24 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {quickpunch} Dash to Dine + BACK A YARD—Jerk chicken, corn festivals and oxtail at this no-frills Caribbean grill—1189 Willow Road, Menlo Park + NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER MARKET & EATERY—Dive into some Maine lobsters, Dungeness crab and shellfish at a true East Coast market—824 Cowan Road, Burlingame + TENDER GREENS—Quick and delicious dishes with seasonal ingredients—180 El Camino Real, Suite 1050, Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto Carpe Diem + JAM OUT to live music at Palo Alto’s Rinconada Park as the Twilight Concert Series kicks into gear on select Saturdays throughout the summer. The park, home to the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, also has the best kiddie pool around, with a giant mushroom fountain and stationary bikes that spray water. cityofpaloalto.org + SADDLE UP for a 90-minute Rise N’ Shine trail ride with Woodside’s Chapparal Ranch. Experienced and amateur riders alike commune with nature as their steeds weave through impossibly high redwoods and along babbling creeks through Wunderlich County Park. Or sign up for one of the many other equestrian experiences, from the Little Ranchers program to Western riding lessons. chaparralcorporation.com North Woods by Daniel Mason—Unforgettable novel that asks the timeless question: How do we live on, even after we’re gone? The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen—A riveting memoir that examines the line between brilliance and insanity. Golf Digest—Since you haven’t won the PGA, it’s time to learn from the best. golfdigest.com WHO KNEW? In 1964, Phil Lesh, a founding member of The Grateful Dead, invited his bandmates to his home at 1012 High Street in Palo Alto to come up with a new moniker. Lesh had discovered that their current name, The Warlocks, was already being used. Living up to the street’s name, Jerry Garcia arrived “high” on the psychedelic drug DMT, though the rest were sober. And it was then and there that the young musicians came up with their now-famous name. Well Read Unscramble I N L R A C T A Finally, some half-baked advice: If you find a bathroom in your dreams, don’t use it.
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