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Page 2 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Could fiber ring be making a comeback? Council finance committee ing some details. cost estimated as high as $40 mil- RFP document said they would They agreed to keep the bid-so- lion, was rejected as too risky by the make the changes in time to submit approves request for proposals licitation as open-ended as possible council. to the full council in early August, by Jay Thorwaldson to see what kind of proposals the Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) service just before the council’s annual city receives. The plan envisions a could be included as well, although month-long break. so-called “public-private Council’s Finance Committee. private entity helping the city install a possible countywide or regional The plan envisions providing a partnership” to provide Palo Committee Chair Yoriko Kishi- a fiber-optic system throughout the Wi-Fi system is in the works for two-way 100-megabit-per-second A Alto homes with access to moto and members Larry Klein and community, as opposed to a major Silicon Valley. service throughout the community, some type of high-speed broadband Bern Beecham approved a “request city-only investment. Last year, a Administrative Services Director with a possible delay for homes west Internet connection was recom- for proposals” after reviewing it plan for the city to install a fiber- Carl Yeats and other staff members of I-280 in the sparsely populated mended Tuesday night by the City with city staff members and tweak- to-the-home (FTTH) network, at a who worked on the half-inch-thick (continued on page 5)

TRANSPORTATION Bicyclist asks for safer Stanford Avenue No immediate plan in the works by Bill D’Agostino ocal bicycle advocates hope to get some upgrades this year L to Stanford Avenue, long a treacherous trouble spot. The road, which intersects Juni- pero Serra Boulevard, is used by hikers who park their cars there be- fore climbing to the Stanford Dish. Although drivers are supposed to park off the pavement, many auto- mobiles end up at least partly in the bike lane. Rich Swent, chair of the Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory Commission, has been honked and shouted at for rid- ing in the center of the right lane,

