Staff Picks
Get Psyched! 01 Dec, 2014
What to give those ho-hum New Year's resolutions a leg up? Head to Mountain View's East West Bookstore on Saturday and Sunday, January 3 and 4, for the East West Psychic Fair. Read More
Holiday on the Rails! 01 Nov, 2014
A Bay area holiday tradition chugs into town on December 6, when the Caltrain Holiday Train festooned with 70,000 twinkling lights makes its Mountain View stop at 6:55 pm. Read More
Castro's Culinary Edge 01 Oct, 2014
From Mexican to Mediterranean, Indian to Asian (and, let's face just about every global cuisine in between), Mountain View's Castro Street is a culinary wonderland. No matter what you're in the mood for, you can find it along this busy pedestrian-friendly downtown street. Read More
Curtain Calls and Coffee 01 Sep, 2014
Theater buffs and Mountain View hotel guests can get their professional theater fix without ever leaving town, thanks to TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley's leading professional non-profit theater company. Read More
Pedal Power 01 Aug, 2014
By now, the Googleplex is well known for its fleet of multi-colored bicycles reserved for on-the-go Googlers. But biking and the Bay Area have a long history together, leading the Los Altos History Museum Read More
The Authentic Flavors of Mexico 01 Jul, 2014
For the best Mexican food in Mountain View, head to ViVe Sol. Specializing in the dishes of Puebla, Mexico's culinary cradle, this hotspot draws foodies and regular folks Read More
Nearby at NASA... 25 Jun, 2014
It may not come as a complete surprise that among the cutting edge science and engineering firms in the Mountain View area, there is also the NASA Ames Research Center, one of ten such centers in the U.S. Read More
I Scream for Shaved Snow 21 May, 2014
It's not ice cream, not frozen yogurt, not even remotely like gelato or Italian ice. It's shaved snow, a Taiwanese frozen dessert that's set to upstage every arctic-cold confection around. Read More
FUN ON TAP 01 Apr, 2014
We missed National Beer Day but it's never too late to celebrate our favorite beverage. On the last Friday of every month, head north from Hotel Zico to nearby Devil's Canyon Brewing Company for Beer Friday. Read More
TOUR THE TECH 01 Mar, 2014
The history of high-tech is on display at the Intel Museum operated by, you guessed it, Intel, a company that puts the silicon in Silicon Valley. Exactly how technology works can be difficult to grasp, but here, the geniuses at Intel break it down in a visual, highly intuitive way. Read More
IT'S A SHORE THING 01 Feb, 2014
There's more to Mountain View than powerhouse tech. Just for a minute, be mesmerized by the power of nature. Pack a picnic, put on your jogging shoes or grab your clubs and head to Shoreline Park. Read More
A SPIRITED SIDE TRIP TO SAN JOSE 01 Jan, 2014
A short drive NOVEMBER 2013from Hotel Zico brings visitors to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, a weirdly wonderful mansion that was under construction day and night for nearly 40 years. Read More
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