Monthly Archives: December 2009

Kwanza Celebration in History Park

On Sunday I attended the first Kwanzaa Celebration at the Zanker African American History House at the San Jose History Park. The celebration included a first floor tour of Zanker House, which is believed to be a house of a Buffalo Soldier (an African American soldier during the Civil War period). 
In the first room of...

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NACE Holiday Casual Networking

On Tuesday, I went to the San Jose Hilton for a casual holiday networking party with the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) meeting. When I first entered the room I was struck by how beautiful and dark it was. While I took many shots using flash to modify the...

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Topical Tuesday (7)

Last weekend I was in Mountain View to meet up with some friends and decided to get dinner there beforehand. I went to what was formerly Colonel Lee’s Mongolian BBQ to find out that they had completely redone the place with very beautiful and intricate display pieces on the walls, and even renamed the place...

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Coyote Creek Trail – A New Course for The Athletic Performance Group

When I started my endurance training program, a little over a year ago now, the group was very different from how it appears now. At that time the group was organized as a Jeff Galloway Group, and our leader Jenny, had everyone winding down for a season and gearing up for the next season. In...

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San Jose Holiday Parade 2009

It’s unusual for me to be on the other side of the camera, yet on Sunday morning a television camera was pointed at me, and the panned to others in the front section waiting for the San Jose Holiday Parade to begin.
I was sitting shoulder to shoulder with others who had been waiting since 5...

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