This is my favorite art piece among the awesome collection of exhibits at the Google Visitor…read moreExperience in Mountain View. The unique sculpture, created by Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson Art, features a grizzly bear made up 160,000 pennies and a steel frame. The illusion of this artwork is engaging, and the detail impressive, both during the day and under the moonlight. Love seeing this creative portrayal of my spirit animal on display at the Google Gradient Canopy :D

Well what a night. I have been visiting this 2 block gem for years now. It is never a…read moredissapointment. Now its not going to be some big extravaganza like the the Lights in Willow Glen in San Jose, nor like up the peninsula in San Carlos. If you want something local, with a few homes that light up the block, come on out to Fulton Street in Palo Alto and get in the mood for Christmas. I thought it was a nice quick easy drive and walk. I have included some of those houses that really lit it up. You will need to take a look for yourself.

Amazing experience for the kiddos! I highly recommend it my girls had so much fun. It's not a super…read morefast attraction and I love that they don't have to get out of the vehicle.

Haiku About Los Altos Hills…read more Please refer to my Yelp review of Los Altos The only difference? No sidewalks And even less white people.

Superb views from up the hills, curvy roads and picturesque homes on large lots with lots of…read morevegetation and trees, it's an all residential town adjacent to the city of Los Altos. Just five miles south of Stanford University, Los Altos Hills is located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains and spans about 9.5 square miles. LAH is surrounded by the cities of Los Altos and Palo Alto, unincorporated county areas, open space preserves and parklands. The main campus for Foothill Community College is based in Los Altos Hills.

This cars and coffee happens every 1st Saturday of the month from 7am-11, cars park in the parking…read morelot right next to the Starbucks. A Lot of cool cars show up that I personally have not seen before. If you're into old school and new school cars this is one for you. The car culture is great at this one, lots of car enthusiast to talk to.

First time attendee. Occurs the first Saturday of the month from 7AM and 10:30 AM. While not a big…read moreevent, there are 50+ cars today. I knew a few of the attendees which made the experience great. Hope to be back in future months.

Avatar is a memorial honoring Steve Unangst who was the chief city zoning planner for the city of…read moreMountain View when he passed away in 1987. A plaque at the foot of the statue reads "To recognize his contributions to the design of our community". The artwork was created by L.C. Shank, and portrays a tall figure releasing a bird into the sky, perhaps symbolizing freedom. A simple yet uplifting monument worth checking out at Eagle Park.

Held on several blocks of Castro Street in downtown Mountain View, this celebration focusing on the…read morecultural diversity in the city of Mountain View can use much better marketing and promotion. I was there out of curiosity and to volunteer. The second-year event is well organized in terms of set-up and entertainment, but it seemed like the majority of the foot traffic traveling through the street festival were individuals and families headed to or coming back from the Mountain View farmers market. Most of the people had no idea what the festival represented or why it was being held in the first place. I'm comfortable in estimating that about 80 percent of the people I spoke to had no idea the festival was here to generate funds for the Mountain View public library system which operates free to city residents. There were lots of original arts and crafts booths which represented the African, South American, Asian and North American cultures and several community-based organizations and non-profits. There was good, culturally-rich entertainment at the main festival stage at the intersection of Castro and Mercy Streets starting with a Fijian church choir to lively, colorful salsa dancers and a local R & B / Jazz band. What the festival lacked was festival goers and a more diverse selection of food booths. There were only two food vendors that were not serving beverages exclusively. One sold soul food and the other sold frozen lemonade and hot dogs. With the diversity just among the many restaurants that line along Castro Street, you'd think the food vendors present would be much more than what was there. This event had lots of big corporate sponsors from The Mercury News to Google to Hewlett Packard. You'd think the organizers would budget the event to include some event promotion and awareness. This event has lots of promise, but if your own community does not know about it what good is it?

This review is long overdue from 2020; I for visited this spot in 2016 or so and loved it so I…read morebrought my husband here during the Covid shut down in 2020 and we took a nice walk, it was awesome to check it out, explore the vacations cacti and spend some time in nature. Parking can be difficult. Overall a great and well kept garden e

This is beautiful little spot on Stanford Campus. A true gem of cacti of all kinds. I've been here…read moreabout 3-4xs times now, and it's always lovely to just walk around. It's definitely a beautiful greenery backdrop for photos as I did a photoshoot for a client here a few months ago. We took a bunch of photos here, and then we walked over to the Quad for an outfit change and a change of scenery. We saw *the* Robert Downey Jr. at the Quad that day! That was awesome! :D I usually come here on a Saturday or Sunday and just park at the medical clinic, which is basically right next to this spot.