Norbert von der GroebenNorbert which he says is the only safe place to be. Even more dangerous: Cars speed and pass in the opposite lane, even when there’s oncoming traffic. “A lot of people can’t stand to be behind a bicyclist any length of time in a car, even if passing doesn’t gain them anything,” Swent said. A crow takes flight at Ramos Park on East Meadow Drive Wednesday evening. Residents have seen more of the large, noisy birds recently. The road, which Santa Clara County maintains, is full of potholes led some to wonder where they crows they take in are oversized and cracks, he added. Plus, prohib- PALO ALTO came from, and why. and rambunctious. ited U-turns are common. “They appear in flocks in these “They scream constantly,” she The bicycle commission is asking large redwoods,” said Phillip Cory, said, “even when you cover their for the issue to come before a joint Counting crows 17, pointing across the street from eyes” — a typical method for se- meeting with county officials, neigh- Residents take note of flocks of larger, his house on Emerson. “They’re dating the birds. bors and university representatives. large, and very noisy.” Some residents wonder if the The next meeting is in September. noisier birds in town Melanie Wilensky, who has crows are not crows at all, but in “I don’t think it’s going to get by Cyrus Hedayati lived in Palo Alto for 23 years, has fact ravens. solved anytime soon but we can also noticed the birds. Noppinger, however, said these make some improvements,” said orin Grunwald’s dog, Hap- “They’re like black sea gulls,” “They’ll perch on top of the red- crows may be the size of the larger Swent, who at minimum would like py, loves chasing birds. he said. woods as high as they can go,” she raven, but have the semi-circle tail better notification that bicyclists are S But since moving from Other residents of Midtown, said. “Usually they have an alpha- and narrow beaks unique to the allowed to share the road. “Things San Antonio Road to the Mid- Old Palo Alto and other Palo type perched on the top, and then crow. Ravens have a pointy tail haven’t gotten any better by ignor- town neighborhood a year ago, Alto neighborhoods say they’ve they’ll sort of talk to each other.” and wider beak. ing it.” Grunwald has noticed the crows seen — and heard — these larg- Liz Noppinger, animal-control In the summer, crows break Dan Collen, deputy director of Happy chases in Greer Park are er, louder and more numerous coordinator at Wildlife Rescue, into pairs to mate and create county roads and airports, said the larger than usual. crows. The sizeable flocks have has noticed a trend: Many of the (continued on page 5) county is open to exploring options (continued on page 5) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 3 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 More than an art store PUBLISHER William S. Johnson ReaderReaderWire comments via e-mail, voice mail and U.S. mail EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Marc Burkhardt, Managing Editor Rat trap dealership space on El Camino Real Jocelyn Dong, Associate Editor in Menlo Park. It already has facilities Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors I am writing to thank the anony- “The frame Keith Peters, Sports Editor mous City of Palo Alto dispatcher for repair and maintenance. Relocate Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor who very calmly and gently handled the Municipal Services Center to this Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer space and to the space by the Palo makes Alexandria Rocha, Staff Writer my distress call early Saturday morn- Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer ing. Alto Airport. Nicholas Wright, Staff Photographer Adam Heyman, Photo Intern I had returned home shortly before Anything that can’t be squeezed the art.” Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & into these two spaces can be stored Online Editor 1 a.m. and found (to my horror) that Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections a roof rat was trapped in the space at the lot at the end of San Antonio Cammie Farmer, Calendar Editor 267 Hamilton Avenue, Downtown Palo Alto Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, between the sliding glass door and Road. Build the new auto mall on the Lynn Comeskey, Tim Goode, Jill Slater, current Municipal Services Center 650.328.3500 www.universityart.com Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors the screen door of my bedroom. Anabel Lee, Andrew Thompson, Editorial Interns I am, unfortunately, familiar with and have the car dealers move in. Also in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento Brooke Thomas, Arts & Entertainment Intern the roof rats that roam the upper Then re-examine the real need for DESIGN space for the Municipal Services Cen- Carol Hubenthal, Design Director reaches of south Palo Alto. And I Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers; know, from personal experience, that ter and what a cost-effective solution Royd Hatta, Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, there is a “deceased animal pickup” would be. Charmaine Mirsky, Scott Peterson, Designers service that will come retrieve the Marc Fleischmann PRODUCTION Wellsbury Way, Palo Alto Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager carcasses that my cat occasionally Dorothy Hassett, Brooke Fox, leaves for me to find as I stumble to Sales & Production Coordinators my coffee maker in the morning. No hoax ADVERTISING But this one was alive. And it was The July 14 Weekly had another Michael Howard, Advertising Manager reader comment about global warm- Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Assistant 1 a.m. I took a chance and called the Jasbir Gill, Janice Hoogner, Sandra dead-animal-pickup number, which ing as a hoax without any data Valdiosera, Display Advertising Sales is, in reality, the non-emergency backing up the opinion. While there Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. dispatch number for Palo Alto. A very is much information available on this Linda Franks, Classified Advertising Manager sympathetic man agreed that having topic for those still unconvinced, per- Brian Carson, Nerissa Gaerlan, Evie Marquez, Irene Schwartz, Classified Advertising Sales a rat stuck between the doors of my haps a good start is “Global Warming Blanca Yoc, Classified Administrative Assistant bedroom was “not good.” But, he ex- Myths and Facts” at ONLINE SERVICES plained, the city couldn’t send anyone www.fightglobalwarming.com. Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online after hours. The C02 levels are 25 percent Shannon White, Assistant to Webmaster Nonetheless, he generously of- higher now than natural levels mea- BUSINESS fered to help me figure out what sured over 650,000 years. We may Iryna Buynytska, Business Manager Miriam Quehl, Manager of Payroll & Benefits needed to be done and to stay on the be facing the gravest social and Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant line with me while I did it. moral issue of our generation and the Valentina Georgieva, Judy Tran, Business preponderance of evidence is stag- (408) 541-6100 Associates I knew what I had to do — it Tina Karabats, Cathy Stringari, Doris Taylor, involved a flashlight and a broom gering if we care to pay attention. Business Associates with a long handle to push open the Can we afford not to be informed? ADMINISTRATION screen from outside. The dispatcher, Can we wait to act? Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & Promotions Director; concerned for my safety, made sure Carolyn Spitz You Are Invited to Rachel Palmer, Promotions & Online Assistant I was wearing shoes and clothes. Magnolia Drive, Palo Alto Janice Covolo, Receptionist; Ruben Espinoza, After I reassured him, and armed The 6th Annual Foothill Summer Musical Gala Jorge Vera, Couriers myself with the tools, I went outside EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. Stalled momentum William S. Johnson, President (the long way), while the cat and dog In a recent letter, Chris Kenrick took Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO; Robert D. skulked about in the kitchen. 276 words to express the following Thomas, Vice President, Corporate Development; Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Holding my breath, and, I’m — that Paula Simpson, the former Frank A. Bravo, Director, Computer Operations ashamed to say, cursing softly into library director, resigned in part & Webmaster the portable phone with the nice Featuring Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales because of friction with the Friends Manager; Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation dispatcher on the other end, I did of the Palo Alto Library (FOPAL) over Foothill Musical Theatre’s Production of & Mailing Services; Alicia Santillan, Circulation the deed, screaming only once as I FOPAL’s strong support of what the Assistant; Chris Planessi, Joel Pratt, Chip Poedjosoedarmo, Computer System Associates pushed the screen door open from community had repeatedly expressed as far away as I could. The Palo Alto Weekly (ISSN 0199-1159) a preference for, namely keeping a vi- is published every Wednesday and Friday by When I announced that the rat able neighborhood branch system. Embarcadero Publishing Co., 703 High St., Palo had been set free, he seemed quite It has become fairly obvious that Alto, CA 94302, (650) 326-8210. Periodicals post- age paid at Palo Alto, CA and additional mailing surprised, but congratulated me Simpson was hired by Frank Benest, offices. Adjudicated a newspaper of general circu- enthusiastically, while I thanked him the city manager, to find justification lation for Santa Clara County. The Palo Alto Weekly is delivered free to homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, profusely. And now I want to do it for and then implement closure of Atherton, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto, to faculty publicly. Thank you, thank you, early the Downtown and College Terrace and staff households on the Stanford campus and morning dispatcher. to portions of Los Altos Hills. If you are not cur- neighborhood branches. That is the rently receiving the paper, you may request free Eve Agiewich momentum which Simpson was gen- delivery by calling 326-8210. 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Page 4 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront The Public Agenda PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL . . . The council will consider establishing a new zoning district, the California Avenue Pedestrian Transit Oriented Development Combining District (PTOD), which would create develop- ment standards for sites near the California Avenue Caltrain Station. It will also decide on an agreement with Palo Alto High Street Partners for $1 million in exchange for Alma Street substation relocation by Jan. 1, 2008. The meeting will be held on Monday, July 24 at 7 p.m. in the Coun- cil Chambers of City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). PALO ALTO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION . . . The commis- sion will discuss several items, including the fields report of the golf-feasi- bility study, priorities for spending the city’s park-impact fees, and the City Council Challenge, a program promoting fitness. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 25 at 7 p.m. in the Council Conference Room of City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.) PALO ALTO PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION . . . The commission will consider requests from the Campus for Jewish Life and BUILD housing project to rezone land at 901 San Antonio Road as planned-community districts; and a request for a conditional use permit for construction of a new 11,690-square-foot building at 560 San Anto- nio Road. The meeting will be held Wednesday, July 26 at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.)

