周末开车穿过 圣荷西, you’ll see how this Silicon Valley city is so much more than just a tech hub.
Cruise along Santa Clara Street to 明矾石, 当地艺术家里卡多·科尔特斯说, “and you're going to see the city change from high-rise buildings to mom-and-pop shops, some amazing eateries and bakeries.” You’ll likely also see some locals and their very cool cars. “On pretty much any Saturday or Sunday,” he says, “you'll find some low riders cruising around.”
在最新一集的 California Now播客, Cortez and two other 圣荷西 residents tell host Soterios Johnson about unique ways to experience 圣荷西. They emphasize the city’s lowrider car culture, its incredible international cuisine, 还有一座非常迷人的豪宅.
First, Cortez talks about lowriders, which began as part of Chicano “pachuco” culture in the 1940s. “Car owners would weigh their cars with concrete blocks or bags of rocks to create a profile that was lower in the back,” says the lowrider expert who’s also known as 提华纳里克. “It was a form of self-expression, like a moving billboard." Today, he says, “lowriding is 100 percent an art form. There's so much skill and thought that goes into creating these cars, 从 customization of the paint to the hydraulics that allow the car to go higher or lower.”
To see the current versions, Cortez suggests taking that drive to 明矾石 沿途会停几站就像 马克热狗店. “It's this orange bubble that you walk into,” he says. “You order a footlong hot dog with the works, a lot of times you'll see classic cars pull up.” He also recommends a few more museums, 画廊, parks to soak up the history and art of 圣荷西, 从 csamar Chávez Family Home to 凯利公园, where you can see 32 original 圣荷西 homes. “有些已经变成了博物馆,他指出, “and there's everything from a trolley to an old ice-cream parlor.”
下一个, Johnson chats with Walter Magnuson about a totally different aspect of the 圣荷西 real estate scene: the 温彻斯特神秘屋. It’s a 160-room Queen Anne Victorian that, 正如马格努森所说, “has bewildered people for the last 100 years.“1886年到1923年之间, the house was continuously renovated by Sarah Winchester, the eccentric rifle-company heiress who was hoping to ward off evil spirits through sheer confusion.
“It has a lot of odd architectural features,” says Magnuson, the attraction’s general manager. “There are stairs that lead to the ceiling, doors that lead to nowhere, skylights in the floor.” Some people believe the place is haunted, too. “There have been a lot of odd things that happen here,” he says. “It's never been a menacing, spooky kind of thing—it's more that you don't feel alone.”
你可以坐。 各种旅游项目 of the house—ranging from 25 minutes to a few hours—or take part in 活动 比如在马厩里扔斧头. People also just love exploring it because “it’s an architectural marvel,” Magnuson says. “We don't want it to feel old and dusty. We want it to feel very much like Sarah's still here—as if she just stepped away to lunch.”
The next guest proves that there are countless spots for a good lunch or dinner in 圣荷西, 由于其范围广泛 国际社区. Jessica Carreira, the head pastry chef at the Michelin-starred Adega他在圣何塞的欣欣向荣中长大 小葡萄牙 社区. (Ed. 注:截至1月10日. 1, 2024, Adega is permanently closed.) She trained in Lisbon before coming back to 圣荷西 to help open the restaurant with her family.
“We wanted to serve traditional 葡萄牙语 food,她告诉约翰逊, “but present it in a more elegant way.” Adega also has an award-winning wine list, which is “all my dad,她说。. “He curated the list, which has over 500 types of 葡萄牙语 wine.” The family has also opened a nightclub Noite，休闲餐厅 Petiscos，面包店 Pastelaria Adega, the last showcasing pastéis de nata. “It's quintessentially 葡萄牙语,” Carreira says of the egg-custard tarts. “It's a puff pastry shell, inside it’s creamy, with lemon and cinnamon. 它很简单，但很特别.”
Carreira shares her picks on her other favorite international restaurants around 圣荷西—including Swaad, an acclaimed 印度n restaurant east of 结合, Acopio在纽约有一家墨西哥餐馆 Naglee公园.
“bbin游戏官网有一个庞大的越南社区, 一个非常大的墨西哥社区, a lot of 印度n restaurants as well,她说。. “你去。 小西贡 and it's some of the best pho you'll ever have in your life. It's very fun to go out to eat in 圣荷西, because there's just so much to choose from.”