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seeing in the SJMN (aside from the “English prick” comment). We say soccer (contraction of AsSOCiation Football) to differentiate from American football, but it’s football/futbol/ voetbal in every country except the United States (and Canada—go BC Lions!) The English only standardized the rules, created the terminology and spread it everywhere they went. Good job! LEONARD KRUWEL | SUNNYVALE

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Mayor M ayor LLuigi uiggi Two years out, and the usual Two u suspects have thr own stakes in th he gr ound. thrown the ground. D AV VE CCORTESE ORTESE has cast himself h as the DAVE union guy SAM LLICCARDO ICCARDO has claimed guy.. SAM the downtown business turf (though gground ound on the attempts to ﬁnd middle gr aised ey yebrows in the minimum wage rraised eyebrows owd). And Vice take-it-to-the-mat cr crowd). MADISON N GUYEN N has published Mayor MADISON NGUYEN an autobiogr aphy of her short lif e. autobiography life. game’s not over The game’s over,, though and sever al though, several Don’t shadow candidates lurk. forget obable One is the impr improbable to tip! PIERL UIGI O LIVERIO, PIERLUIGI OLIVERIO, who on closer FLY@ inspection could be a METRONEWS. game-changer. Even game-changer. COM ategists political str strategists in the opposing camp forrmidable admit he would be ““aa formidable candidate.” Oliverio’s insanely popula ar in the Willow Oliverio’s popular Garden district, district, where where he Glen–Rose Garden received percent the received 68 per cent of th he vote over cil-supported a South Bay Labor Counc Council-supported challenger. V oters in thes se high-turnout challenger. Voters these precincts dispr oportionattely aff ect precincts disproportionately affect mayoral races, races, which are are sometimes mayoral o his cliffhangers. He maxed out fundraising without br eaking a sweat fundraising breaking ew a well-attende ed victory party and thr threw well-attended 4, at which Mayor CHUCK CHUCK R EED June 224, REED credited him as a key pla ayer in the credited player Measure B landslide. Measure

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T San Quentin State Prison, Pr rison, 724 inmates are ar re housed in the largest la rgest death row in the United Unite ed States, States, waiting waiting their turn turn on the lethal injection injection n gurney. gurney. But if the Savings, Accountability Savings, and Full Full Enforcement for California Californiia Act (SAFE) (SAFE) passes on Nov. Nov. 6, 6 their fate will change dramatically. d amatically. dr On the ba ballot allot as Pr Proposition oposition 34, the initiativ initiative ve would ab abolish olish the death penalty p enalty in the t st state ate of C California aliffo ornia and rreplace eplace it with w lif life fe in prison with no chance chance of p parole. arole. If the pr proposition oposition passes,, C passes California aliffo ornia will b become ecome the 19th state st ate to elim eliminate minate the death p penalty. enaltty.

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9 ﬂaws argument. and sees ﬂa aw ws in his ar gument. initiative does three “The init tiative do es thr ee simple things.. It d does things oes not eexpand xpand or shrink aree eligible the kinds of o crimes that ar special circumstances,” says, ffor o or sp ecial cir cumstances,” she sa ayys, that manyy inmates ar aree adding tha at man already pay alr eady rrequired quired to work and pa ay eq victim’s into a victi m’s rrestitution estitution fund. “It law crosses just ttakes akes eexisting xisting la aw and cr osses penalty. It’s out [the] death d p enalty. It ’s a vvery ery initiative. does simple init tiative. It do es nothing moree than that. that.”” mor

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Oliverio’s independent ways may irk council colleagues, but voters don’t seem to mind. Reed and RON GONZALES were lone wolves before they became mayor. P.O.’s strong suit, however, may be his wellestablished ﬁscal conservatism. While Cortese, Liccardo and Nguyen have shifted positions over the years to claim the elusive middle, Oliverio has remained a tight-ﬁsted budget hawk and a social liberal. So businesses seeking a predictable landscape will likely throw money to an Oliverio run. He has written more than 250 columns for the Metro-shepherded San Jose Inside web service, so his positions are better documented than those of pretty much anyone in local political life. And while the others will likely hire political consultants to help draft their positions, Pierluigi keeps his own counsel and manages his own schedule. His biggest downside may be that he doesn’t project a mayoral image. Then again, neither have most of San Jose’s recent mayors. Asked to discuss his own electoral prospects, Oliverio waved off speculation in a predictably cavalier fashion. “I’m not participating in this conversation,” he said.