MEMORIAL SERVICES

Dr. Rudolph Bock, a longtime former resident of Palo Alto, died July 17. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 5, at 11 a.m. at the Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside.

Dr. Alexander Tseng, Jr., a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died July 10. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m. at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made either for oncol- ogy research (c/o Dr. Michael Prados, UCSF, 400 Parnassus A808, San Francisco, CA 94143) or for a lectureship (Division of Oncology, CCSR 1115 Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305-5151). Norbert von der Groeben A pair of crows perch atop an East Meadow Drive home Wednesday evening. no merit, Noppinger said. normal, she added, “It’s nothing to Crows Gathering in large flocks and get worked up about.” (continued from page 3) loudly vocalizing are “all normal In fact, many residents like the crow behavior,” de Bertaut said. big black birds. Wilensky said the family units, which come together Bob Power, executive director of crows do not seem threatening, even in a large community in the winter the Audubon Society’s Santa Clara though they are sometimes loud. called a roost, said Carmel de Ber- Valley chapter, said that Northern “They’re kind of fierce-looking but taut, animal-control coordinator California is home to an especially they don’t bother people,” she said. and crow specialist at the Silicon large subspecies of crow compared Wilenski said she enjoys the Valley Wildlife Center. While Bay to other regions, which could explain natural environment of Palo Alto, Area birds usually begin gathering the reactions of local residents. including all of its wildlife — even for the roost about a month later in The crow sightings could also be the crows. the year, said de Bertaut, she has a case of perception becoming real- “I’m the type of person who noticed that they have been prepar- ity, de Bertaut hypothesized. doesn’t even listen to music because ing early this year, which could ex- “If people have a natural fear of I want to hear all the sounds (from plain the numbers. an animal and they feel there’s a outside),” she said. N One theory that the rambunctious- growth in number, they might see Editorial Intern Cyrus Hedayati ness of the crows has a connection them growing larger,” she said. can be reached at chedayati@ with the rise of West Nile virus has Even if the crows are larger than paweekly.com.

mately prefer to own the entire sys- proposed legislation both at the state Fiber ring tem, and that it should be an open and federal levels that might limit (continued from page 3) network — allowing any service municipal roles in providing online provider to lease space on it — with systems. foothills leading up to Skyline the latter subject to negotiation in Committee members agreed that Ridge. Kishimoto emphasized the the early years of the operation. the overall primary goal is to get idea is to provide “access” to the Several speakers commended high-speed Internet access for resi- service, not to hook everyone up. the plan and urged the city to make dents and that specifics for how that The committee members agreed specific changes, while others op- can be accomplished will have to be that portions of the city’s existing posed it as an unnecessary risk or worked out with prospective bidders. fiber ring could possibly be used in something the private sector should They said they expected at least sev- the public-private system or as part provide. City officials also have eral firms to submit proposals. N of the negotiations with whatever expressed concern about legal op- Editor Jay Thorwaldson can firm might submit a proposal. The position from major private Inter- be e-mailed at jthorwaldson@ plan indicates the city would ulti- net-access firms, and are watching paweekly.com.

encourage everybody to share the lose vegetation that acts as a buffer Safer Stanford road in a friendly fashion,” he said. between them and the road. (continued from page 3) About two years ago, county en- “It’s a bad situation and there but doesn’t have a plan in mind. gineers proposed widening the road are too many groups involved with “We’re in the mode of trying to to make room for parking and bike different goals and wishes,” Swent take a fresh look at it and see if lanes, but nearby residents success- said. “Nobody can agree on the best there’s anything that can be done to fully fought the idea, not wanting to way to solve the problem.” N Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 5 Upfront $POTDJPVTOFTT $PNNVOJUZ $BSFFS News Digest professional training Menlo Park council supports utility tax measure personal growth Menlo Park City Council members support putting a utility tax mea- sure on the November ballot, but key decisions — including the tax rate counselors, organizational leaders — won’t be made until the next council meeting July 25. City Manager David Boesch recommended Wednesday that the council research, education, business consider a rate of 3 to 4 percent. The tax would be paid by both residents and businesses and would be based on their use of electricity, gas, water, and health services phone and cable TV. A simple majority of voters can pass such a measure. Council members Nicholas Jellins, Kelly Fergusson and Andy Cohen m.a • ph.d • certificates expressed support for a tax in the 3 to 4 percent range, which would pro- duce an estimated $2.4 million to $3.2 million for the city. residential clinical The tax could help the city close an expected revenue shortfall of $1.85 million in the current fiscal year. on-line learning options Council members Mickie Winkler and Lee Duboc asked for further study and discussion. They both expressed concerns over the effects on local businesses, which might wage a campaign against the measure, now accepting applications they said. “A lot of people in the community are not going to look at (a tax) favor- institute of transpersonal psychology ably,” Duboc said. The deadline to place a measure on the November ballot is Aug. 11. N 1069 east meadow circle, palo alto, ca 94303 —Rory Brown 650.493.4430 • www.itp.edu

