There always something a little funny about a person who’s birthday falls on April 15, the dreaded Tax Collection Day like Bill’s does. Birthday or not, we are all in the same boat. As comedian Conan O’Brien once joked, “Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.”
We decided to have lunch at San Pedro Square Market in Downtown San Jose. We took a short cut by riding our bikes on the Los Gatos Creek Trail, and then hopping on the Three Creek Trail near downtown Willow Glen, allowing us to avoid off-trail car traffic.
The ride was pretty uneventful until we we reached San Jose’s Plaza de Caesar Chavez Square where the United Service Workers West (USWW) under the banner of "Justice for Janitors" who were threatening a three-day strike. USWW is America’s largest union of immigrant property services workers. Across California alone, there are more than 25,000 janitors seeking better jobs and wages, access to quality health care, and a crackdown of reported sexual and other physical abuse in the workplace.
A welcome diversion to the loud voices amplified by raspy microphones, was the iconic fountain of geysers that has sprung back to life after two years of being dormant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We finally made it to the large San Pedro Square street Arch that leads to the market where I ordered Bill and I fresh Vietnamese Chicken salads from “On a Roll” restaurant before heading home.
