Noonie Cakes Opens in Eastridge

A new cupcake shop has opened up in Eastridge mall called Noonie Cakes. It's run by Jackie Jackson, someone who has been in the catering business for quite some time. She features Southern flavors such as peach cobbler, sweet potato, banana pudding, and of course red velvet. The shop is located near the movie theater and is open from 10am-7pm Monday though Saturday and 11am-7pm on Sunday. For more info, check out their website over here.

Net Impact Silicon Valley / Santa Clara U MBAs with Kitchen Table Advisors present TEDx Event

A Viewing Party, Feb 16, 12 to 4 PM

We will be hosting a fun and casual viewing party to watch a live-streaming of TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” on February 16, 2013.Speakers with various backgrounds in food and farming will share their insights and expertise.

The event is free of charge and includes lunch, provided by Bon Appetit catering. All are welcome. Register here.

Date: February 16, 2013
Time: 12 to 4
Location:
Santa Clara University
Lucas Hall, Room 126 (Forbes Conference Room)
Alameda & Franklin Street, Santa Clara, CA

For more directions, see the SCU Campus Map

For more information about TEDx Manhattan - Changing the Way We Eat, check out www.tedxmanhattan.org

General schedule
12:00 Arrive, mingle and enjoy a lunch at no charge
12:45 Launch webcast and get inspired!
3:00 Networking and small group discussion

Due to the timing of the event, we will only be showing one session of the TEDx talks titled EMPOWER.

Speakers include: 
Maisle Greenawalt The realities of a large company going sustainable
Lindsey Lusher Shute Young farmers
Cheryl Kollin Farm to Freezer
Ann Cooper School Food
David McInerney Good food should taste great 

Attendees will also receive a variety of TEDx Manhattan Giveaways!

- King Corn DVDs
- Foodopoly by Wenonah Hauter
- Take Back the Tap! branded Klean Kanteens
- Foraged Flavor by Tama Matsuoka Wong
- Stonyfield gift bags
- Chipotle tri-fold gift cards for free burritos and chips & guacamole
- Fenugreen FreshPaper
- NRDC tote bag, bookmark and sticker sets
- The Perfect Finish by Bill Yosses
- More TBA!

Questions? Contact:

Net Impact Silicon Valley: Clara Kuo (silicon@netimpact.org)

Net Impact Santa Clara: Lawrence Chum (lchum@scu.edu)

*TEDx Manhattan is sponsored by the Glynwood Institute (www.glynwood.org)

Special Thanks to:

The Roots of XVI - February 15 @ 6 PM at Harry's Hofbrau in San Jose

One of the most prevalent venues in the South Bay beer scene is hosting a Firestone Walker Brewing Company event today. No tickets or pre-purchase required, all you have to do is show up and you can purchase as many samples as you would like a la carte. Sounds like a great way to celebrate beer-week in a classic San Jose watering hole. Harry's Hofbrau is located on 390 Saratoga Avenue and the event starts at 6pm.

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THE ROOTS OF XVI – FEBRUARY 15 @ 6 P.M. AT HARRY’S HOFBRAU IN SAN JOSE

One of California’s most acclaimed barrel-aged beers is set to be deconstructed as Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Harry’s Hofbrau in San Jose present “The Roots of XVI,” a one-of-a-kind tasting of the rare component beers that were blended to create Firestone Walker’s XVI Anniversary Ale. 

The doors open at 6 p.m. No tickets or reservations are required. Guests can simply come and purchase samples as they wish.

This SF Beer Week event will be hosted by Jeffers Richardson, director of Firestone Walker’s new Barrelworks facility, which is dedicated to barrel-aged wild beers and strong ales.

The Chop on XVI…

XVI is the seventh release in Firestone Walker’s anniversary series, dating back to the release of the inaugural anniversary release called “Ten” in 2006.

Every year, local Paso Robles winemakers gather with the brewing team to taste through a variety of strong ales and determine the final blend. This year, the result was XVI, which was composed of 226 barrels spanning eight diverse components.

“Dozens of notebooks, hundreds of questions and countless beers have refined our approach to creating the best flavors possible through barrel aging,” says Brewmaster Brynildson. “Then we step back and let our winemaker friends help us put the final puzzle together. This year, the result is XVI—our finest achievement to date.”

At “The Roots of XVI,” the puzzle will be pulled back apart, and guests will savor these rare component pieces and learn about the art of blending. The featured component ales are:

Velvet Merkin / Aged in Bourbon Barrels     

-Traditional Oatmeal Stout

Double DBA / Aged in retired Firestone Union Barrels

-Double strength English Pale Ale

Parabola / Aged in Bourbon Barrels

-Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout                                                                  

Helldorado / Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels

-Blonde Barley Wine

Bravo / Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels

-Imperial Brown Ale

Wookey Jack / 100% Stainless Steel

-Black Rye India Pale Ale

Happy Valentine's Day San Jose!

This Valentine's Day, I have to plug a chocolate store that I just found out about recently. Schurra's has been making fine confections since 1912, and they have been based in San Jose since the early 1930s. They make their candy and chocolates from scratch each day on-site at their historic San Jose location (840 The Alameda). Everything is made by hand, they have no machines to automate the process. I had a chance to try some of their chocolate a couple days ago and it blew me away. You have to try the salted dark chocolate caramels!

So instead of stocking up on Godiva or Ghiradelli this Valentine's Day, why not go hyperlocal and try something made right here in San Jose!

To visit Schurra's website click here.