wasc accredited Police address carjacking incident Palo Alto police are waiting to get reports back from the Santa Clara County crime laboratory on evidence left behind by the man who stole one car and carjacked a second at gunpoint June 26. The incident sparked a frantic manhunt after police cordoned off a USE several-block area south of Greer Park. “We’re still processing evidence,” Capt. Mark Venable told a meeting WWANTANT of the Midtown Residents Association Tuesday night. The carjacker “left behind quite a bit of evidence” — including possible DNA evidence — in COMPOST the two cars he used and abandoned. “We’re encouraged about moving Compost helps improve your the case forward.” soil, benefiting your plants Police Chief Lynne Johnson told the 60 to 70 residents at the meeting THETHE BESBESTT and promoting garden health that the June 26 incident, in which a residential burglar was interrupted THETHE BESBESTT when the resident came home, used a gun to steal his car, then carjacked and vitality. a second vehicle at gunpoint, was an anomaly. “Most burglars are not interested in confronting their victims,” Johnson said. Compost: Johnson added that residential burglaries are starting to ebb, but are still · Helps plants absorb up considerably over last year. There have been 117 through July 10, com- FORFOR YYOUROUR nutrients already in your pared to 169 for all of 2006. There have been 94 thefts from unlocked cars since Jan. 1 compared to 97 for all of last year. Auto burglaries — break- soil ing into locked cars — are on pace with last year, with 256 through July · Allows plants to develop 10 compared to 459 for all of last year. Speaking of the increase in residential burglaries, Johnson said, “We GARGARDEDEN?N? better root structure are not the only city experiencing these trends, including up and down the GARGARDEDEN?N? Peninsula and in the East Bay.” helping them grow A possible explanation, Johnson said, is what has been nationally a healthier dramatic increase in the use of methamphetamines, “which has gone · Holds onto water and crazy,” she said. Palo Alto drug arrests are up sharply this year, too, and police believe that many residential and auto burglaries are committed by nutrients that are applied people stealing things to sell to get money to buy drugs. and slowly releases The residential burglaries “are all over the city, and not concentrated in them when plants need any one area,” Johnson said. Palo Alto police have arrested 22 people since Jan. 1 in connection with them residential, commercial or auto burglaries. All but one of those arrested · “Feeds” the soil, for residential burglaries “have resulted from a neighbor calling us or someone coming home,” Johnson said. “The use of your ears and eyes allowing the natural soil really helps us.” N ecosystem to revive – —Don Kazak and your plants to thrive Alleged auto burglars arrested near Stanford Two alleged auto burglars were arrested Tuesday in Palo Alto after COMPOST alert shoppers at Stanford Shopping Center noticed a car alarm go off and saw a man leave the area in another car. The car was stopped by police WORKSHOPS moments later. Agent Dan Ryan said Palo Alto officers responded to the shopping Attend a Compost Workshop and learn how easy Saturday Workshops center at 4:30 p.m. The man was seen entering a waiting vehicle, and creating your own compost can be. Palo Alto residents witnesses described the car to officers. 10:00am - 11:30am Other officers located the car, a 1978 Chevrolet El Camino, several attending a workshop receive a voucher for a reduced minutes later on Embarcadero Road, and conducted a traffic stop. Ryan cost Biostack compost bin (an $89 retail value for $27). August 26 said they found property in the car that had been taken from two separate October 28 victims, both of whom had parked at the shopping center. Call the Recycling Program at 496-5910 to enroll. Officers arrested Raymond J. Garcia, Jr., 22, and Rodrigo R. Ponce, 26, both of Redwood City. They were booked into the Main Jail in San Jose, Tuesday Workshops charged with possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, phone: (650) 496-5910 7:00pm - 8:30pm burglary and grand theft. N email: [email protected] website: www.cityofpaloalto.org/recycle July 25 September 26 ON THE WEB: The latest local news headlines at www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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nd 22 ANNUAL PALO ALTO WEEKLY MOONLIGHT RUN & WALK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2006 TIME & PLACE PLEASE NOTE TIMES: 5K walk 7:30pm, 10K run 8:15pm, 5K run 8:45pm. Run night registration 6:30 to 8:00pm at City of Palo Alto Baylands Athletic Center, Embarcadero & Geng Roads (just east of the Embarcadero Exit of Highway 101). Parking — go to PaloAltoOnline.com to check for specific parking locations. COURSE 5K and 10K loop courses over Palo Alto Baylands levee, through the marsh lands by the light of the Harvest Moon! Course is flat, USAT&F certified (10k run only) on levee and paved roads. Arrowhead Water at all stops. (Course map available at www. PaloAltoOnline.com) REGISTRATIONS & ENTRY FEE Preregistration fee is $20 per entrant (postmarked by September 29, 2006) and includes a long-sleeve t-shirt. Late/run night registration is $25 and includes a shirt only while supplies last. A scantron card must be filled out at race night registration. Family package: Children under 12 run free with a registered adult. A completed entry form for each child must be submit- ted with Adult registration. A limited number of adult small t-shirts may be available for $10 through preregistration process. Please indicate on form and include $10. No confirmation of mail-in registration available. Registration also available online at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Refunds will not be issued for no-show registrations (and t-shirts will not be held). TEAMS: Preregistration opportunity for Sports Teams of 10 or more runners; contact Amy at (650) 326-8210 ext. 285. MINORS: 13-18 years of age. If not pre-registered Minors MUST bring signed parental/waiver form (below) on race night to participate. In addition scantron card must be completely filled out at race night registration. DIVISIONS Age divisions: 12 and under; 13-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69, and 70 & over with separate divisions for male and female runners in each age group. Race timing provided for 5K and 10K runs only; not 5K walk. COMPUTERIZED RESULTS by A Change of Pace Race results will be posted on the Internet at www.PaloAltoOnline.com 10am on 10/9. Registration forms must be filled out completely and correctly for results to be accurate. Neither Change of Pace nor Palo Alto Weekly are responsible for incorrect results caused by incomplete or incorrect registration forms. AWARDS/PRIZES/ENTERTAINMENT Top three finishers in each division. Prize giveaways and refreshments. DJ, Efren Ayala. Pre-race warmup by Andre Bobo. BENEFICIARY Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund. A holiday-giving fund to benefit Palo Alto area non-profits and charitable organizations. In April 2006, 43 organizations received a total of $220,000. MORE INFORMATION Call (650) 463-4920, (650) 326-8210, email [email protected]. or go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com. For safety reasons, no dogs allowed on course for the 5K and 10K runs. They are welcome on the 5K walk only. No retract- able leashes! Please bring your own clean-up bag. Jogging strollers welcome in the 5K walk or at the back of either run. Flashlights/head lights recommended. Register online at www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 7 A NNOUNCING THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL PALO ALTO WEEKLY

