26 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {quickpunch} Dash to Dine + IT’S ITALIA!—Inventive pizzas and Italian fare with a Tuscan-style courtyard—401 Main Street, Half Moon Bay + ZOLA—French cuisine and neo-tiki cocktails at a trendy venue—565 Bryant Street, Palo Alto + PARKSIDE GRILLE—Quaint neighborhood spot under the redwoods—884 Portola Road, Portola Valley What’s in Store + HOUSE OF HUMOR—Find your alter ego. Wigs, masks and costumes to channel your inner gladiator, ghoul or gangsta. 747 El Camino Real, Redwood City + ZOMBIERUNNER COFFEE—Wait out the apocalypse with coffee beans, licorice, chai and chocolate. 344 California Avenue, Palo Alto + PERFECT EDGE CUTLERY—We Knife, Dragon Cutlery, Spyderco and an armada of blades in all shapes and sizes, many handmade. 153 South Boulevard, San Mateo Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia by Marie Darrieussecq—A graceful journey into sources of insomnia and the winding search into its causes and effects on us. Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl—If you haven’t managed to read this astonishing adventure of a six-man crew crossing the ocean on a wooden raft, don’t miss the opportunity. Hemmings Motor News—If antique and classic cars are your passion (or becoming so), you’ll devour each issue of this “bible” of the collecting world. hemmings.com WHO KNEW? With more than 80 Nobel Prize winners, Stanford University accounts for almost 10% of all awards. Medicine, Economics, Chemistry, Physics and Physiology are the top categories with winners. There has only been one award in the Peace category, won by Linus Pauling in 1962. In that same year, alumnus John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Well Read Unscramble A L D Y N S B A F L G O I S N K L Finally, some half-baked advice: Keep your cake moist by eating it all in one sitting. If you have suggestions for QuickPUNCH, email us at hello@punchmonthly.com
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