Good food in the bay area?

Kathy and I have made it a quest to find the best places to eat in San Jose. 2007 Readers Choice award for Best Breakfast went to Stacks in Campbell...our thoughts -- nothing special. We prefer Mil's Diner in Milpitas or Just Breakfast a few miles down the road from us. One of the best Chinese food places in San Jose according to Yelp was not good at all, our tastebuds said.

Yesterday, however, we seem to have hit a place whose reviews were not far from the truth. Cafe Artemis (www.cafeartemis.com) is, without question, the best mediterranean food either of us have ever tried. No, we were not starving when we got there, so can't even take away points for that possibile flavor enhancer. The meats (we got a sampler plate) were all cooked perfectly, and seasoned just right. This is one for the books, we both agreed.

Still on the hunt for the following (a non-exclusive list):
Breakfast (currently a choice of Mil's & Just Breakfast for most items, other than Huevos Rancheros at City Diner)

Mexican (so far a place in San Francisco seems to top the charts...looking for a local place still.)

Chinese

Steak

Pizza -- Extreme Pizza, a SF chain, definitely has some great tweaks, but a good plain cheese slice still eludes us. Costco is always OK for some quick & decent food (pizza, chicken roll, hot dog) too.

Italian (Currently, Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos holds the crown)

Burgers (Counter in Santana Row is good, but see our past problems there :). Juicy Burger is decent.)

Quick post...

So, in answer to several people's questions, the 'new apartment' that Bender was referring to is Kathy's corporate apartment. I drove up on thursday evening and we went home on Friday.

Also, some of you may be interested to know that we're coming to NY on October 2nd, and going back on the 6th.

Some people!!

woof!

I went to a new apartment thursday. Lots of new smells, strange people, the works. I barked a few times at night. I barked a few times on the balcony when I was left alone. But most of the time, I looked like I do in the photo. Turns out someone must not like me, as we got an e-mail with a complaint and a threat from the management office. Maybe next time they can come and talk to me first before complaining?

Pics are up

We started uploading our trip pics...right now, only the ones from Yellowstone are there (I think we have a few more to go through).

http://katoucha.fotki.com/2008/yellowstone

Peanut butter. Banana? NO! Peanut butter! OK, Banana.

Dinner @ Counter in Santana Row
.5/.5 Fries/Onion rings....................................$5
Burgers.......................................................$17
Chocolate-Peanut butter milkshake.......................$5
Getting a chocolate-banana milkshake
&& asking for a chocolate-peanut butter
milkshake again...........................................-$5 and higher tip amount
Getting a chocolate-banana milkshake brought again...PATHETIC.
"You got your shake, right?" -- "NO"... "OK, we'll bring one right out..."

----We never did get our god damn chocolate peanut butter milkshake
Tip.........................................................$0

Me sick :(

i got sick yesterday. i pooped all over the place. daddy had to use a big loud dog (sounded like 'wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo') to clean it up. sorry daddy. i lick you.

i will be fine but today you took me to get checked up just in case...i lost a little weight but its ok i will eat lots and gain it again. sorry for being so crazy in the waiting room -- theres lots of odd smells and i have to smell them all. and those small doggies with lots of fur that have a weird bark that goes 'meoowww' are scary.

i dont wanna go back there. there was a big dog that looked like daddy (i cant bark like him)there and he poked my tummy and put a beeping stick in my butt! i dont like him :(

I can't get anything wedding related done...AARG!!!

So, I had a whole list of wedding-related tasks to accomplish this weekend, the first and foremost of which was selecting our invitations.

I've looked and looked, and there aren't many places in our new area that are open on weekends. WTF???

We made an appointment with someone for noon today, and waited for a good 20 minutes for them, and no one showed. Several hours later we get a message that says he's still there. We got the message too late because when we called the guy wasn't at the store anymore. Apparently we went to the back door and there was a front door. But when we called none of the phones were answered. We rescheduled for next weekend.

I am seriously going to kill someone with this wedding drama!! WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING FRIGGIN DONE!!!

GRRRR!!!!! @#$%^*&$#!@#$!@#$%#$%&*(*^$#%*^$">&$#!@#$!@#$%#$%&*(*^$#%*^$#!*&