Schurra's, creating a tradition of Fine Confections since 1912.  Albert and Justin Schurra started their confectionery business with retail stores in Stockton and Modesto California.  They soon expanded their candy business to include wholesale accounts throughout Northern California.  In the early 1930's they closed their stores in Stockton and Modesto and moved to The Alameda in San Jose.  The Alameda, also known as the beautiful way, was San Jose's premier neighborhood.  The mansions of successful doctors, lawyers and architects lined the street as they do today.  However, today they have been converted to offices for doctors, lawyers and architects.  A street car system ran down the center of the street carrying passengers from Alum Rock Park through downtown and out towards the town of Santa Clara.  The Alameda was and is also known as Hwy 82.  It was the most modern route to San Francisco at the time.   In the mid 1930's Albert Schurra purchased the building at 848 The Alameda.  He designed a "Sunshine Candy Kitchen"  where customers could watch candy being made through the windows.  Skilled women would sit in the front windows that faced The Alameda and artistically dip chocolates by hand.  Many of the chocolate dippers worked for Schurra's well into their 90's and two, Gladys Neisonger and Myrtle Bay, lived to be over 100 years old. While we have since located next door to the old Sunshine Candy Kitchen, we proudly carry on Albert and Justin's time-honored traditions and adhere to their standards of quality by making everything from scratch everyday.

Visit our Historic Shop at

840 The Alameda

San Jose, CA 95126

ph. 408.289.1562

fax. 408.289.9222

Store Hours:  Monday - Friday 10am - 6:30pm

Saturdays 10am - 5:30pm

Closed Sundays except for the Sunday before Christmas, Valentine's and Easter.  We are open those 3 Sundays from 11:30am - 4:00pm

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Phantom Galleries + Cinequest "Art Unleashed"

from Phantom Galleries by PG

Phantom Galleries is proud to be partnering with Cinequest again this year for their Cinequest 23 Film Festival! This is the 4th year that PG & CQ has worked together to bring this live painting event to the amazing audiences of this maverick film festival.


This year's artists are: André Hart, Melanie Sharr and Jeff Hemming. All three artists are highly imaginative in their concepts and excellent in their painting practice. We look forward to their interpretations of the festival's theme "UNLEASH."

Festival attendees will have the ability to observe each artist put their talent to work and thereafter vote for their favorite artist via Facebook. All sponsors, artists and paintings will be presented at the closing ceremony before announcing the winner of the "Live Art Contest!"

Stop by often to see our artists' progress. Artists will be on view in the Camera Cinemas 12 windows along the Paseo de San Antonio walk between S. 1st and S. 2nd streets during the festival February 26–March 29, 2013.

Cinequest schedule & ticket information available at www.cinequest.org

New Downtown San Jose Walking Tours!

One more step has been taken towards making Downtown a legitimate tourist destination. A group of students have come together under the guidance of Greg Adler--a high school teacher at Santa Teresa--to provide walking tours of Downtown San Jose. The group is called San Jose Walks & Talks and we should do everything we can to support them.

Their signature tour is aptly named Adobe to Adobe. It starts at the Peralta Adobe in the San Pedro Square Market and then goes all the way to the Adobe headquarters and back. The tour takes about an hour and the suggested donation is only $5. The next walk is Saturday, February 16th at 11:30am.

Downtown San Jose is filled with such a rich history that I think you will be surprised at how much you'll learn on these tours.

For more information, check out their website over here or email contact@sanjosewalksandtalks.org.

Virgin America Coming to San Jose!

You have probably heard it by now, but Virgin will by flying out of SJC starting May 1st. This is a huge win for San Jose, especially after the unfortunate grounding of ANA's Tokyo flight thanks to a poor battery design in the Boeing 787.

Virgin is one of, if not the hottest airline in the US right now. Prices are similar to Southwest, yet the experience blows away just about every other national airline. I also have to toss in that Virgin America branding and design feels very "Silicon Valleyish."

They are only starting off with four daily flights to LAX, but if those do well they will expand their presence in San Jose and offer long-haul routes as well. The flights leave SJC at 6:35am, 8:55am, 2:50pm, and 6:50pm. Oh, and the best part... they start at $49 each way.

Not enough airline news for the day? Delta has decided to add four daily flights of its own to LAX. Unlike Virgin, these will be serviced by a regional jet instead of a large plane.

Source: SVBJ here, here, and here

Fedex Business Center to Open at the Fairmont San Jose

Just in time for the convention center expansion, FedEx is setting up a new business center at The Fairmont Hotel. All the details are below:

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SAN JOSE – Experience convenience with a new downtown FedEx Office located in The Fairmont San Jose. In this fast-paced world, business never stops, especially in Silicon Valley.  Guests of the hotel, meeting attendees and local businesses will have convenient access to everything they need to get the job done. Shipping, faxing, copying and office equipment rentals will be right at hand.

Guests will never have to leave the hotel to take care of their documentation needs, no matter the size because the FedEx Office will offer large document reproduction, offset printing and bindery services.  For last-minute changes or projects, the Business Center at FedEx Office will offer guests of The Fairmont San Jose 24-hour self-service printing and copying. The FedEx Office will also offer full parcel handling services for guests of the hotel.

Business Center at FedEx Office

Hours of Operations:

Full Service Staffed Operation

·   Monday -Friday 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday & Sunday Closed

·   24/7 Hotel Guest Access for Internet & Copying Capabilities

·   Print directly from USB thumb drives or smart phones via the Cloud

About The Fairmont San Jose

The Fairmont San Jose located in the heart of Silicon Valley, combines high-tech excitement with the elegance of Fairmont style.  The hotel offers 805 deluxe guest rooms, including 77 luxurious suites, and 65,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting space, presented with the perfect balance of contemporary and traditional designs.  The 20th floor is devoted to a collection of grand penthouse suites, with its own private boardroom and spectacular city views. The 4th floor (Cabana Level) features lavish -style rooms framing a 58’ swimming pool, sun deck, men’s and women’s saunas, steam rooms, health club and spa.

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