Brigitte’s French Mediterranean 351 Saratoga Ave Santa Clara, CA 95050 Tel: (408) 404-7043 Fax: (408) 246-2332 Brigitte@BrigittesCuisine.com www.brigittescuisine.com This tiny little place is hard to find but is worth searching for. For starters, we tried a couple of their velouté soups. They were simply prepared and well done. We also tried their mussels which were [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2006’
Great site for local wine events
I recently discovered LocalWineEvents.com, a site devoted to listing upcoming food and wine events. The events seem to be updated quite frequently so the data is very fresh. I utilized the site last weekend to discover Unwined Wine Bar & Shop, a great spot in San Jose. Here is a link to my experience. I [...]
Global Dimming
I just watching Nova, Dimming the Sun while having my breakfast. The program is about global dimming which is: …a term describing the gradual reduction in the amount of global hemispherical irradiance (or total solar irradiance) at the Earth’s surface since the 1950s. – from Wikipedia I found the program really eye opening and disturbing. [...]
Used CD trading site – la la
I recently received a beta invitation to la la, a used CD trading site. From their site: Once you decide to start trading, you only pay for CDs received from your Want List. There are no hidden costs or monthly fees. Every CD you receive costs only $1 plus a standard shipping charge of $0.49. [...]
Unwined Wine Bar & Shop
This past weekend we checked out a Cabernet Sauvignon tasting at a wine bar I just found out about. From their site, a description of the event: Cabernet Sauvignon is the King of Grapes grown in major winemaking areas around the world. There is nothing better than a fine Bordeaux or a Napa Valley Cabernet [...]