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AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Time to tighten up the PA city council meetingsWhen I mention to my friends that I usually watch the Palo Alto City Council meetings on Monday nights, their quick response: "How can you stand it!" Their...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 2, 2020There are no comments yet. 301 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
MoDo Hawaii's wildly popular mochi donuts are coming to the Bay AreaIn 2018, a very long line of people snaked though the parking lot of Mitsuwa Marketplace in San Jose. They were waiting -- some as long as five hours -- to try MoDo...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Dec. 2, 2020There are no comments yet. 694 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
This new Mountain View restaurant specializes in Thai street foodPad Thai and green curry are on the menu at Khao Kang Thai Kitchen, but you'll also find nam tok khor mhoo yang, a grilled pork salad from northeast Thailand, and...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Dec. 1, 2020Last comment by Todrford, 17 hours ago | 1 comment | 1375 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Feel the burn: The Peninsula gets a new Nashville hot chicken jointJason Angeles boldly claims Love Burn Chicken makes the spiciest, largest and crispiest hot chicken sandwich out there. The new restaurant, opened two weeks ago...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Dec. 1, 2020There are no comments yet. 1727 Views
TODDLING THROUGH THE SILICON VALLEY
Our First Year with an Elf on the ShelfLike many extended families, the last time many of us were together was last Christmas. Since then my grandfather passed away and we have talked with our kids about...
Original post made by Cheryl Bac on Nov. 30, 2020There are no comments yet. 843 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How to Buy a Used EVUsed EVs are a good deal, arguably one of the best deals on the car market today. Edmunds is
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 22, 2020Last comment by Anne, on Nov 29, 2020 at 1:20 pm | 12 comments | 3945 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Gates sets an example for local billionaires to emulateI have always admired Bill Gates, founder and former CEO of Microsoft Corp., second richest man in the world, for all the billions of dollars he and his wife, Melinda,...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 24, 2020Last comment by Giving feels good., on Nov 27, 2020 at 12:12 pm | 5 comments | 2404 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Couples and Premarital: Personal Weather Report (TM)Your partner can not read your mind, and my husband can not read mine, either. You actually have to say what's on your mind. One homework exercise I like to give...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Nov. 27, 2020There are no comments yet. 2235 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Plethora of propaganda provides media literacy lessons"If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do, you are misinformed." (^
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 12, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 27, 2020 at 1:11 am | 10 comments | 1147 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Pie Brings People TogetherListening to the radio these days, so many stories are about food. NPR was interviewing a baker a couple days ago and I caught him saying, “Pie brings people...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Nov. 25, 2020Last comment by Laura Stec, on Nov 25, 2020 at 1:45 pm | 2 comments | 2190 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Biden wins -- but by a smaller margin -- Is this a better way to do it?Last week I wrote about the Electoral College, acknowledging that while it caused problems, and twice in recent years elected candidates whose vote totals were lower...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 18, 2020Last comment by Citizen PA, on Nov 25, 2020 at 1:02 pm | 15 comments | 2555 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Palo Alto's Tam Tam to close, but owners hope to reopen elsewhereThe owners of Tamarine announced that their more casual Vietnamese spinoff Tam Tam, opened in downtown Palo Alto last fall, will be closing this weekend. Tanya...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Nov. 13, 2020Last comment by chris, on Nov 23, 2020 at 11:21 am | 7 comments | 8159 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
EVs for EVeryoneCalifornia has set aggressive goals for EV adoption as it works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The number of EVs is targeted to triple in the next five years...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 15, 2020Last comment by Tim Bussiek, on Nov 20, 2020 at 2:09 pm | 17 comments | 8815 Views
A TEEN'S PALO ALTO
The toxic world of hustle cultureDuring the summer and pressured by new acquaintances, I made a LinkedIn account, which I have barely checked since. The website, while a valuable networking resource,...
Original post made by Jessica Zang on Nov. 15, 2020Last comment by Midtown Parent, on Nov 19, 2020 at 11:31 pm | 6 comments | 2002 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Are our elections unfair? Should we fix them? What will work?All it took was one sentence on p. 3 of Saturday's, Nov. 7, NYT to finally convince me that my long-held stance on eliminating the Electoral College in the U.S....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 10, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Nov 18, 2020 at 8:38 am | 53 comments | 3915 Views
TODDLING THROUGH THE SILICON VALLEY
Thank you dog owners!I enjoyed owning a dog as a kid. Our dog was very strongly attached to my mom. He adored her and didn’t want to leave her side. But I could usually convince...
Original post made by Cheryl Bac on Nov. 16, 2020Last comment by Hulkamania, on Nov 17, 2020 at 11:21 am | 1 comment | 1520 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Silver Bullet for our EmissionsPeople often say there is no silver bullet for our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s certainly true in general. But for those of us on the mid-Peninsula, there’s...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 8, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 16, 2020 at 10:55 am | 18 comments | 4496 Views
A TEEN'S PALO ALTO
Why I mind my own businessIf something doesn’t harm other people or affect my life, it shouldn’t be any of my concern. That’s my general rule of thumb when it comes to...
Original post made by Jessica Zang on Oct. 2, 2020Last comment by Daymarea Green, on Nov 13, 2020 at 10:13 am | 26 comments | 4134 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Local resident steps in to keep Los Altos' Red Berry Coffee Bar openWhen the Los Altos community heard that Red Berry Coffee Bar would be closing in August, customers rallied to keep the much-loved cafe alive. Their efforts resulted...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Nov. 6, 2020Last comment by Eli P, on Nov 12, 2020 at 9:30 pm | 3 comments | 4152 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
ABAG's housing demands for local cities are too much==I NOTE: I am worried and upset about our coming election. I see voters around the country being deprived of their right to vote -- one drop box per county, a U.S....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 28, 2020Last comment by Iris, on Nov 12, 2020 at 10:28 am | 34 comments | 4445 Views
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Couples and Premarital: Personal Weather Report (TM)
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 2,235 views
Pie Brings People Together
By Laura Stec | 2 comments | 2,190 views
Feel the burn: The Peninsula gets a new Nashville hot chicken joint
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 1,727 views
Our First Year with an Elf on the Shelf
By Cheryl Bac | 0 comments | 843 views
Time to tighten up the PA city council meetings
By Diana Diamond | 0 comments | 301 views
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