My family and I live in the east Los Gatos neighborhood called Belwood of Los Gatos, and the nearby park is Belgatos Park. We tend to visit it several times a week and spend a lot of time there. I confess, this isn't my first post about the park, but it is my first using video. (Recently I got a flip video so am learning how to work this new medium.)

This park is unique for a Town of Los Gatos park in many regards. First, it is one of the only parks in town which can accomodate horses, joggers and mountain bikers. (Joggers and mountain bikers, don't zone out! Horses may have gone before you.) Second, in addition to the niceties of a larger park, which include several grassy meadows, a playground, and a restroom, there are a myriad of trails that interconnect with Belgatos. If you are so inclined, you can spend hours chasing down the paths that wind through the Sierra Azule foothills.  Finally, it is one of the only town parks which, with a little effort on the visitor's part, can provide stunning valley views.

With that introduction, I'll share with you some video clips I took recently. It's now the end of summer and Silicon Valley is dry and so are our parks. Below the video clip I will include other pics, from other seasons, of our beautiful Belgatos Park in Los Gatos.

Here's a link to a prior post about Belgatos Park in this Live in Los Gatos blog: A Hike and a Photo Tour Through Belgatos Park.

And here's a slideshow of Belgatos Park done through Real Estate Shows. I took the photos of Belgatos Park in spring, so it's all very, very green and lush.

Los Gatos sits between the laid back beach community at Santa Cruz and the faster paced  world of Silicon Valley. For most, Los Gatos is a place to unwind & have fun, and even better, a great place to live.  But it is never all that far from the tech happenings. Many of the town's residents are engineers or in related industries. We do have some technology related companies in town too, such as the great video game company, Cryptic Studios.   Many ideas raised in SV were born here in The Corner of the Cats. Los Gatos is a part of Silicon Valley, but at times feels like it's a bit removed.  It's at the crossroads, with feet in both worlds. What happens in Silicon Valley is definitely felt in Los Gatos. 

My husband, Jim Handy, is an engineer by training and has been doing market research in the semiconductor industry for years.  Often he's attending some sort of industry conference locally.  Most of the time, he has to translate for me what the events are all about.  So too, this week he has been in and out of the Imbedded Systems Conference.  I probably gave him a glazed over look when he told me the name of it. I do remember, though, that he heard Al Gore give a presentation and it sounded like one I'd have enjoyed attending, and I know that Jim reconnected with a lot of old colleagues and friends.  He has been impressed with it all around. 

Today Jim shared with me a video clip advertising the Imbedded Systems Conference.  Many of my engineer clients have a playful and wildly creative side  and I thought how typically Silicon Valley this advertisment is. Please take a look at the fun side of high tec and enjoy this video clip, "When Brains Collide".

You've gotta love living in Silicon Valley! These fun minds are the same types you'll bump into at the Los Gatos Farmers Market on Sunday morning, or on the Los Gatos Creek Trail whizzing by on bikes, or grabbing a latte at one of the town's zillion coffee shops and typing away on the tablet computer.   You never know what they might really be up to, if brains do collide!