in San Mateo

Comming July 23rd is the 20th Annual Festa Italiana Street Fair in Downtown San Mateo. This is always a great event to turn out for. There really is something for everyone. Classic cars, delicious affordable food, sidewalk chalk contest and more. Find the festival on B Street by the train station. See you there!

Starting today in San Mateo Central Park, every Thursday evening you can experience a free concert in the park. The series runs through the end of August, and there is something for everyone, from Latin to Celtic to Reggae. Come down and roll out your blanket and pour yourself a glass of something good.

Find out more information here
http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/residents/music_series/index.html

I had a chat with someone working on the new L&L Hawaiin Barbecue (by 3rd and San Mateo Drive), and it looks like they are going to try and get things going this weekend sometime. I’ll have more information posted here once I get it, but if your out and about this weekend, you might want to pop in for a plate lunch or some ribs. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

kaz is probably the mainstay of my diet. Fast, clean, efficient, affordable, and tasty; Kaz is a great place to go for a healthy meal. My favorite is usually the rice bowl with teriyaki chicken, but the udon is also outstanding. On occasion I’ll grab a katsu curry as well.

Kas is open 7 days a week till 8 P.M. (except Sunday they are open till 7 P.M.). They are located 71 East 4th avenue at the corner of San Mateo Drive. You can call your order ahead at 650-347-5777

I’ve been living in San Mateo for some time now, and for a while I’ve been thinking that more of San Mateo needs to be on-line and easilly accessible. Don’t get me wrong, I love to go out for a stroll in San Mateo for some shopping and eating. However this idea of bringing more of the buisnesses and events in San Mateo to an easilly accessible on-line arena was driven home to me about a year and a half ago when my daughter was born.

As a new parent I didn’t always have the luxury of walking downtown to go find a bite to eat when hunger was striking. There were a lot of nights where any take out menu was my friend. I was lucky to have a selection from some favorite restaurants. But they were not as enjoyable after eating from them dozens of times. I tried on a number of occasions to find the menu’s and phone numbers for some other restaurants on the web, but always ended up not finding much. And lets just say the yellow pages are not all they are cracked up to be.

So I’ve had this thought cooking up in my head for a while now, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Start out small and build up from there. As a web developer I have quick access to webhosting, along with the software that is powering this page.

Initially I plan on just blogging what I can about San Mateo. I’d like to get out and meet as many buisness owners and managers as I can, and mention them here.  Eventually I want to set up some simple pages for buisness. Nothing spectactular, just some simple information that the search engines can find. Also I thought that podcasts with merchants could be interesting. All for free.

Eventually, maybe setting up some pay for services that might include an on-line store, or a mini-site, or a whole slew of other things.

Why do this you might ask. First I think its a worth while idea. Second its a great chance to network. I’m currently working full time as a Flash programmer in San Francisco. However my roots are in contracting and teaching and I’d like to go back to that someday.