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Woodford. W oodffo ord. F Further, urther, thee pr proposition oposition mandates that cconvicted on nvvicteed killers imprisonment, work during their imp prisonment, paying victim’s pa ayying rrestitution estitution into o a victim ’s ccompensation ompensation fund. possible innocence The p ossible inno cen nce of the cconvicted on nvvicted is also of cconcern. onccern. “The issue innocence of inno cence is rreally eally fforemost o emost in or people’s minds,,” sa says Woodford, p eople’s minds ayys W oodffo ord, citing Franky Carrillo the ccases ases of Frank ky C arrrillo and Obie Anthony, Anthon ny, ttwo wo men who w o turned out bee inno innocent lengthy to b cent after len nggth thy prison sentences. “Moree and mor moree p people sentenc es. “Mor m eople have been ha ave b een eexonerated xonerated acr aacross oss the There’s from om ccountry. ountry. Ther e’s no ccoming ming back fr om penalty, people aree the death p enalty, and p eople ar greatly about gr eatly cconcerned oncerned ab ut that.” ou By JJuly uly 12, funding ffor o the ccampaign or ampaign propelled byy rreached eached $2.9 million, pr ropelled b significant from Netflix signific ant donations fr o N om ettflix fl Reed ACLU. CEO R eeed Hastings and d the A CLU. Opponents proposition, like Opp onents of the pr oposition, o lik ke the Peace Officers Research Association P eace O fficers R eesearch A ssociation County Deputy and the Sacramento C o y Deput ount ty Association, have Sheriffs’ A ssociation, ha ave raised less $45,000. than $45,0 00. “Theree ar aree some crim crimes—like “Ther mes—like murder, torture raping mur der, tor ture and rap ping and murdering children—for mur dering childr en—ffo or which a lesser punishment is simply s not appropriate, says Kent appr opriate,” sa ayys K ent Scheidegger Legal off the th Criminal C i i l JJustice ustic ti e L egall Foundation, against F oundation, which is ag gainst the initiativee but ccannot afford ballot initiativ an nnot aff ffo ord opposition to fund an opp osition ccampaign. ampaign. “It bee a tra travesty someone likee would b avestty if so omeone lik Stalker [Richard Ramirez] the Night St alker [Rich hard Ramir ez] live natural life gets to liv ve out his natu ural lif fe in prison.” opponent—one Another opp onent— one that may surprising—is ma ay seem surprising— —is death rrow ow Kevin Cooper. Cooper was inmate K evin C oop er. C o oper w as sentenced 1985 sentenc ed d to death d h in i 19 85 ffor o or the h murder Hills mur der of a Chino Hil lls family Cooper his advocates of ffour. our o .C ooper and hi is adv o cates innocence, insist on his inno cence, but in an essay written from essa ay writ ten fr om San n Quentin, Cooper announced that does C ooper announc ed th hat he do es not support SAFE California Act, supp ort the S AFE C aliiffornia o A ct, citing frustration that no death rrow ow weree ask asked their inmates wer ed th heir opinion on initiative. the initiativ e. Cooper argues life sentencee C oop er ar gues that a lif fe sentenc “inhumane in a prison with “inhu umane cconditions” onditions” is simply another a penalty. vversion ersion of the death p e enalt y. He further currently fur ther claims those cu urrently on their abilityy to death rrow ow will lose the eir abilit appeal process use the app eal pr ocesss and legal habeas hab eas ffor or ccase o ase rreview. eview. Woodford Cooper’s essay W oodffo ord has rread ead C o op er’s essa ay

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Mayer M ayeer W Wants ants to KKeep eepp the CCash ash An SEC filing indicates that new Yahoo Yahoo a CEO Marissa M Mayer may be pr epared to hold h from the sale of Y aahoo’s stake in Chinese prepared the cash from Yahoo’s company Alibaba rather Internet company rather than returning return ning it to share share holders. The filing clues analysts analysts to the possibility that Mayer M prepared to make some is prepared including big steps, inc cluding additional acquisitions, to t turn the company around. around. Mayer’s Mayer ’ss statement stateement reflects reflects a dramatic dramatic change chang ge in direction direction from from interim CEO Ross Lev vinsohn’s declaration declaration that he would wo ould sell Yahoo’s Yaahoo’s stake in Levinsohn’s cash proceeds Alibaba and “return “return substantially all of the after-tax a proceeds to shar eholders ” after the sale closed. The salee was expected at that time to shareholders” around net ar ound $7 $7 billion for for Yahoo. Yaahoo. The SEC filing g also notes that Mayer is revising revisiing restructuring restructuring plans for for the company and d reviewing reviewing the board board of directors. directo ors. Whether that means she is preparing pr eparing to take on activist members or not not is unclear.—DH unclear.—DH

