Every Sunday Campbell hosts an open-air farmers market in the middle of Campbell Avenue. They close the street to all traffic so that the vendors can sell everything from fish to flowers to fruit and candles. Its a must do. They also have great festivals like St Patrick's Day with the handful of Irish Bars around the historic Campbell area, as well as an Oktoberfest.

Downtown area is very quaint. Parking can be difficult during peak times. There is an underground parking garage underneath Sur La Table. Quite a few stores and restaurants.

If you are ever in Campbell, CA and looking for some good food and then a movie, I recommend you visit the Pruneyard Shopping Center and have a great meal at a mediterranean restaurant called Artemis and then head around the corner to pick up an ice cream cone at Cold Stone and then head off to the movie. Park your car once and get lots accomplished. P.S. Have the lamb at the restaurant....it's great.

Castro Street in Mountain View has some amazing restaurants. Park for free in one of the garages that are in the area (signs will direct you to the side streets where you can access them) and walk up and down the street until you find your dining option.

Mountain View is like the cheap Mexican food capital of...well Mountain View at least. La Bamba, Tapatios, countless other GREAT local places makes this a must stop place if you're craving a good old taco or burrito.

Mountian view is in the heart of siliconvalley ,downtown at castro is great palce for nightout with european style coffeeshops and diverse ethnic cuisines ,must see .Nice place to live except if you want to settle down with kids there ,no no bad schools.Overall in the middle of north and south great for ppl who carpool to sfo or towards milpitas ,ppl who work for sunmicro systems,intel ,oracle ect.

Santa Clara aka the land of car washes.

Eat at Stacks - best pecan pancakes, ever - long lines though, get there early

Blink and you missed it. This is as LA as Northern California Gets. Almost Encino! It's how Primus can be from CA and not be skater-punk.

The place where I felt the American air for the first time... the Silicon Valley of America...Nvidia, McAfee.. and lots more companies...