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Top 5: The best of 2022

Our top stories for San Jose, CA in 2022, from egg-cellent brunch places to a customized scavenger hunt around town.

Downtown San Jose skyline during sunset.

It’s been a fun year with ya’ll.

Photo via @danieldentone_

Time flies when you’re having fun, San Jose. And boy did we have fun in 2022.

This year, we sent out 200+ newsletters and posted around 350 social media posts with the goal of keeping our community informed, activated, and engaged. 📨

So, before we celebrate the beginning of a new year, we wanted to look back at the top SJtoday stories from 2022 + give a huge thank you to our readers and members of the community that made this year so spectacular. 🎉

1️⃣ Winter events happening in and around San Jose | Nov. 30
From holiday light spectaculars like Enchant, to upcoming New Year’s Eve celebrations — we’re glad to see you’re interested in the local festivities going on this season.

2️⃣ The zodiac signs as coffee shops | July 15
It seems that we’ve got some astrology lovers, as you enjoyed getting a reading from us, whether it be at local coffee shops or museums and galleries.

3️⃣ A “San Jose Scavenger” hunt | Dec. 16
Like us, we see that many of you took Cassie Kifer‘s challenge to explore San Jose gems through her playful rhymes and riddles.

4️⃣ 30+ great brunch places | Dec. 5
Brunchin’ will never go out of style, and we know that to be true. We do have 30+ spots on there, so, did you eat through them all?

5️⃣ 10 local breweries | April 7
We’re here to have some fun, right? These breweries caught your attention, and we’re glad that we were able to put places like Camino Brewing Co. and Fox Tale Fermentation Project on your radar.

And that’s a wrap on 2022. Happy New Year, San Jose! 🎆

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