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Santa Clara Clara County prosecutor prrosecutor Tom T o om Flattery said it iss likely that McFarlin was not aware awaare of the signiﬁcance of the house, ho ouse, which was rrecently ecently surrounded surrounded by b a temporary temporary construction barrier. barrier. Computer industry vis sionary Steve Steve visionary Jobs died of pancreatic pancreattic cancer in October 2011. Repo orts indicate Reports that Jobs family still resides resides in the Jobs’’ family house and fans fans still come come by to pay tribute almost a year after the Apple chief’s chief ’s death.—DH

Google A Acquires cqquires TTravel ravel Guides; Guiddes; Facebook Adds A New Life Life Event E Google and Facebook both made moves this week to shore sh hore up social local advertising, and the difference difference in str ategy may reveal reveaal much about strategy how both companies plan to expand in this area. area. Google appears to be going directly directly ffor or local advertisers by b providing providing users with mobile software sofftware to help plan travel travel and dining. dining g.. Facebook, on the other hand, has created created a way

announced that it is Google announced q g Frommer’s, Frommer ’s,, a popular p p acquiring travel guide guid de service service published by travel purchase John Wileyy & Sons. The purchase price was not disclosed. The Frommer ’ss deal is expected to Frommer’s provide powerful po owerful online travel travel provide c planning capabilities that could work o properties, well with other Google properties, are properly properly assuming they are integrated d for for user appeal. integrated examp ple, Google earlier For example, purchased d restaurant restaurant reviewer reviewer Zagat purchased strategy of as part of a local social strategy restaurant reviews reviews delivering local restaurant for mobilee platforms. platforms.. Advertisers for service could takee advantage of the service offering g special Daily Deals. The by offering Frommer ’ss acquisition creates creates an Frommer’s interesting g tie between users who interesting may be in one location but planning travel and a dine in another. another. to travel unkno own was the matter Left unknown whethe h th r Google G l will ill continue ti off whether traditionall publishing of the traditional Frommer ’ss Guides or make them Frommer’s o onlyy. available online only. Facebook, meanwhile, took a much quieter—aand less expensive—step quieter—and forward in social local marketing with forward introdu uction of a new “Life “Life Event” Event” the introduction caalled “Expecting a Baby.” Babyy..” category called Life Events ar Facebook’ss Life aree just seeries of event categories that that—a series m describe major milestones in a person’s life.. Events include “New Relationship,” life. “Engagemeent,”” “Marriage,” “Marriage,”” “New “Engagement,” w Family Member r,” ,” “New Child,”” “New Member,” Pet,”” “End of Relationship”” and Pet,” more.. Lif E ar starred”” ffor or more. Lifee Events aree ““starred” prominencee on the user ’s T imeline and prominence user’s Timeline are shar ed with everyone unless the are shared are changed. settings are eﬂect a While the categories may rreﬂect traditional perspective on decidedly traditional life, their key k purpose is to cr eate a life, create marrker for for advertisers, who social marker target Facebook Faccebook users based on target grap ph data and have been social graph for gr eater clarity into when asking for greater for users mayy be in the market for goods.—DH certain goods.—DH

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These characters have performed for a quarter-century now, tirelessly improvising onstage for crowds of all ages, plus corporate team-building seminars, bachelor parties and endless league competitions across the country. Unlike standup comedy, in which one mook rattles off preplanned quips to a jaded audience, ﬁred up on overpriced, watered-down

drinks and greasy chicken wings, a ComedySportz match features two teams of comedy “act-letes,” plus a referee calling fouls. An average of seven to 12 games are played during a match, drawn from an entire repertoire of improvised games. Every show transpires in a different way, with different players and games, plus different crowds supplying different suggestions. At the end, the fans judge the whole thing. It can be a super-happy, family-type of event. This Saturday, however, ComedySportz will debut a new performance unsuitable for all ages. A new show, titled “Down in Front,” will be an 18-and-over, B-movie-style extravaganza of atrocities inspired by the format of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Nuclear families are not allowed for this one, apparently.

