Wisetrips Travel Blog

Today, we saw a production of " Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.. Live! " at the Montgomery Theater  in San Jose. I didn't expect it to be a one-man show, but it was pretty funny and enjoyable. We had a lot of laughs during the two hours of the show. According to John Gray, men and women need different things. Women need AU (symbol for gold): Attention and Understanding Men need TA (Trust…

Today, we saw the History of the Eagles Concert at the SAP Center in San Jose. I have never seen San Jose this crowded! The concert looks like it's sold out. We didn't have the best seats in section 213, row 11. People were constantly going back and forth to get beer or drinks during the concert (it was a bit distracting). Eagles started out all acoustic, with Glenn Frey and Don Henley playing an …

My son attended the  Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival  at UC Berkeley  today. The festival started at 09:00am and ran for three hours. The building was pretty crowded, with kids of all ages working on problems of varying difficulty. There were 18 tables, each with 6-10 kids, who sat and worked on problems, usually for 30-60 minutes. When one completed the designated problems, he moved to another table with space. This was a…

We attended the Bay Area Travel & Adventure Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center today. I was surprised by how many people were interested in travel! First, we listened to  Rick Steves's  talk about traveling through Europe. Rick Steves' talk was extraordinarily crowded, with standing room only for many visitors (including me). He talked about his guidebooks and about how he got started. He travels to …

Today, we attended the 2014 Silicon Valley International Auto Show  at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 West San Carlos Street, in downtown San Jose. Alex had lately shown a marked interest in cars, and I wanted to show him all the various brands. We arrived on Sunday at 10:30am and immediately went to look at the BMW cars nearby. Some cars were locked (M5, M6), but some were open. We sat in …

As we were in Campbell looking at some tiles for our Kitchen's backsplash, we stopped by for lunch at Mo's The Breakfast and Burger Joint . We sat outside and ordered some burgers, not expecting much. We were surprised by the fast, friendly service and the high-quality burgers we got. Inna ordered the Mushacado Burger  with Avocado, and it was delicious. I ordered the Texas Roadhouse  burger,…

Today, we saw a " The Book of Mormon " performance at the Orpheum Theater  in San Francisco. I wanted to see this musical last year (the 2012-2013 season), but could not find any seats (it was sold out). I hoped to get seats this year, but again, no seats were available (and I did not want to pay scalper's prices) or try the lottery. Luckily, our friend offered to sell us her tickets, so we wen…

Before enjoying our scheduled performance of " The Book of Mormon " Musical at San Francisco's Orpheum Theater , we stopped by for dinner at  Bluestem Brasserie . The dinner at Bluestem was fantastic, and we especially enjoyed the "Pan-Seared Black Truffle Pierogi" for our appetizer. The service at Bluestem was super fast and friendly. I don't recall the last time I had such fast serv…

Monday, January 5, 2014 (Day 1, 7:30am with Dara - The Fit Test) I took the introductory  P90X class  at Courtside Club  with Dara (the fitness instructor). I've attended Courtside Club for 2 years to improve my aerobic and muscular fitness. I was not making much progress in my strength training, so I wanted to determine whether P90X could improve my conditioning. My usual exercise regimen consists of …