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Page 8 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly ArtsA weekly guide to music, & theater, art,Entertainment movies and more, edited by Rebecca Wallace

Mountain View photographers explore the inner worlds of flowers UpAND close PERSONAL Since the Rewicks shoot together, they often don’t remember who took which picture. And they also get so close to the flowers that they sometimes don’t recall which species they’re capturing. But they always come up with lively titles. Top left: “Eternal Flame.” Top right: “Yellow Magic.” Bottom left: “Purple Passion.” Bottom right: “Aquatic Dancer.”

by Rebecca Wallace

magine being a photographer and getting so close to your subjects that you forget what you’re seeing. A car becomes only the small swoop I of chrome you’re focusing on. The mys- terious inside of a flower seems to be a grand stage sparkling with pollen footlights. The technique is called macrophotography, but through the lenses of Bob and Joy Rewick it can feel like abstract painting. In their close-up floral images, they peer between petals and delve into the canyons of orchids and irises, finding unexpected shapes and angles. They photograph flora from the side, the back, underneath. The Mountain View couple consider this work abstract photography; they say one of the greatest compliments they can receive for their work is “What is it?” Many of the images have a representational feel. For example, a photo called “Aquatic Dancer” could be a radiant sea anemone, or perhaps synchronized swimmers in canary- colored bathing suits.

(continued on next page) Norbert von der Groeben Joy and Bob Rewick explore the flora around their Mountain View condo. Bob has attached the special flashes on his camera himself.