Courtney Pong, a ComedySportz performer, gave me the lowdown on how the whole mess will unfold: “We start off with the cast coming out. They’ll ask for two or three suggestions. The team will create a movie title on the spot, and then we’ll present a B-movie to you.” Full disclosure: Pong and I already know each other, since I spent a few years observing her schlep garlic fries at Gordon Biersch as I buried my life’s dissatisfactions in hundreds of Blonde Bocks. But that was at least ﬁve years ago, and now ComedySportz is producing San Jose’s ﬁrst rolling-blunder revue of improvised B-movie atrocities. It is well worth observing. For the gig, the performers need no instructions or guidance, but just enough keywords from the audience to trigger a rocking improvisation. The audience becomes the muse, with creativity and improv skills driving the rest. “We ask the audience, ‘Just give us three or four words,’” Pong explained. “From that, we can choose a title or incorporate that into the Bmovie. It’s very much that they just

throw out suggestions and we use them however we see fit and create a B-movie and that’s it.” As we talked on the phone, I spontaneously gave Pong some keywords: spaceship, chain-link fence, babies, heroin. Were that the case at the show, she explained, an instant movie could easily emerge. “We might then title the film Baby Spaceships From Mars,” Pong said, improvising over the phone. “And we’ll do a 30-minute movie, and anything else we didn’t put in the title, we’ll find a way to use it within the theme.” Even better, just like Mystery Science Theater 3000, a few kooks in the front row will provide their own commentary over the PA system. It all happens live, improvised, on the spot. Connoisseurs of camp, bring your keywords. The idea originally came from the Portand, Ore., chapter of ComedySportz. Each team in 20 different cities across the United States has its own format and special performances, so when the local San Jose team visited Portland, they were inspired. “We actually saw this show about four years ago and finally decided to bring [it] here to San Jose,” Pong said. “We wanted to add more types of improv to the Bay Area. We have our regular bread-and-butter show that does quite well across all ages—kids to grandparents—but we wanted more improv, more material and just more variety for people to come watch.” In any case, Down in Front is a great concept for a show. A million ideas come to mind immediately. I can’t wait to see who shows up and provides Herschell Gordon Lewis references, just to see if the cast actually gets them. In any event, 25 years of improvising onstage is definitely something to brag about. “We’re the longest-running show after Beach Blanket Babylon,” Pong boasted. A special set of anniversary shows with ComedySportz alums will happen Sept. 13–15.

DOWN IN FRONT SATURDAY 9:30PM

Comedy Sportz, 288 S. Second St., San Jose

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CASH CA SH OUT OUT:: O AN NOVEL O V EL

Novel N No ovel el Reporter Repoorter Re e From newspapers F newsp papers to high-tech, author a Greg G Bardsley Bardsl ey has turned tu urned his insider’s insider’s knowledge knowle edge g off Silicon Silicon V Valley a alley y into a satiricall romp satirica

REG BARDSLEY BARDSLEY joined joined M Metro etro tim around the time me newly elected President Bill Clinton C and Vice President Al Gore Go ore began their reg regular gular visits to Silicon Silicon Valley Valley to talk abo about out this thing called d the Internet. H He e remembers being sent s to cover a pre presidential esidential visit in Sunnyvale Su unnyvale and see eing a fellow staff reporter re eporter seated seeing by mistake in the honorees’ honorees’ section, wea wearing aring wrap-around wrap-around shades and smiling g bro broadly. oadly. 19

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CASH CA SH OUT 17 Park Park will host ho ost an Oct. 13 signing event event with Bar Bardsley. dsley. The novel, novel, e now set in 20 2008 08 right before beffo ore the rrecession, ecession, is a crazy crazy ride through through the the ccorporate orporate pressure pressure cooker, cooker, filled filleed with lust,, ego, ego, greed greed and dr dreams escaping eamss of esc aping to a simpler, simpler, more more balanced balan nced life. liffe. “The plac place grew ce where where I gr ew up is gone. gone. I want wan nt out,”” Bardsley Bardsley writes in opening chapter. i the th op en ning i chapter h t . “Just “Justt a ffew ew years was years ago, ago, I felt feelt like like I w as making a difference. diff ffeerence. I was was working as a reporter, out p people hurting reporter, calling calling a eople hur ting people, other p eople, people people ttaking aking things that didn didn’t ’t belong belong to them. ... I covered mattered covered issues issu ues that mat tered to rreal eal people, dwarfed people, issues issu ues that dw arfeed the IT babble thatt now dominates m myy life. liffe. Now myself Now I find m yself with The Suits, Suits, dealing with people witth p eople like like Janice Janice from from Finance.” Financ i e.” Bardsley standard Bardsley offers offeers the st off andard disclaimer sso he’s o that no one thinks he ’s ratting employers ratttting out his h emplo yeers or cocoworkers valleyy behemoth workers at the t valle behemoth where where he works. works. “It’s “IIt’s fiction,, it’s it’s crazy, crazy,” he says, points saayys, and hee p oints out that he’s he’s never neveer worked startup, worked ffor o or a st artup, and,, besides, besides, the novel was no ovel w as written w ttten 10 yyears writ eears ago. ago. Like book’s Like Dan n JJordan, ordan, the b ook’s beleaguered protagonist, beleaguered d pr otagonist, however, h howe ver, Bardsley Bardsle d l y is i married i d with ih two two children children e and lives lives on the peninsula.—Dan Pulcrano peninsula.—Dan —

