San José’s annual Christmas in the Park event is going on now through Christmas across the street from the Sainte Claire Hotel in the Plaza de Cesar Chavez. Besides the many holiday-themed displays, the event includes many food vendors, which means that there is, in effect, a temporary food court set up across the street […]
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San Jose Holiday Parade
November 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Tourism, Travel
When making your plans for Sunday morning during your trip to SMOFCon, bear in mind that the annual San José Holiday Parade will be in downtown San José is on Sunday morning, December 5, and the parade ends at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez, right across the street from the Sainte Claire Hotel. You may […]
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Distillery Tour Schedule Announced
October 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Travel
We continue to solidify the plans for the Thursday tour of St. George’s Spirits in Alameda. Current plans are for the bus to leave the hotel on Thursday morning at 11 AM and to return to the hotel about 4 PM that afternoon.
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Finding Your Way to San Jose
September 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Travel
We recently updated our Travel Information, explaining how to get to SMOFCon by air, rail, or road. Make your travel plans now.
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Pre-Con Distillery Tour Planned
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Travel
SMOFcon 28 is pleased to announce that we have arranged for a tour with the artisan distillery St. George Spirits on the afternoon of Thursday, December 2nd, 2010, the day before SMOFCon 28. For those of you who sampled the fine absinthe vert we brought to Austin, it came from St. George. They are also […]
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The Way to San Jose
December 29th, 2009 · No Comments · General, Hotel, Travel
Here’s SFSFC’s presentation before the members of SMOFCon 27 in Austin TX earlier this month prior to our selection by acclamation to host SMOFCon 28: This presentation was slightly edited to fit within YouTube’s ten-minute restriction. Left out of this was one question about the hotel (there is no pool), and some discussion of taxi […]
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