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Would you believe that it was in the mid 70s this afternoon?? Incredible. I am fortunate to live just a 5 minute drive (or a 15 minute bikeride) from the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve.

One reason that I like to visit the Baylands is because it's my quickest way to get close to the ...

One of the nice things about Palo Alto is that it is just one hour away from San Francisco.  There is a supposed quote from Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."  And it's true that in the summer, it's generally much colder in San Francisco than it is in ...

Take a look at the local newspaper, Palo Alto Weekly, with special attention to their Things To Do section. The newspaper comes out twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays. It's distributed for free and available at all the local libraries, and many coffee shops. The main library is near the corner of Newell and Embarcadero Road:

1213 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650-329-2436
You can also check the Palo Alto Weekly online:

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/things_do/index.php

It was a busy day, but I managed to fit it in short walk on "The Dish" near Stanford campus. The land actually belongs to Stanford, but it's open to the public and gets its name from the satellite receiving dish on top of the hill. Sometimes, it's also called "Cow Hill", because of the herd ...

We have so many gorgeous days like this that you might think I'd stop appreciating them. I haven't. But I'm definitely spoiled. Yesterday it was rainy. Not torrential rain. Just drizzle. It made me grouchy. But now I'm looking out the window at the surrounding green hillsides and thankful for the occasional winter rains that allowed them to turn green. It's hard to believe that today is still the middle of winter as I ...