EXCERPT CASH OUT In this exc excerpt erpt fr from om Gr Greg egg Bardsley’s Bardsleey’s novel, novel, our her hero, o, Dan J Jordan, oordan, dreams dreams of riches fr from om his job as a sp sspeechwriter eechwritteer for for o the CEO of high-tech high-tteecch ﬁrm FlowBid. Soon, So on, however, howeverr, he ﬁnds himself h kidnapped kidnapped by by disgruntled IT T geeks geeks.. The plac placee is Silic Silicon on V Valley; alle a ey; the timee is 2008 ...

thro ushing through ough the doors and into i the California sunshine, s I keep telling telling myself, Three days. days. In three thre ee days, days, not only will my vasectomy vasectomy wounds be healed, healed d, but my ﬁrst round of stock stocck options will vest, at which h point I’ll cash them out. Result: more than a million millio on bucks in proﬁt. I had neverr imagined

the possibility possiibility of amassing so much wealth in one small moment;; two years ago, ago, no one would would have guessed that FlowBid Flow wBid stock would increase like it has. has. But now here I am, am m, just three days away away from from a whole new life. In thr three ee da days, ayys, m myy ﬁrst blo block ck of options wil will ll vvest—5,300 est—5,300 in all. It’s It’s the ﬁrst of ttwo wo inst installments allments fr from om

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Much mor moree rrelaxed elaxed than to today’s daayy’s tightly scripted White House eevents, vents, the undiscovered undiscovered secur security rity lapse also spoke Silicon Valley’s sp oke to Silic on V aalley’ y s relative relative innocence. Overnight inno cence. Ov ernight suc ssuccess cess was was quantified in the tens of o millions days, about in those da ays y , ab out to o leap to the hundreds hundr eds of millions but b still a far cryy fr from today’s billions.. cr om to daayy’s banal billions Bardsley’s beats Bar dsley’s b eats at Metro M ro included Met Queztalcoatl eeverything verything thi fr ffrom om the th Que Q ztalc l oatl tl statue freest atue ccontroversy ontroversy to the t fr eespending Redevelopment Agency. sp ending R eedevelopmeent A gencyy. From Metro, Bardsley Fr om Met ro, Bar dsley went w to work at an East Ba Bay 1994, ay daily in 19 94, the year browser year the Internet br ow wser went into ccommercial distribution. ommercial distrib bution. Two Two w years journalism years later, later, he left jour rnalism to do executive executive ccommunications ommunicattions ffor o or LSI Logic, Logic, perfect perfeect timing ffor o or a front-row front-row seat ffor dotcom or o the run-up to the t dotc om boom. 1999, boom. By B 19 99, he h was wass putting putting i words words in the mouths of o the top executives executives at then-high-flying then-high h-flying Sun Microsystems. Microsystems. Bardsley novel Bardsley saw saaw a no vell in the craziness ar around ound him during d the unprecedented unprecedented economic econom mic eexplosion xplosion and subsequent implo implosion, sion, and he wrote 1999. wrote Cash Caash Out in 19 99. 9 But timing is eeverything, another boomverything, and anot ther b oomand-bust dec decade before ade passed db effo ore HarperCollins publication HarperCollins lli set a pu ublic bli ation i date. date d . Cash October, Caash Out will publish h in Octob er, and K Kepler’s bookstore epler’s b ookstore in Menlo

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JJOURNALISM, OUR NA LISM , SPIN, SPIN, FICTION FICTION Before he joined the t high-tech world, before he wrote a no novel, ovel, Greg Bardsley covered San n Jose politics in the early ’90s for ‘‘Metro.’ Metro.’

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Barney, Smith Barn ney, which will arrange to have ha ave the check ch heck printed ttwo w wo days daayys later at its Menl Menlo lo P Park ark office office near Sand Hill Road, R oad,, the epic o eepicenter enter of the vventure enture ccapital apital wor world. rld I’ll rld. I ll show up in m myy Corolla, C orolla,, pic pick ck up the check and pr proceed oceed directly dir ectly to nearb nearby by Mountain Mountain V View iiew to deposit dep osit it in into nto our checking ac account. count. The ne next x da xt day, ay, I’ll giv givee FlowBid myy ttwo m wo we weeks’ eeks’’ notic notice. e. I’m sur suree it will sho shock ck the hell out of them. Conventional C on nventio onal wisdom ar around ound her heree