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would add an abstract flair to their Flowers are a fascination both be- Flowers images, converging the background cause of the Rewicks’ love of nature (continued from previous page) and making balconies melt into and the fact that the subject gives But Joy says she and her husband each other. them a niche as photographers, Bob don’t look for the familiar when Now their hobby has become a says. In addition, Bob, who is also a they’re out shooting away with major endeavor: they have exhibit- beekeeper, has a penchant for bees, their cameras in a verdant place, ed separately and together and pub- bugs and spiders. perhaps the Elizabeth Gamble Gar- lished photo essays in magazines. “I did a close-up of a tarantula den in Palo Alto or Edgewood Park Bob also lectures on photographic head and a black widow torso,” he in Redwood City. Rather, they lose subjects and judges in competi- says, adding quickly, “all live.” themselves for hours in the intimate tions. Joy is also taken with close-up views of nature. In one of his essays, he advises images of cars, creating what she “It’s like meditation. You are lit- photographers to “change the way calls “auto art.” She flips through a erally inside the flower,” she said. you look at the flower” by seeing it binder of her photos, which include “When you’re that close, it becomes as an art object rather than some- “Radiance,” an image of a fancy abstract designs. You feel more con- thing to be documented. hubcap that could be a tropical sun- nected to the world; you see what “Slow down and give your eyes burst. most people don’t.” time to discover the myriad of cre- She says proudly, “You cannot tell In fact, the pair take such an ab- ative angles, and points-of-view. ... what these are.” ■ stract view that they typically don’t Use flash as your light source to il- pay attention to what kinds of flow- luminate flowers from angles and ers they’re photographing. After- ratios that are difficult or impossible wards, they often don’t remember to achieve with ambient light,” he What: An exhibit of about 70 the species in each photo. writes. close-up photos of flowers by A current exhibit of the couple’s A room in the Rewicks’ quiet Bob and Joy Rewick. floral work at the Coyote Point condo is filled with neatly arranged Where: Coyote Point Mu- Museum in San Mateo is drawing cameras, lenses, filters, flashes, an seum, 1651 Coyote Point Drive, appreciative responses, said Carl old slide duplicator, a pinhole cam- San Mateo Oosterman, the museum’s director era Bob made, and other equipment. When: Through Aug. 27. of education. About 70 photos of On the wall, a periodic table of the The museum is open Tuesday flowers magnified 2-3 times line a elements presides over it all. through Saturday from 10 a.m. hall facing expansive views of San Bob picks up one of the hand-held to 5 p.m. and Sundays from Francisco Bay. cameras used to shoot flowers out in noon to 5 p.m. “It’s a different way of looking at the field. He has attached two flash- Cost: Admission is $6 for nature,” Oosterman said. es, which protrude jauntily from the adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for children. It’s free the first The City of Palo Alto Arts & Culture Division, The Rewicks are also scheduled to camera, as though on antennae. exhibit photos at Rengstorff House “I avoid tripods, which is how Wednesday of the month. the Palo Alto Weekly, and Palo Alto Utilities present in Mountain View next month. most close-up work is done. They Info: Call the museum at The two started getting interested sink into the mud, you sink into the 650-342-7755 or go to www. in photography about 18 years ago, mud, the wind is blowing,” he says. coyoteptmuseum.org. The THE TWILIGHT taking classes together at Cañada Tripods could also damage the nat- Rewicks’ Web site is at home. College in Redwood City. It was an ural surroundings, Joy adds. earthlink.net/~jbrewick/index. intriguing hobby to pursue outside Bob continues: “The flash freez- html. CONCERT SERIES of work — Joy works in the philoso- es the motion, so you don’t have to phy department at Stanford Univer- hold the camera as still.” sity, and Bob is a research scientist Another camera has a bellows as- June 13 – August 15, 2006 who was at SRI International in sembly that can be used to photo- About the cover: Menlo Park for 35 years and now is graph things at three or four times Bob and Joy Rewick have a Tuesday evenings, 6:30 – 8 pm part-time at 3D Technology Labora- their size, Bob says. spirited conversation about their photography outside their Free to the public tories in Sunnyvale. The two have shot with film for The photography bug bit in ear- years and have been transitioning Mountain View condo. Pho- nest one day when the Rewicks were into digital photography — which tograph by Norbert von der July 25: Red Beans and Rice shooting buildings in San Francisco. will probably happen in earnest Groeben. 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Eva Mozes Kor (pictured at Auschwitz), one of the twins who underwent experiments by Dr. Josef Mengele, hopes a film about her life will highlight the need to learn more about Mengele’s files. Many surviving twins suffer from serious health problems and are still seeking answers about what was done to them, she said. kidneys had never grown beyond those of a 10-year-old, Kor said in The power the film. Doctors said they could help Mir- iam if they knew what she had been injected with, but Mengele’s files to forgive remained lost to time, and Miriam died of her illness in 1993. Holocaust survivor brings her resilient spirit — and Kor became determined to learn controversial message — to film festival more about the experiments. As for herself, she knew only that she had by Rebecca Wallace been injected with a germ that had va Mozes Kor, a 72-year-old Mengele.” Kor and her sister, Miri- nearly killed her in the camp. spitfire of a real estate agent, am, were among the twins subjected As part of Mengele’s work, an E is rolling toward another sale to medical experiments by Dr. Jo- estimated 1,500 sets of twins were in Terre Haute, Indiana. In a scene sef Mengele in Auschwitz, a place experimented upon, with about only from a film about her life, she where, Kor says, she lived “between 200 surviving Auschwitz, accord- Is your pounds a “For Sale” sign into the life and death.” ing to the C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Museum grass. She shows off the house’s The 2005 film, directed by Bob Web site. crown moldings. She rarely stops Hercules and Cheri Pugh, will be In 1993, Kor met with Hans addiction talking. shown at the Century Cinema 16 on Munch, a Nazi doctor who was ul- Decades ago, the Romanian na- July 30 as part of the San Francisco timately acquitted of war crimes. hurting tive says, no one in the business Jewish Film Festival. Munch said he didn’t know the would hire her because of her ac- Afterwards, Kor will be part of details of Mengele’s experiments, anyone? cent. She was hardly going to let a panel discussion on forgiveness. but did say he still had nightmares this stop her. Also scheduled to take part are John about seeing people gassed. This “I survived Auschwitz,” Kor says. K. Roth, professor of genocide stud- was a revelation for Kor, who never “Do you mean to tell me I cannot ies at Claremont McKenna College; imagined Nazis would have night- sell real estate?” and Jack Weinstein from the Massa- mares. There seems to be very little Kor chusetts-based group Facing Histo- Munch’s statement, Kor realized, can’t do. Besides selling homes, she ry and Ourselves, which focuses on could also be valuable evidence founded the C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Holo- issues of racism and human rights. against those who say the Holocaust caust Museum in Terre Haute. She One of the most powerful im- never happened. When she went to also speaks widely about her life ex- ages in the film is a photo taken Auschwitz in 1995, she brought periences; she’s given about 60 talks as Russian soldiers were liberating Munch with her, and he signed a so far this year, and plans to speak Auschwitz in 1945. Eva and Miri- statement saying he had witnessed the gassings. in Mountain View this month. am, tiny in striped uniforms, walk HE SEQUOIA CENTER helps families recover the But there is one thing Kor has between barbed-wire fences at the In an interview with the Weekly, done that seems to define her, head of a line of Mengele twins. The Kor said Munch also lit a memorial balance in their lives from the effects of abusing alcohol candle in front of the crematoria, T something she did for herself but girls’ faces are perfectly blank. and other drugs. Our services are offered in a warm and caring that caused enormous controversy How did Kor get from there to surprising the crowd. among other survivors: she has for- here? After being liberated, she “You could have cut the air,” Kor environment by trained staff dedicated to helping individuals given the Nazis. and her sister went back to Roma- recalled. “Everyone was just hold- gain control over their lives. In 1995, on the 50th anniversary nia and then to Israel. In 1960, she ing their breath.” of the liberation of Auschwitz, Kor met Holocaust survivor Michael But not everyone was pleased. In The Sequoia Center is licensed through –Call today 1-800-997-5504 stood at the former death camp in Kor, and they married and moved fact, many Holocaust survivors were the State of California to deliver: to schedule a free, confi dential appalled by Kor’s actions. assessment with one Poland and read out a declaration to Indiana. • Medical Detoxifi cation of forgiveness. The action, she says, Kor thought she was coping well In one scene in “Forgiving Dr. of our Specialists. helped heal her. It meant she wasn’t with her past, but she became terri- Mengele,” Jona Laks, another for- • Outpatient Treatment (Day & Evening) mer Mengele twin, argues with Kor, a victim any more. fied on a flight to Europe in 1984 • Residential Treatment THE “It was the feeling of complete when she heard German spoken. 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Health problems have persisted in the surviving twins; they have higher incidences of leukemia, What was it like to inter- heart problems and cancer, she told view Eva Mozes Kor? Find out the Weekly. at Weekly arts editor Rebecca “We really don’t know the scope Wallace’s blog. Go to www.Palo- Brooklyn Boy of the treatments,” she said. “Sur- AltoOnline.com and click on Ad vivors only remembered injections, Libs. X-rays, blood being taken.” Hit Broadway Comedy by Pulitzer Prize Winner What would she do if she could Donald Margulies Correction In a July 14 story about the Peninsula Youth Theatre, actor Annabel Yau’s name was inadvertently spelled wrong. Directed by Joy Carlin

