Vote For Your Favorite Earthquakes Players!

The Official Major League Soccer All-Star Ballot is now live and you can vote for all of your favorite Earthquakes players right over here. The All-Star game will be against Manchester United on July 27th, so it's guaranteed to be a great game!

Great Idea!

I saw this posted on Facebook by Sam Liccardo a couple days ago:

"Sam Liccardo
We DID IT!!! We've just secured the EPA grant to begin our "homeless creek cleanup" pilot project on July 1st-- we'll employ 50 homeless individuals living in Coyote Creek to engage in environmental cleanup while earning stable housing and board. Special thanks to our partners at Destination:Home, Downtown Streets Team, EPA, the Water District, EBay, ESD, and Friends of Coyote Creek for making this happen!!"

This is a phenomenal idea that benefits everyone. Those in dire need get a roof over their head and Coyote Creek will become cleaner and safer. I hope this is a sign that we will be seeing similar programs in the future.

Saturday Stats - San Jose is the #2 Best City for Public Transportation?

As one of the most adamant supporters of San Jose, even I find this bit hard to believe. Click here for the full article.

Next SJ Eats is Coming to San Pedro Square on June 18th!

Come feast on an army of food trucks on Saturday, June 18th, from 5-9pm!  This is easily the best food truck event in the Bay Area.  Plenty of seating, great atmosphere, and you might even get a preview of the San Pedro Square Market. Same as last time, the trucks will be lined up on St. John Street and there should be plenty of free parking after 6pm around City Heights.

Dia de Portugal Celebration this Saturday in History Park!

Last weekend San Jose had a terrific celebration of Greek culture, and this weekend it's Portugal's turn. We're really lucky to live in such an ethnically diverse city and to be able to emerse ourselves in so many different cultures!

This is an event that is dear to my heart since both of my parents emigrated from the Azores to San Jose about 35 years ago. Dia de Portugal will be filled with tons of great Portuguese food (you must try authentic linguica if you've never had it before), Portuguese wines, beers, art, music, dancing, and some really interesting cultural events. They will also be featuring a new exhibit in the Portuguese Heritage Museum that documents the migration of Portuguese people to California and Hawaii. Admission is free and children of all ages are welcome.

For more information, click here for the Dia de Portugal website.

This video is almost all in Portuguese but shows some of the cultural booths and events.

Trans Am Cruise - without the bootleg beer

I don't know how many people here remember the movie "Smokey & the Bandit", I myself didn't until Steve Natale sent me a link about the Trans Am Cruise event.

The Second Annual Trans Am Cruise kicks off in San Jose this Saturday, June 11.  The event is organized by Lisa Dalisa, who purchased her first Trans Am in 1983, and has been collecting and restoring them ever since.   A group of 20-30 Firebird and Trans Am cars are scheduled to descend on GM Sports in San Jose at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning

To read the rest head over to Steve's article on the Examiner here

Evergreen Music Night with Alvon Johnson

Finally we've been getting nice weather & the nights are great.  A good way to spend one of these nights is at the Evergreen Village Square Music Night featuring Alvon Johnson & the All Stars.  Relax with a starry night & the blues.  They'll also be showing "Kung Fu Panda" to kick off the Summer Movie Night.  A night of music & laughs, that's hard to turn down.

EVERGREEN VILLAGE FRIDAY JUNE 10TH

LOCATION: RUBY AVENUE AT ABORN ROAD SAN JOSE, CA 

TIME: 6:00PM to 8:00PM

Wednesday Wishlist - More SubZEROs!

Last week's SubZERO festival was perhaps the best ever. These are exactly the types of events that we need to showcase San Jose's unique artsy subculture. It would be awesome to have more SoFA events at the scale of SubZERO throughout the year. We'll get a little taste of this next year with both SubZERO and ZER01 festivals going on in the summer. However, I still think we can support more. I would love to see a quarterly SoFA festival or event in addition to or as a supplement to South First Fridays!