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Entries from August 2005

Ben Folds/Rufus Wainwright/Ben Lee at Mountain Winery, August 24, 2005

August 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Music · Reviews

I am a huge fan of Ben Folds. However, his tours don’t frequent west coasts (the last time, if I remember correctly, was in 2002). So, I was quite excited that his “Odd Man Out” tour included Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. The tour also features Rufus Wainwright and Ben Lee.
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Kabab & Curry’s in Santa Clara, CA

August 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Food · Reviews

1498 Isabella Street
Santa Clara, CA
408.247.0745
M: Closed
T-F: 11:30 - 14:30 (buffet only) / 17:30 - 22:30
Sa/Su: 12:00 - 14:30 (no buffet) / 17:30 - 22:30
Another lunch place in the area. Since I have a lot of Indian coworkers, I’ve been enjoying many great Indian restaurants in the area.
This place, although marketed as “Indian and Pakistani”, [...]

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Athena Grill in Santa Clara, CA

August 9th, 2005 · No Comments · Food · Reviews

1505 Space Park Drive
Santa Clara, CA
408.567.9144
M-F: 10:30 - 21:00
Sa/Su: Closed
This is probably my favorite (and the best) Greek place in the area that I know. The surprising thing (at least to me) is that this place is hidden among the boxy office buildings where you would not normally find good restaurants.
I would not have [...]

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Hybrid Vehicles != Hybrid Models of Existing Vehicles?

August 9th, 2005 · No Comments · Misc

Being somewhat of a tech geek, I seriously thought about getting a Lexus RX400h since I have been looking for a larger car and at the gas prices.
However, I gave up when it actually came out several months ago. It was just too expensive for what I was getting. Even the Toyota Highlander [...]

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene

August 8th, 2005 · No Comments · Books · Reviews

This is probably the first non-textbook physics book I’ve read since I read The Dancing Wu Li Masters : An Overview of the New Physics and The Tao of Physics in high school in the 80s. At the time, I was so much amazed and awed by quantum physics as illustrated by Gary Zukav [...]

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