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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Local Transit to the Rescue?Will better local transit get more people out of cars? ==I This is the second in a series of posts on using buses to reduce emissions, the first being about
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 18, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., 1 hour ago | 25 comments | 3112 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Eating Green on the Green – August 25Summer’s not over yet. Here’s your invitation to some plant-forward outside-fun, sponsored by the impassioned folks of
Original post made by Laura Stec on Aug. 20, 2019Last comment by Southern Man, 3 hours ago | 5 comments | 1015 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Morsey's Creamery brings buffalo-milk gelato to downtown Palo AltoMorsey's Farmhouse Kitchen, the Los Altos restaurant that serves dairy products made from...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 19, 2019Last comment by Milking the Source, 5 hours ago | 10 comments | 1983 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
After 39 years of cakes and pastries, Palo Alto institution Prolific Oven to closeIt started with a scaling back of the eclairs. The owners of The Prolific Oven struggled to find an available baking decorator to hire, so they temporarily made...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by canelesdebordeaux, 6 hours ago | 60 comments | 18801 Views
TODDLING THROUGH THE SILICON VALLEY
Lessons from visiting great grandmaLast month I had the privilege of spending time with our daughters and their great grandparents. My parents took our oldest to a museum while the girls and I had...
Original post made by Cheryl Bac on Aug. 22, 2019There are no comments yet. 217 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Process ExplainedEvery 8 years the state gives each regional planning agency a housing planning target for the number of units needed and affordable at various income levels. Then...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, 13 hours ago | 19 comments | 1838 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Owners of Palo Alto's Tamarine plot casual Vietnamese spin-offTamarine has weathered more than 15 years of change in downtown Palo Alto, rarely if ever straying from its founding concept: modern interpretations of Vietnamese...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jul. 19, 2019Last comment by viet food fan, 19 hours ago | 4 comments | 4166 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Singapore's oldest cafe to bring imported coffee, kaya toast to Palo AltoCome this fall Killiney Kopitiam, known as Singapore's oldest cafe, will have its first U.S. outpost in downtown Palo Alto. Amanda Steckler, a Singaporean native...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jul. 29, 2019Last comment by hawker stall food fan, 20 hours ago | 3 comments | 7486 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Fusion restaurant brings Indian pizza to Palo AltoCurry Pizza House is now slinging chili paneer pizzas, desi pesto bread sticks and achari chicken wings in downtown Palo Alto. The 320 University Ave. restaurant...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 5, 2019Last comment by pa resident, 20 hours ago | 24 comments | 6662 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: Marriage MaintenanceAccording to research by Dr. John Gottman, who runs the "Love Lab" in Seattle, most couples wait an average of six years from the time they sense issues...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jul. 26, 2019Last comment by http://quickrishta.com, on Aug 21, 2019 at 12:10 am | 2 comments | 2429 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
San Francisco's Saint Frank Coffee comes to Menlo ParkSan Francisco third-wave coffee shop Saint Frank Coffee is now pouring single-origin espressos from a 250-square-foot outdoor kiosk in Menlo Park. Saint Frank...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 20, 2019Last comment by Sophie, on Aug 20, 2019 at 11:27 pm | 4 comments | 1829 Views
CREATING A MORE VIBRANT MENLO PARK
Let's Improve Biking In Downtown Menlo Park - NowBike lanes are the gold standard for building bike networks. They dedicate a space to biking and separate bicyclists from motorists using buffers, and often, physical...
Original post made by Dana Hendrickson on Aug. 8, 2019Last comment by Dagwood, on Aug 20, 2019 at 7:00 pm | 17 comments | 1111 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Vinyl and cocktails: Redwood City's Timber & Salt to host listening bar pop-upRedwood City bar Timber & Salt wants you to put down your phone, listen to a vinyl record and have a drink. For four hours on Monday evening (Aug. 19), Timber...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by Elena Kadvany, on Aug 18, 2019 at 9:06 pm | 3 comments | 1726 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What is your climate personality?People react to climate change in different ways. How do people in our area think about it? Do we accept it? Fight it? Fight against the fight against it? Are we...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 11, 2019Last comment by Game Over, on Aug 18, 2019 at 1:22 pm | 35 comments | 2116 Views
COUPLE'S NET
"You Gotta Have Balls [to do counseling] . . .. . . It's really scary, taking a look at yourself." A man said this to me yesterday while asking for my help. It is scary, it does take balls (or the female...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 16, 2019There are no comments yet. 1736 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Democrats are Having the Wrong Debate About Health CareI agree with Emanuel's thoughts below. My family and I believe most Americans are more worried about health care costs than access. I watched all the debates...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 3, 2019Last comment by Wm Burton, on Aug 15, 2019 at 8:08 am | 48 comments | 3586 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Mountain View gets its own Ike's sandwich shopEver-expanding sandwich chain Ike's Love & Sandwiches opened its newest location this week at 1020 N. Rengstorff Ave., Suite F, in Mountain View. Ike Shehadeh...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by Reader X, on Aug 14, 2019 at 7:26 pm | 10 comments | 6338 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Biondivino wine shop closes its doors in Palo AltoAfter almost four years of selling Italian wine at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto, Biondivino...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by Jim Sullivan, on Aug 14, 2019 at 5:28 pm | 4 comments | 1350 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Georgian restaurant Bevri's new chef hails from the birthplace of cheese-filled khachapuriBevri, one of the Bay Area's only Georgian food establishments, has a new chef direct from the Caucasus. Amiran Tskhvaradze of Georgia, who spent two weeks at...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 14, 2019There are no comments yet. 1359 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Reader QuestionsI love the great comments and questions you contribute each week, so I thought for a change I’d answer a few of your questions in a blog post proper instead...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 4, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Aug 13, 2019 at 7:55 pm | 17 comments | 2199 Views
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Local Transit to the Rescue?
By Sherry Listgarten | 25 comments | 3,112 views
Morsey's Creamery brings buffalo-milk gelato to downtown Palo Alto
By Elena Kadvany | 10 comments | 1,983 views
"You Gotta Have Balls [to do counseling] . . .
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 1,736 views
Eating Green on the Green – August 25
By Laura Stec | 5 comments | 1,015 views
Lessons from visiting great grandma
By Cheryl Bac | 0 comments | 217 views
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