Articles by Omar
Stanford Fireworks
Posted July 04, 2007 at 02:41 AM
Stanford had a pre-Independence Day fireworks show on July 3 to the "sizzling" sounds of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. We skipped the concert, but camped out on the Oval with hundreds of other people after dark to witness the fireworks. The evening was slightly cool, but still muggy, in typical July fashion. As the fireworks got going, [...]
Downtown Mountain View
Posted May 26, 2007 at 11:32 PM
Mountain View is a town founded in the 19th century as a stagecoach stop between San Francisco and San Jose. By the end of the 19th century, it had turned into an agricultural boomtown. It remained predominantly agricultural until the 1950's when the changing local economy - with the emergence of aerospace and technology industries - [...]
