Dorene Shirley's Blog

Ken Yeager, Santa Clara County Supervisor has written an article for the Campbell Times a local publication.  The article address a project for building three 12 story high structures as well as four smaller buildings up to five stories high.  We've been addressing a few of these proposed structu...

With consumer confidence dropping to a five year low, there are easy things that will save money.  Bay Area Consumers' checkbook.org have assembled a list of 20 useful tips that can immediately add to your bottom line.I will only list a few, but you can read more about the article at the Campbell...

Cousette Copeland has written a book which chronicles Silicon Valley.  The book explores the Santa Clara Valley from 1961 to the present day area.  Copeland is the daughter of Shuko Mine Copeland who opened the first sushi bar in the Silicon Valley in 1976.  The family sold the restaurant, Komats...

Our Campbell Chamber of Commerce members had a fantastic time last night welcoming our latest business into the downtown Campbell area.  The owners are friendly and welcoming.  We were able to taste all the different flavors.  My favorite was the Crème Brulee and my husband's was the Bananas Fost...

Yesterday we held our monthly Chamber luncheon at Frankie Johnnie, and Luigi's Italian restaurant. The monthly luncheon is a great way to network and become more familiar with what's going on in the area.  We all know that a referred customer is the best customer any business can hope to obtain. ...

Ever get the feeling you were suppose to be somewhere and when you got there, you're not sure why???This happened to me last night.  When I logged onto my computer yesterday morning, I saw a Yelp.com email.  It advertised a meeting taking place in my area, Campbell.  The group is called "Ladies W...

Heres a great story that's circled around the internet a few times.  Its a bit long, but well worth the message. I thought I'd post it for inspiration...The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look aro...

Yes another blonde joke!! A blind man wanders into an all girls biker bar by mistake. He finds hisway to a bar stool and orders some coffee . After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the bartender, 'Hey, you wannahear a blonde joke?' The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep,...

I'm proud to live in a community where our Mayor of Campbell, Don Burr gets involved by participating in the Mayors for Meals (Meals on Wheels outreach program) on March 18th & 19th.  He delivered nutritious hot meals to Campbell seniors. According to an article I read in the Campbell Times, ther...

Many of my Active Rain Bloggers and I have set certain goals to accomplish when joining the Active Rain family.  I posted my goals a while back  Well it looked like a pretty large I decided to eat.  But as they say how do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time.  I'm happy to say the hard work has...