the biggest asshole in San Jose, and he fires one cool bartender after another with no more justification than, "it's time to make a change." He's like a small scale version of Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (or a low-rent Charles Foster Kane) who bullies his way through one good person after another. Bye John, Allen, and Annie, you deserve much better.
I'll still go there because I am a cheap, ammoral SOB, but the place is on the road to an ugly knife fight, or worse. The vibe the other night was awful, like the accumulated detius of so much bad karma. If you believe that Nemesis is a real force of justice, steeer clear of this place, Alex has certainly attracted the forces of retribution flying above his head, and they don't much care who happens to be nearbye when she drops down to exact what is due. Frankly, Alex, I'm only hanging around to be there when the winged goddess of payback comes for you. I'll be the one grinning. -
5/21/2009
As dive bars go, this is the top of the heap. $4 and I've got a bourbon and a Budweiser in hand. Wild and weird and cool and pathetic crowd all at the same time; you never know what's going to walk through the door, from a silicone valley programmer to an itinerant bum. Great bartenders, if not a bit of a revolving door of them. Cheap, funky, and fun, Alex's is the place to start and to finish the evening. Cash only. Mafia ATM. Hot dogs made from only the finest lips and assholes, mmmmmm
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3/21/2008
The very finest Paso Robles Zinfandel you are likely to taste, honestly, it is that good. This is a lovely, intimate winery (unlike the tour bus chaos at so many nearby wineries) , and Frank makes a superior Zinfandel as well as an amazing Zinfandel port. The place is what casual, friendly, wine tasting is all about. He only makes Zin, the Zin port and a delicious dessert wine, but as with many things, doing one thing well is far better than doing many things poorly. The price is on the high side for Zinfandels (but not really when you look around at all the overpriced, inferior Zins on the market), but it reflects the attention to perfection that Frank obviously puts into his wines. This is not a mass produced wine in any sense, and at $42 for the 2006, it is worth every dime, really. By as many bottles as you can afford, and let your friends taste what a complex, Zinfandel is supposed to taste like. Zin Alley is what a trip up to Paso is all about for my wife and I; it will be on the top of my list each time I visit.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 642-1111
Sheraton Gateway Hotel
Category: Hotels
Neighborhood: Westchester / LAX
Hanover, MD 21076
(410) 712-9404
Gunning's Seafood Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants, Seafood Markets
San Jose, CA 95129
(408) 247-8827
Grand Central Sauna & Hot Tub Co
Category: Day Spas
Tips: bring wine in plastic containers, extra towels, a portable battery driven CD player, candles, and, ahem, accessories. No electrical plugs for obvious reasons. You can make the place much nicer with just a little effort.
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 871-2598
Chef Ko Chinese Cuisine
Categories: Chinese, Vegetarian
The beer was nice and cold, and the $1 margaritas offered on Yelp sort of made up for the lousy food. Service was good, though a bit slow for no one in the place.
Nothing great about the seafood cocktail, the abalone tasted canned, and not much flavor in the seafood or the juice; I used a lot of hot sauce to give it some taste. Not even close to a good, fresh Ensenada cocktail.
And everything here was overpriced for Tucson. Also, the speaker in the ceiling is completely blown, and the woofer distorted loudly all meal, it sounded exactly like I was back in Baja listening to some poor idiot playing his blown out van speakers at top volume outside a muffler repair shop. How in the hell do you work at a place all day and not notice that your music is croaking and burping and bleeting with every note? Either turn it off or get your lazy ass to a audio store and buy another one.
Actually, lazy describes this place perfectly; the slop that was served to me was indifferent and lazy and I do not recommend it.