Returning To Silicon Valley

This past weekend I had the chance to leave town and head down to one of my favorite top two cities, San Jose, California (the other being Las Vegas, Nevada). Why, you might ask? It was for my bi-annual San Jose Sharks hockey trip! I usually go down four to five times a year, two with my father to catch a game and the other times to go down for grocery shopping and just to have a fun little vacation. This time, my mother (and dog) decided to come down and make it a full family mini vacation. We left on Friday, March 13th (to my dismay since I missed out on the midnight release of Resident Evil 5!) and got down in a decent amount of time. We ended up staying at a different hotel, The DoubleTree, because of the dog. It was a very nice hotel that offered a lot of services and amenities for the vacationer and business person alike. They even gave cookies at check in!

After dropping all of our stuff in the hotel room we headed downtown and went shopping at some of the stores that we don't get to go to very often. The Men's Warehouse was the first stop we made. My father is a mortician, so he has to have a lot of dress suits and because he is tall it's hard to find the right size up where we live. So, we ended up spending around 3 hours in the store trying to find the best suits, dress shirts, and ties for him! I wasn't bored though, since I love suits and ties for some reason so I enjoyed seeing all the various styles and designs. Unfortunately, because of the time we spent there, we couldn't hit any of the other stores around and had to postpone them for Saturday. We did however stop at one of our favorite restaurants down there, The Mongolian B.B.Q., if you have never gone to one, it's a must!

Saturday, March 14 we woke up early and hit the Westfield Valley Fair, one of the largest malls in Northern California. My mother hit the usual stores like Macy's and Sanrio, while I hit a local sporting goods store (to pick up a new Sharks hat) as well as a Hot Topic. After coming out of Hot Topic with a new Pinky and the Brain shirt, I turned the corner, and there was a little piece of heaven - A SonyStyle store!!! I would have spent the night in that store if I could have! There were so many new gadgets and gizmos, ah, it was wonderful. Out of all of my loves and hobbies, my number one has to be electronics. I am truly a Gizmodo through and through.

Later that night my father and I went to the Sharks game against the Los Angeles Kings. It was fun but I'll have to blog a bit more on that later. The next day, Sunday March 15, we all piled back into the car and headed home. But we did make one little detour so I could snap a picture of the Sony building before we left. All in all, I had a lot of fun and cannot wait to return to San Jose in May!