ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Anchroage Daily News endorses Barack Obama for President
The largest and most influential newspaper in Sarah Palin's home state endorses Barack Obama.
Web Link
Obama for president
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Sarah |
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on Oct 26, 2008 at 9:26 pm by Huh???, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
cupcakes
Excited to try Sprinkles, we swung by on a couple days and encountered a huge line, so we finally went by the new cupcake place at Town & Country Village. The chocolate one w... |
Sarah |
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on Oct 12, 2008 at 10:14 pm by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Gotta luv her! I do!
Web Link
I have done my best, but she is the future! God bless her, and the... |
Sarah |
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on Sep 8, 2008 at 3:27 pm by Norm, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
call a paramedic-- gut has busted
If you like Mr. Bean, forget the reviews, I recommend Mr. Bean's Holiday. The second half is slow, but during the first half, I laughed so hard that tears were streaming down... |
Sarah |
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on Jul 5, 2008 at 2:59 pm by Jon, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
MOVIES
Get Smart
Get Smart was just awful. Did anyone like this movie? |
Sarah |
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on Jul 5, 2008 at 2:57 pm by Jon, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
MOVIES
27 dresses
Awful x 27 |
Sarah |
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on Feb 1, 2008 at 11:11 pm by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
a preventable accident
Is anyone else concerned about being hit by a silent Prius? I love the cars, but I've been surprised several times in parking lots and on walks, and it seems inevitable that ... |
Sarah |
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on Dec 6, 2007 at 2:40 am by Jack, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
MOVIES
Ruggles of Red Gap
Does anyone know how to make a movie request/suggestion to the Stanford Theater? I heard on NPR that "Ruggles of Red Gap" (1935) is supposed to be a great comedy. |
Sarah |
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on Nov 25, 2007 at 11:45 am by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
The Invasion
I saw this movie because the reviews said it wasn't scary enough-- yay! I thought it was a great "bad" movie. It was exciting, interesting, and not gory (no more so than Ani... |
Sarah |
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on Aug 18, 2007 at 10:56 pm by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I enjoyed the movie very much. And I was so happy that Michael Gambon's (Dumbledore) acting improved. His speaking parts were thankfully shorter too. Prior, I couldn't beli... |
Sarah |
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on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:41 am by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
Ratatouille
Ratatouille was REALLY good. I felt like I was in another world, it had lots of non-slapstick/non-bathroom laughs, and the best evil character ever. Only criticism was the l... |
Sarah |
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on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:27 am by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
Die Hard 4
This was a really fun movie. I laughed a lot and it was exciting. The downside was the lack of completely sidesplitting, tears-coming-down-my-face scene, such as the cockpit... |
Sarah |
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on Jul 2, 2007 at 10:20 pm by anon., a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
MOVIES
not fantastic but not bad
I saw Fantastic Four 2 and thought it was a good bad movie. Forgettable, stupid, and fun. I had peanut m&m's and peanut butter cups--delicious. |
Sarah |
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on Jun 30, 2007 at 4:37 pm by mariah, a member of the Hoover School community |
AROUND TOWN
look up
Anyone know why the old Air Force planes have been circling the area for the last few days? |
Sarah |
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on May 28, 2007 at 1:34 pm by Nancy, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
bad movie
I sat through the new spiderman this weekend--awful. Such good concepts, soooo poorly done. Candy was good. |
Sarah |
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on May 22, 2007 at 9:51 am by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Don't pump gas on may 15th
NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
Don't pump gas on may 15th
...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 ce... |
Sarah |
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on May 3, 2007 at 10:37 am by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Hidden Villa update, please
So what really happened at the Hidden Villa board meeting? And Tom Livermore was somehow replaced by Lee Price? |
Sarah |
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on Jun 28, 2006 at 11:14 pm by Sarah, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Parking Lot T
Has anyone received parking citations in Lot T on Lytton and Kipling? After I received one I've noticed changes in the positioning, height and number of signs. I'm wondering i... |
Sarah Lee |
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on Apr 25, 2008 at 2:18 pm by Sarah Lee, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Housing for Active Seniors
My father-in-law is coming to visit and plans to stay about 8 weeks. We'd like to use this as an opportunity to help him decide if he'd like to move here permenantly, or at le... |
SarahM |
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on Jan 8, 2012 at 6:48 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Did Embarcadero Road needed paving 3 years ago?
Three years ago I was of the impression that Embarcadero Road needed repaving. I have only seen patchwork done on it all the time.
Traveling on Embarcadero Road is woefully b... |
Sardar Patel |
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on Aug 27, 2007 at 9:21 am by R, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Looking for witness to collision with dalmatian on Middlefield
Hi,
I had a collision with a large dalmatian on the 3300 block of Middlefield Road (cross street of Ames Avenue) on Thursday (12/4) around 3:10 pm. A very helpful person s... |
Satyadev Patel |
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on Dec 10, 2009 at 8:30 pm by Satyadev Patel, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
BUSH KNESSET FIREWORKS
In a speech to Israel's Knesset, Bush said:
"Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade ... |
saul |
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on May 16, 2008 at 11:14 am by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Real Estate Agents Should Own Up To Their Role
I'm wondering when national and local real estate agents will own up to their role in the financial/credit debacle. They have always been just as predatory as some mortga... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 7:20 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
In California, Bad Teachers Just Can't Be Fired
I really think we should all be aware of what our kids could be facing, yes, even here in Palo Alto.
This is six pages of very scary reading, but you might want to check it... |
Scared for our Kids |
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on May 6, 2009 at 10:14 pm by Ron, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Follow up to Jimmy Carter
This is from the AP:
"ATLANTA (AP) -- A longtime aide to Jimmy Carter has resigned from the Carter Center think tank, calling the former president's new book on Israel and th... |
Schlomo |
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on Dec 7, 2006 at 6:42 am by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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