So mixed feelings about this town. So outside of the obvious, located in the south end of the…read morepeninsula adjacent to PALO ALTO a little to our north AND LOS ALTOS a little to our sw, it is starting to edge out of what is good. It is starting to be over the top. 20 minutes to get from one side of town to the other, let alone these annoying driverless cars merging into traffic and weaving in and out..that is scary, hello! CITY OF MT VIEW YOU ARE BUILDING WAY TO MUCH. I am capitilizing this in case you cannot read or see. We do not have the infastructure..way too many people, not enough land. You need to follow the suit of towns like Los Altos and Menlo Park and S Bay like Los Gatos. You are making this over the top. You really need to listen up. Are you building so much to pay the exorbitant city salaries of your employees? There is not enough infastructure here to support what you are trying to do, wake up call.

Small and not bad of a walkable downtown area. You can get free parking in the lots around or…read morethrough street parking. I'm assuming it's usually not super bad, but we went on Valentine's Day, so that made things a tad more difficult. There's a wide variety of eateries (just know that some of them close for a lunch break) and boba places and sweets places which is nice, as well as a local mom and pop owned market, a book store, gift shops, and the pop up for local independent artists. It's pretty lively on weekends with lots of people walking around, students busking, families hanging out, there's a ping pong table, and it's nice that they close down part of the middle roadway so pedestrians can walk easier and much more willy nilly, as well as opportunities for al fresca dining. Food options that I saw were Japanese, Thai, Korean, Chinese (from many regions), Indian, Mexican, American, Mediterranean, and much more. They got a sizeable Ume Tea here as well and if it weren't so busy, I'd stop by either of the 2 patisseries they had. Also, random, but I liked how they used that one storefront just to highlight what looks like a child's research project on penguins. Super cute!

ORDER Osthmanthus Beef…read moreVeggie Platter Additional items not included on this review STARS (stand out qualities) -Food (5/5 stars) - delicious flavor -Service (3/5 stars) - clean and well kept -Ambiance (5/5 stars) - stunning decor! STAIRS (areas of growth) -More attentive service to each table -Offer water (no one offered and we had to ask) -Waiting staff speak more loudly (I think it was only specific to one of the waiting staff - not all) Thank you Paolo, the restaurant and others who made this happen! Overall, lovely experience! Great place to bring friends or coworkers!

I got to attend this Yelp event with another Yelp friend, and I thought it was quite an interesting…read moreexperience. We checked in and a server escorted us upstairs to a table. Upon sitting, we were just sitting around for awhile until a server came up to us to tell us how to order. I was kind of disappointed that the instructions were unclear. I think they were also confused that both of us were each attending for the Yelp event, even though we both checked in. So after asking multiple questions, we understood that we had to order the complimentary soup and combo from the menu thru the QR code at the table and the discount will apply later. We ordered extra meat in addition to the ones included in the experience. Since we arrived closer to 8pm, there weren't many tea options left for the soup base. We opted for Jasmine Tea. It was cool to see tea being a soup base for hot pot. We then proceeded to the sauce bar to make our own sauce. There were also a few snacks along with the sauce bar. When our food arrived, it was a nice presentation. But they forgot one meat and both of our veggies for the combo until we asked. I also think they might've switched the spice level on our soups, because we requested Beef Oil to be mild and the Golden Sour Cabbage to be medium spicy. But the Beef Oil was way too spicy. Although our experience wasn't the best because things were unclear, we finished and enjoyed all our food. Thank you to Four Seasons Tea House Hot Pot and Paolo for organizing this event!

Max is an outdoor sculpture located in Mountain View, California..... Wow this one came out of…read morenowhere and I was really shocked. I have seen other works of Deborah Butterfield at major museums, and was floored to see this art installation in the middle of nowhere (I mean its near offices etc, but not on any maps), off by itself with little fanfare. I was biking by and saw it from a distance. Curious I rode up and was very surprised Deborah Butterfield began sculpting horses back in the 1970's. She started with sticks and clay, but soon progressed to scrape metal. She later moved on to cast bronze. She selects individual pieces of wood and then creates the bronze cast. The wood/bronze is then used to create the horses. A native of San Diego, California, her art can be seen in museums around the country. From the artist: ""The lines of the branches do not simply outline the forms of horses, they create the contours through an accumulation of simple or energetic lines that seem to build up from within. This is three-dimensional gesture drawing, and the result is both skeletal and muscular." The sculpture at first glance appears to be driftwood with all of its detail, but when you touch it and feel the cold hard metal its shocking everything even though I know what to expect. There is a stark simplicity to the sculpture as a whole from a distance, but the intricate details of the casting and the complexity the small shapes form are shockingly complex. The sculpture is about 40 feet from the sidewalk and up a slight hill. There is nothing around and I have to admit I spent a good 30 minutes enjoying both the relative quiet and the sculpture from different angles. As with most of my public art reviews this is more of a stop than a destination. There is quite a bit to do in the immediate are from the various Bay Trails and Shoreline Lake etc.