Monthly Archives: February 2006

Saturday Dinner

It seems to happen a lot; Janet walks in to a restaurant. The maitre d’ greets her, sees me trailing and his face lights up with recognition. It happened again on Saturday at Manresa — in this case it was … Continue reading

Food & Wine

The Best Tacos Ever

The first time we went to Casa Blanca on Blossom Hill Road in San Jose (it was right after New Years) we each had the combo plates. The enchiladas were ordinary (at best), the rice and beans were pretty run-of-the-mill, and … Continue reading

Food & Wine

Special Dinner

I received an email from Manresa on Monday. There was an announcement about a guest chef at the restaurant on March 5 and that chef David Kinch would be featured in a series of three Wednesday articles in the New … Continue reading

Food & Wine

More Movies

We rented four movies this weekend but only got around to seeing two of them. Sky High B Formulaic Disney film about a kid whose parents are both super heroes, and he’s a new freshman at a high school devoted … Continue reading

Movies