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Other activities taking place as A continuing fascination part of the festival include infor- mal afternoon discussions led by This year’s Music@Menlo festival explores why festival artists, called “Cafe Con- the music and myth of Mozart endure versations.” They’re free and will cover such topics as “Scholarship by Brooke Thomas and Instinct: Can They Coexist?” and “The Link Between Speech hat’s the difference be- Other lectures will include “Mo- and Music.” The Bowman program builds tween Wolfgang Amadeus zart in Fiction and Fantasy,” given In addition, Mozart’s work is be- confidence, creativity and WMozart’s Piano Quartet in by Robert Marshall; and “Who We ing passed down to the next genera- G Minor and a courtroom drama? Think He Was and What We Think tion of musicians. “Prelude Perfor- academic excellence. Not much, according to composer He Did,” by David Cairns. mances” offer the opportunity for and author Bruce Adolphe. Adolphe’s lecture is paired with pre-professional and conservatory- Lower School - Grades K - 5 The quartet consists of two the concert program “Mozart and level musicians to perform before groups playing in contrasting keys, Shostakovich,” which explores each main program begins. Middle School - Grades 6 - 8 performing an initial “exposition” and contrasts the two compos- Also, “Young Performers Con- of the themes, followed by a devel- ers’ works. Dmitry Shostakovich certs” showcase younger musi- opment and restatement, much like — who would have marked his cians from two festival programs: Individualized, self-directed program lawyers in a courtroom, Adolphe hundredth birthday this year — the Young Performers program, said. composed under Stalin’s oppres- ages 13 to 20, and the Explorers Rich international and cultural studies Adolphe will use this analogy in sive regime in Russia and provides program, ages 8 to 12. a lecture on July 24, the first day a counterpoint to Mozart’s freeing These events are fitting because Proven, Montessori approach of the fourth annual Music@Menlo music, said Wu Han. Mozart’s compositions endure chamber music festival. This year, Other programs, such as “Mozart throughout the generations, in part State-of-the-art facility the festival’s theme is “Return- and the Twentieth Century,” and due to their ability to capture hu- ing to Mozart,” in celebration of “Mozart and the End of Time,” ex- man emotions, Wu Han said. Low student-teacher ratio the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s plore Mozart’s music in relation to She added, “His music encom- birth. composers such as Igor Stravinsky passes the entire scope of the expe- Adolphe’s lecture is named and Olivier Messiaen. rience of being human.” ■ www.bowmanschool.org “Why We Still Listen and the Mo- The Russian composer Stravin-   zart Murder Trial: An Examination sky, and Messiaen, who wrote his 4000 Terman Drive Palo Alto, CA Tel: 650-813-9131 and Cross-Examination.” The first music from a Nazi prison camp, are part of the title is particularly ap- known for the dissonance in their What: The fourth annual Mu- propriate, as the entire festival ad- compositions, Wu Han said. Their sic@Menlo chamber music fes- dresses the question: what drives music will also provide a strong tival, which this year celebrates the continuing fascination and high contrast with Mozart’s work, she the works of Mozart through a regard for Mozart? said. series of concerts and lectures. Mozart composed more than 600 “Like a good meal, you want to Where: Events take place “Entertaining whodunit.” works before his early death at the strike a balance,” she said. both at Menlo School at 50 Val- —Inc. Magazine age of 35, said Wu Han, co-artis- Wu Han said part of the reason paraiso Ave. in Atherton, and tic director and co-founder of the Mozart’s music endures today is St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at “Get a take-out festival with her husband, David because of its combination of el- 600 Colorado Ave. in Palo Alto. Finckel. egance and intensity. His Piano When: Concerts begin on order of Mandarin “Mozart ranks among the three Quartet in G Minor, which will be Monday, July 24, and run or four greatest composers in the played in the “Mozart and Shosta- through Friday, Aug. 11. En- Gourmet’s broccoli history of Western music,” she kovich” concert, is a good example, counters begin at 7:30 p.m., beef and cashew said. she said. followed by concert programs Adolphe also gives high praise to “The melodic ideas contained in at 8 p.m. Prelude Performanc- chicken and the composer, whose work includes that piece are so riveting that you es begin at 6 p.m., with Young prepare to stay up 20 operas, 40 symphonies, 26 pia- can imagine Mozart sitting at his Performers Concerts on select no concertos and many sonatas and desk writing the music with furious days at 3 p.m. all night reading chamber works. abandon,” she said. Cost: Tickets for the events Dot Dead.” “He created many of the works She also singles out his Clarinet range from $30 to $78 for that are the spine of the classical Quintet in A Major, which will adults and from $10 to $38 for —Cara Black, repertoire and influenced the way be played at the final concerts in children and students. Murder in Montmartre the world thinks about music in August. She says it “demonstrates Info: For a detailed schedule general,” he said. Mozart’s ability to say a lot us- and ticket information, go to “...you can’t go The festival, which takes place ing very little,” and adds that the www.musicatmenlo.org. both in Palo Alto and Atherton piece’s simplicity creates devastat- wrong.” through Aug. 11, is broken into 0-7387-0833-X • $13.95 • 288 pp. —Library Journal concert programs focusing on dif- ferent aspects of Mozart’s music, Think Globally, Post Locally. such as his work involving the pi- Available at local booksellers and online ano, wind instruments, or strings. 1-888-NITE-INK Each program is preceded by a lec- www.midnightinkbooks.com • www.keithraffel.com ture meant to involve and educate the audience about the selections. Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 13 Arts & Entertainment

