Silicon Valley Pride is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and our allies. It started back in 1975 as a gay rights rally and evolved into San Jose Pride Festival in 1976. Next year in 1977, San Jose added its first parade to the celebration. In 2014 San Jose Pride was changed to Silicon Valley…
Before I met Mike, I wasn’t much of a meat eater; I did not want anything to do with steaks because in my experience, all of them I had tried were tough, sinewy, fatty and flavorless. Turns out, I just never had the right steak, especially one cooked by Mike and seasoned with Pappy’s. Pappy’s…
Spirit Halloween is a seasonal costume store, with several locations that pop up at random in Fresno. One of them is located at 4224 E Shields Ave. It’s definitely a great place to find a great and varied assortment of Halloween stuff, ranging from costumes, makeup, accessories, decor and even animatronics! However, some things can…
A restaurant I had my eye on to go to one of these days was Oggi Cosi Si Mangia, an Italian restaurant in the Tower District. It had been closed “temporarily” since November due to a fire, but the owner is officially over Fresno. Lack of support over homeless people attempting to reside in the…