Out will g go the twelve-hour twelve-ho hour workdays workdays, ys, y s,, th endless dless the endle chatter about a the need for more server serv ver capacity p y and continual the th conti tiiinual asides about ab bout opttions stock options sale,, ffor up ffor or o sale o or what’s what’s sure s e to be sur be an proﬁt. Seven ago,, we insane pr oﬁt. Se ven yyears e ago ears bought little 1,200-square-foot, b ought that lit tttle 1,20 0 square-ffoot, 0placee ffor $589,000; ttwo-bedroom wo -bedroom plac orr $58 o 9,000; today, guaranteed bee a to daay, there’s there’s guarante eed to b war, it’s bound bidding w ar, and it ’s b o ound to go ffor o or at least a million. That night we we’ll ’ll go out o ffor or o Mexican Me xican ffood, ood, to a wor worn-in, rn-in, hole-inhole-inthe-wall the -wall plac placee we lo love, ve, p peopled eopled b byy longtime long time lo locals cals and ph phenomenal henomenal margaritas. mar garitas. The ne next xt day, day, we’ll we’ll get up,, pack the ccar up ar and he head ead o over ver the hill and south along th the he shor shoreline, eline, straight ffor o or the ccoastal oastall communities communities between b etween Sant Santaa Cruz an and nd Monter Monterey, ey, wheree we’ll wher we’ll st start art the search seearch ffor o or the perfect p erfeect “beach “beach shack.” shack.” Kate K will sa say, ay, “You’re “Y Yo ou’re rreally eally gonna go g bar barefoot effoot the whole da day?” ayy?” And I’ll gl glance lance back at her,, a big grin spr her spreading eadin ng acr across oss m myy face, fac e, and no nod. d. Within W iithin a month,, aft after fter all the dust set settles, tles, we’ll we’ll have haave b bought ought a waterfront w aterfront pr property operty with w gr great eat vie views ws and b beach each ac access. cesss. It won’t won’t bee luxurious b luxurious,, just func functional ctional and

well-made. We’ll well-made. We’ll either have haave a tin tinyy mortgage mor tgage or o none at all, and the proﬁt pr oﬁt fr from om m our ccottage ottage sale will b bee sitting ting in sa savings. sit avvings. Out will go the ttwelve-hour welve-hour workdays, chatter about work daayys, tthe endless chat ter ab out the need ffor o more or more server server ccapacity, apacity, about the ccontinual ontinu ual asides ab out stock stock growing options and d gr owing ffortunes, o ortunes, the late-night late -night slide sslide-deck - deck drills with a jittery three jit t y VP thr ter tth ee years years outt off ccollege, ollege ll , that makes the sheer eexhaustion x xhaustion makes want yyou ou w ant to t aavoid void eeye ye ccontact ontact with an get home the world just j so yyou ou ccan already. Out alr eadyy. Ou ut will go all those San Francisco parties, Francisc o dinner d par ties, those thinly boasting wheree disguised b oasting ccontests ontests wher guests ccompete om mpete ffor o or top bragging rights on eeverything verything fr from om whose newest house has the t ne west amenity, amenity, to the who has th he most “nanny “nanny help,” help,” to succeeding whose h kid is i suc ceeding di the h most trying. without tr y . Out will go the ying Rovers Mercedes Range R overs and Mer cedes and utility BMW utili ity vehicles. vehicles. Out will go Finance. JJanice anice from from mF inance. Out. All of it. Hondas and sandals In will ccome o ome Fords VW and F ords and a old V W buses with longboards longb oardss tied to the rroof. ooff. In will locals beach ccome ome lo calss riding on old b each cruisers, us.. cruisers, smiling sm miling back at us we’d I want waant to o do d the h things hi we’d stopped stopped d doing on the th he other side: making meals from fr om scratch, scratch h,, enjoying enjo oyying lazy lazy visits with friends,, spending friends spen nding real real time on the phone with h loved loved ones, ones, smiling at strangers,, getting caught strangers geettting t caught up in a good good book. b ook. I want wan nt to work in the front front yard yar d and get geet my my hands dirty, dirty, my my body body scraped scrap ed up, up, my my sweat sweat mixed with dirt. dirt. Sure, Sur e, it’ll it’ll stink, stiink,, that mixture mixture of sweat sweat and dirt—until dirt—u —until I run across across the beach beach and dive dive into intto the ocean. ocean. We’ll W e’ll lea leave ave our TV in a b box, ox, in the garage.. garage Wi-Fi? W ii-Fi? We’ll We’ll ne never ver eeven ven unpack the rrouter. outer. I’ll sp spend end d rreal eal time with m myy wife wiffe and childr children, e the kind of time I en, never ne ver quitee manage to sp spend end in m myy current curr ent life, liffe, that life liffe on the other side wheree I jus wher just st ccan’t an’t stop to ccount ount m myy blessings.. blessings We’ll W e’ll sp spend e the whole summer end on the b beach. eacch. In the morning morning,, Kate will run he herr thr three ee miles on the har hard, d, wet sand ass the b boys oys and I prepare prepare breakfast: br eakfast: melons m melons,, toast and Raisin Bran, a ccoffee off ffeee ffor ff or o Daddy Daddy. y. In the

