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Mother's Day

Pregnancy and breastfeeding are torturous enough in their own right, but tack on a nine to five, cooking dinner, doing the dishes and putting us to bed each night for years and years and you’ve got the hardest job known to (wo)man. In gratitude, we as a society have deemed one day per year to be enough to honor these wonderful women. It’s tragically insufficient, but to make the most of this day, I offer a few suggestions.

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A Visit to Cannery Row’s Crown Jewel

Today, Cannery Row is a boulevard full of suspiciously smelling seafood restaurants, knick-knack shops and cheap clothing stores, where T-shirts in the window say stuff like “I Got Crabs at (Insert Restaurant Name Here).” However, in the center of this prefabricated paradise stands a crown jewel: the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Opening Day

On April 7, I did my civic duty and attended the San Jose Giants’ home opener as they took on fellow Single-A opponent, the Lancaster JetHawks.

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Low-Hanging Fruit: Zach Snyder’s Meh-pic Battle

All week, bloodthirsty critics have devoured “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” spat it back out and described what an awful taste it left in their mouths. At first, it seemed like they were opportunistically going after low-hanging fruit. But after seeing “Batman v Superman” myself, I realized that I am not above these other critics.

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The City Fish Comes Fresh From the Sea

With a menu that includes the entire ocean, a staff that is funny and friendly and an unpretentious execution of signature dishes, The City Fish serves up fresh, high-end seafood at a hole in the wall location in Downtown San Jose.

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