Nice in the afternoon. Love the jazz piped in. Adds to a nice atmosphere, for the "Lone Wolf" types....
Thursday night is quite the scene (if you enjoy watching desperate cougars throw themselves at VCs). Great drinks/deck almost make it worthwhile.
Photography possible unless you take put a tripod and a telephoto lens. At that point the shops call security to stop you and extort a permit
Don't miss the wine cave tour, and No, do NOT spit out the wine. It is incredibly delicious. BTW: Get a taxi.
Great place to do running drills, field workouts and other outdoor training. Benches, soccer/lax fields (turf), open space
"Extra credit if you can explain..why the HP PR machine won the rewrite of Valley history."
"Drive down University Avenue into Stanford University as it turns into Palm Drive. Park on the circle and take a walking tour of the campus and then head to the science and engineering quad."
"Drive down Amphitheater Parkway behind Google, admiring all the buildings and realize that they were built by an extinct company, Silicon Graphics"
"Small but important, this museum is the real deal with almost every artifact of the computing and pre-computing age (make sure you check out their events calendar)"
"Take a Zeppelin ride over the valley. If it’s a clear day and you have the money after a liquidity event, it’s a mind-blowing trip."
Facebook (a 2011 Most Innovative Company) used to have offices above this restaurant. Employees liked to work in pool chairs on the roof, which was the only place quiet enough to take phone calls.
Before he was brought on as CEO of YouTube, Salar Kamangar met cofounder Chat Hurley for burgers at this pub, which was located near both of their homes.
In 1997, Canyon Video charged CEO Reed Hastings a $40 late fee for "Apollo 13," sparking the idea for Netflix. The store used to be at this exact location, which is now, ironically, a post office.
SolarCity (a 2011 Most Innovative Company) installed 650 KW of solar panels atop five rooftops on this eBay campus, making it the largest commercial solar installation in San Jose.
Visit this sandwich shop at lunchtime and you're likely to spot an employee from Most Innovative Company EA. Their go-to orders include the Dripper: roast beef smothered in BBQ and melted Swiss.
Visit the To Infinity and Beyond Exhibit to scan radio frequencies from outer space. You can even listen to the audio recording and view the images that were sent out on the Voyager 1 spacecraft too. Read more.
Foothill Observatory offers weekly public programs to view the wonders of the universe through the observatory's large astronomical telescopes--free of charge and open to visitors of all ages!
Apple engineer Gray Powell lost an iPhone 4 prototype here, which was eventually dissected on the blog Gizmodo a full two months before its official June 2010 release date.
This pub near eBay's HQ is where innovations are hatched from casual conversations over pretzels and beer. The most recent: a deal-finding feature called, um, Deal Finder, that launched in December.
Find the copy of Clay Shirky's "Here Comes Everybody" in the lobby. I left a present for you on page 16.
Pineapple rice, chicken satay, but so much more! This has to be the best Thai food in the south bay.
Nice wine bar with elevated cuisine. Fun tapas; diablo deviled eggs, steamed clams, crispy goat cheese, cin-cin flat bread.
Par exemple : essaye la glace à la vanille au sel de mer. On ne trouve pas de meilleur dessert en ville !
The tofu scramble and the Morning Food Sandwich are outstanding breakfast options; waiting for the Pasta Mama to come back on the specials list.
this place is chill. not pretentious, sleek interior, nice wine. i like it much more than wine room...