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ALDO’S Italian. $$$. A warm and engaging atmosphere sets the scene for full-bodied ﬂavors and healthy ingredients. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 59pm Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 14109 Winchester Blvd. 408.374.1808. CALIFORNIA CAFE New American. $$$. An innovative approach to Paciﬁc Rim staples makes for some lovely surprises. The ace service matches the smart setting. Full bar. 11:30am-10pm MonFri, 10:30am-10:30pm Sat, 10:30am-9:30pm Sun. 50 University Ave. 408.354.8118.

CIN-CIN Eclectic wine bar. $$$. The heart of Cin-Cin’s menu is an eclectic mix of small plates, tapas-size dishes that partner well with a great wine list. 4-10pm Mon-Sat. 368 Village Way. 408.354.8006.

DIO DEKA Greek. $$$. Dio Deka is doing its part to elevate Greek food in Silicon Valley. There’s much to recommend at this handsome restaurant. Most starters are large so they’re best shared. 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 210 E. Main St. 408.354.7700.

FLEUR DE COCOA French bakery. $$. Almond croissant. Almond croissant. Almond croissant. Los Gatos’ Fleur de Cocoa is rightly known for its chocolate confections and pastries, but I can’t stop thinking about the little pastry shop’s spectacular almond croissants. There’s plenty of other good stuff and not all of it sweet, like the croque monsieur and the quiche. 7:30am-6pm Tue-Sat, 8am4pm Sun. 39 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.354.3574.

FORBES MILL STEAKHOUSE Steakhouse. $$$$. When Metro ﬁrst checked in with Forbes Mill in 2003, it was called “a big, burly brasserie equipped with style as well as substance.” It’s holding up well and still does things in a big way. 5-9pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 206 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.6434.

GREEN PAPAYA Vietnamese. $$. California cuisine meets Southeast Asia by way of Paris, with inventive updates of clay pot and ﬁve-spice authentica. Beer, wine. 11am-3pm, 59:30pm Tue-Sun. 137 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.9115. I GATTI New Italian. $$$. I Gatti ﬁts like a glove along peaceful Main Street. The chef understands the basics but isn’t afraid to create refreshing twists on traditional recipes. 11:30am-2pm, 5-9:30pm MonSat, 5-9pm Sun 25 E. Main St. 408.399.5180. KAMAKURA SUSHI AND SAKE HOUSE Sushi bar classics. $$. In a smart setting, Kamakura showcases a procession of impeccable sushi and sashimi platters. 10:30am-2pm, 5:30-10pm daily. 135 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.6650.

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. Brewpub. $$$. Most brewpubs seem to be cooking from the same menu, but executive chef Jim Stump has created a diverse menu of upscale comfort food that goes well beyond burgers and grilledchicken sandwiches. The handsome wood-accented interior and open kitchen with its wood-ﬁred pizza oven and rotisserie grill add to the restaurant’s appeal. Breakfast 10am-2pm Sat-Sun; lunch 11:30am-3pm; dinner 5-9pm daily. 130 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.9929.

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MANRESA High concept. $$$$. Drawing from produce grown at his own farm, superstar chef David Kinch is blazing a trail of high caliber cuisine that’s as daring as it is delicious. Expensive but worth it. 320 Village Lane. 408.354.4330.

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escape the ordinary japantownsanjose.org Jackson & Taylor Streets between 1st and 7th Downtown San Jose

haute. $$$. Right on the main street, this cottagelike spot blends traditional French cooking with contemporary fusion: ﬁlet mignon with Mongolian-style brown sauce; crayﬁsh chow mein. Elegant and friendly. 11:30am-2pm, 5-10pm Tue-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 11 College Ave. 408.395.2808.

While the kitchen exudes earthy aromas, the dining room’s soft terra-cotta walls glow with a sense of Mediterranean mission. Hands-on management makes each patron feel pampered. Full bar. 5pmclose daily. 160 W. Main St. 408.354.8108.

