San Jose Museum of Art and brunch

wearing: pearl earrings / blue sweater / pink nail polish / jeans / handbag / sneakers /

Have you visited the San Jose Museum of Art? It’s a small museum located in the heart of downtown San Jose. If you haven’t visited it yet, it’s an easy, roughly one hour visit you can fit into the day with another activity or a delicious meal.

We combined our visit to the museum with a yummy brunch at Whispers Cafe & Creperie located at 150 S Second Street in downtown San Jose. It’s a short walk to the museum and offers the best crepes in the area.

I enjoyed the Tetrazzini Crepe which is pictured above. It combines chicken, mozzarella, onions, olives, mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes with pesto on top. It was absolutely delicious! Definitely my favorite menu item!

After brunch, we walked over to the San Jose Museum of Art and enjoyed the permanent collection as well as the visiting collections.

It was relaxing to enjoy local and global artwork in downtown San Jose. The visiting collections switch over every few months. There will be new art next month! It will be fun to go back when the new visiting collections are on display.

Pro tip: park in one of the city parking lots, not a hotel. Although the hotels are closer, the city lots are much less expensive.

What I wore to the San Jose Museum of Art:

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

Cathy

Beauty of Joseon Red Bean Refreshing Pore Mask review

pictured: Beauty of Joseon Red Bean Refreshing Pore Mask / pink nail polish / pink glitter nail polish worn as topcoat /

I have been on the hunt for a good pore cleansing mask for quite some time, but it has been hard to find one that not only works but doesn’t dry out my skin or cause other problems. Thankfully, I found Beauty of Joseon!

This is a really easy to use, traditional mask. After you wash your face, dry your face and then apply the mask. You leave it on for 10-15 minutes and then wash it off. Voila! Clean pores! Plus, my skin felt really good after using it. No dry skin or irritation. Love that!

It is really nice to have found a mask which not only leaves my skin feeling better than before using it, but also cleanses my pores as promised. My nose gets a lot of black heads, and this mask cleaned them out! Plus, my skin felt soft afterwards. Love! I am addicted to this mask! I will use it about once a week to keep my skin squeaky clean.

Want to know the best part? This Red Bean mask by Beauty of Joseon is extremely affordable! It’s way under $50. That might be the best part! It works way better on my skin than many masks priced over $100. So, I am hooked!

You can find Beauty of Joseon Red Bean Refreshing Pore Mask online here.

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO
Cathy

Casual spring look and a vintage bag

wearing: pearl earrings / short sleeve sweater / spring nail polish / classic cut jeans / vintage handbag / black boots /

Well, despite being February, we have enjoyed some days in the 70’s with evenings staying in the high 60’s. So, my family went to Santana Row to enjoy dinner out, little did we know the Row had been invaded by Seahawks fans that night!

Yup, this was Saturday night before the Super Bowl. I didn’t stop and think about all the non-niners fans that would be in town for the game. Thankfully, I had reservations at Left Bank so we were able to get a table without a problem. Whew! Shoutout to OpenTable.com!

We realized what was going on as we emerged from the parking garage. There were Seahawks fans everywhere! I had to remind myself I was in San Jose, not Seattle. I felt a little bit of warmth when a couple walked past us wearing niners jerseys. There are some locals like us here! Yay!!

My family navigated through the crowds of people trying to get tables at restaurants without a reservation, sad night for them! When we arrived at Left Bank, we lined up and, despite the drunk group behind us trying to eat a candle, no joke, we got our table right away.

The staff was super friendly and our food was delicious. 10/10 for Left Bank at Santana Row! Loved it!

After dinner we navigated our way back to the parking garage, and stopped for photos at NetApp, I love their tech art! It was fun seeing Santana Row so busy, despite the Seahawks jerseys. haha, next year, 49ers in the Super Bowl! I can feel it!

Shop my casual spring outfit online:

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO
Cathy