#4 on the 10 best places to grow up - oh yeah!
San Jose, Calif.
With 9 square miles of green spaces, 300 days of sunshine a year, and four different professional sports franchises to follow, San Jose, Calif., has everything you need for a happy childhood. At just over 1 million residents, San Jose considers itself the capital of Silicon Valley, but it doesn’t take a computer scientist to understand the city’s appeal to kids. San Jose is the country’s safest big city, and although it’s certainly expensive—the median home price is $449,000—the city offers all sorts of great activities for children. Rather than chasing its skateboarders away, San Jose has embraced them by opening six public skateboarding parks, including Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park, the largest one in the state. And at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, children can experience everything from theater to gardening.
This is a question my brother and I were searching for an answer for durng the first and second rounds of the tournament in Portland, Oregon.
We asked basketball fans…bartenders…even the Western Kentucky cheerleaders. No one would or could tell us what a hilltopper was…until now.
“The evolution of the nickname ‘Hilltoppers’ is obvious to those who have seen the Western Kentucky campus. - Since the summit of ‘the Hill’ rises 232 feet above nearby Barren River and the comparatively level plain that surrounds it, it was only natural that the athletes who represented the institution should come to be known as the ‘Hilltoppers.’”
Go Toppers!
Big Red with Zag fans
WKU Flag Wavers
And finally if you ever get a chance to go to a March Madness game, go, you’ll love it. This video explains it all.
First rule of scotch club, what happens during scotch club stays at scotch club. But at least I can let you know what we drank…and how to taste.
First up…Aberlour 16yr
Next up…Ledaig 10yr
And finally a bonus bottle…Balvenie 12yr
Thanks to GoodRec for hosting.
Took a little trip Saturday up to San Anselmo, Cowgirl Creamery, and Tomales Bay.
Had Tony’s BBQ Oysters…and you know what…surprisingly good!