VIVA LOS GATOS NEIGHBORHOOD EATERY

THREE DEGREES Eclectic, California. $$$. Set inside the beautifully remodeled Toll House Hotel, Three Degrees delivers a mixed bag of big and small plates from an eclectic menu. Some dishes, like the New York steak, are great, but others fall ﬂat. Full bar. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Fri; dinner 3-10pm daily. 140 S. Santa Cruz Blvd. 408.884.1054.

California. $$$. This popular Los Gatos restaurant mixes it up with Italian-leaning Mediterranean food, fresh ﬁsh, grilled steaks and several Asian-inspired dishes. 11am-9:30pm MonFri, 8am-10:30pm Sat, 8am-9:30pm Sun. 15970 Los Gatos Blvd. 408.356.4902.

VALERIANO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND BAR

Silicon Valley’s three Willow Street pizza locations prepare the deﬁnitive

Contemporary Italian. $$$.

WILLOW STREET WOODFIRED PIZZA Pizza. $$.

upwardly mobile California pizza. Crispy, thin crusts breathe with accents of almond from the Italian wood-ﬁred oven. Check out the new Neapolitan-style pizzas—delicate, light and satisfying. Hearty pastas, salads and sandwiches, too. 11:30am-10pm SunThu, 11:30am-9:30pm Fri-Sat. 20 S. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.354.5566. For other locations see www. willowstreet.com.

WINE CELLAR New California. $$. This cozy dining spot offers an education in Old World charm and New World cuisine, from smoked salmon pizza to grilled ahi tuna to desserts as fresh as spring break. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat, 10:30am-9pm Sun. 50 University Ave. 408.354.4808.

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Yet surprisingly, that wasn’t always the case. Instead, the singer, dancer and actor, who headlines San Jose Pride this weekend at Discovery Meadow, says he was actually “the most shut-off person when I was younger.” And his journey from that icy teenager to a man with “rule by heart” tattooed on his chest began in the most unexpected of places. “At 15, I was asked if I wanted a job in entertainment at Paramount’s Great America. I took it, not knowing that it would set me up as a performer for the rest of my life,” he says. “I was acting, dancing and singing in stage shows for years at that park.” The rigor of doing show after show after show every day for the crowds boosted his conﬁdence immensely, so much so that he counts it among the most important formative steps in

launching his musical career—along with a little soul-searching. “Performing at Great America, being in bands, traveling the world and learning to love myself were the most important steps in becoming who I am today,” he says. Once he realized what an outlet it could be, music became his passion. “I knew that the only way I could express emotion was to write it down. I started playing the piano at the same time as I got the Paramount gig,” Jameson says. “I just took to it naturally, like the sound was part of my mental makeup. It was the way to marry the feeling of music with the depth of words that I had kept internal.” His growth has continued on his second release, the EP A History of Heroes. Though he made his ﬁrst real impact on the music industry with his single “Ribcage” off his 2010 debut album, The Invention of Love. The video probably had even more of an impact, both metaphorically and practically, with its sly equation of boxing with affairs of the heart—both delivering their blows to the body part of the title.

His latest single, however, shows how he’s evolved both musically and lyrically. Heavily infused with dubstep, “Mr. Soldier Man” expands on his effort to bring meaning to dance music, digging into the definition of masculinity. With his themes of empowerment and self-reliance, Jameson would seem to be a natural choice for a Pride celebrations, but there’s only one place he’ll do it. “San Jose’s Pride is the only pride I do, by choice,”he says. “It is my hometown, and it is the place that I developed as a human being. So I am extremely excited for it!” First off, says Jameson, he likes working with Gary Walker, who has been director of the festival for almost 15 years. But he also feels that the festival’s mission is very much in line with his own. “The event is about love,” he says. “Self-love, love for others and [love for] community. The purpose in life is what drives me to act. Any chance to inspire someone is a blessing itself.” Jameson now lives in Los Angeles, where he’s also pursuing an acting career. He just finished his second film with director Charlie Vaughn, the indie drama Saltwater. “Charlie actually saw me performing my song ‘Ribcage’ in an L.A. nightclub one night and came up to me asking if I had an actor’s reel. I said, ‘I don’t,’ but he wanted me to come in and audition for his horror film Bloody Mary 3-D. Whenever the universe gives you an opportunity, you take it.” Jameson played the lead role—a rock star—in the movie, which came out at the end of last year, and “Ribcage” was used in the film as well. This will be his homecoming show, of sorts, since “going Hollywood.” He’ll perform Saturday at the festival, along with S.F. comedian Carrie Avritt and emcee Diamond John. Sunday’s entertainment features Grammy-award winning singer (and Tony Award-winning actress) Jennifer Holiday, Dominican vocalist Kat Deluna, Kat Graham from The Vampire Diaries, DJ Tony Moran and Flava.

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