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Belmont singer and composer Gina Maria has dug into ancient and contemporary texts from such tradi- 650-368-2102 tions as Buddhism, Native American spirituality and Christianity, she says. She’s set them to music with a Every Cleaning is Inspected mostly Western base but also with touches of many & Guaranteed cultures. The diverse results on her “Spiritual Coffee” CD Uniformed Bonded & Insured include “Eloquent Words,” based on a passage from All Equipment & Supplies Included http://peninsula.maidbrigade.com the Tao Te Ching; “Alone,” inspired by the Chris- Appropriately, this raku-fired vessel by Kiyoco tian Gospel according to Mark; and “Grandmother Michot is called “Geometrical Pomegranate.” Her Moon,” adapted from Goddess writings. work is being shown with photos by Romain “Ago” The concerts are scheduled to include storytell- Agostini at Gallery House starting July 25. ers, bellydancers and African drummers along with Maria’s singing. They’ll be at 8 p.m. on July 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. on July 30 in the theater at 539 Alma St. Art Tickets are $18 general and $15 for students and Ceramics and photos seniors. Call 650-533-6205 or go to www.lmspro- A crowd of brilliant orange poppies looking like ductions.org. sweetly gossiping girls. A raku-fired ceramic vessel called “Geometric Pomegranate.” These are among the works of art soon to be displayed at Gallery House at 320 California Ave. in Palo Alto. Photography Photographer Romain “Ago” Agostini calls his ex- Robert Buelteman hibit “California Color” and includes close-up images For some 25 years, Coastside photographer shot at Borrego Desert State Park and Death Valley Robert Buelteman has been capturing the wealth of National Park. nature along the San Francisco Peninsula and else- Kiyoco Michot is showing ceramics, some utilitar- where in California in his photos. His series include ian, some decorative. She often focuses on soft “Californiana,” “Montara” and “Triptychs.” hues. These days, black-and-white photos Buelteman The joint show will run from July 25 through Aug. took using a cameraless technique are on exhibit 19, with a reception scheduled for July 29 from 7 to at the SPUR Projects gallery in Portola Valley. They 9 p.m. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays include both views of landscapes and images of au- and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. ras around plants, electricity and light. The show is Call 650-326-1668 or go to www.galleryhouse2. called “Both Sides Now: Robert Buelteman in Black com. and White,” and organizers say all its images are be- ing shown for the first time. The exhibit runs through Aug. 5 at the gallery at 888 Portola Road. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 650- Music 529-2040 or go to www.spurprojects.com. Red Beans & Rice The blues turn vibrant red next Thursday when the Monterey Bay-based band Red Beans & Rice comes to town. The musicians say their sound is a mix of “Chi- Theater cago, Texas swing, Louisiana, contemporary and ‘Restoration Comedy’ original music” — blues you can dance to. They’ve The new play “Restoration Comedy” is said to be garnered plenty of fans in their neck of the woods: filled with wit and wickedness as it takes aim at so- ciety’s Puritanism and hypocrisy. Chances are, the Stanford Summer Theater produc- tion won’t miss a beat — it’s being directed by the playwright, Amy Freed, who is also a Stanford artist-in-residence. The play is described as an homage to two 17th-century plays, Colley Cibber’s “Love’s Last Shift” and John Vanbrugh’s “The Relapse.” It recently premiered at Se- attle Repertory Theatre. “Restoration Comedy” opens next Thurs- day at the Pigott Theater on the Stanford campus and plays through Aug. 13. Show times are 8 p.m., Thursday through Sunday. After the play closes, Moliere’s “Don Juan” will play Aug. 17 through Aug. 27. There are no set ticket prices; it’s “pay what you like.” To reserve tickets, call 650- Red Beans & Rice bring their brand of the blues to Palo Alto 725-5838 or email stanfordsummerthe- next Thursday. [email protected]. Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 14 Eating Out

RESTAURANT REVIEW

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Norbert von der Groeben der von Norbert enough. The soup recently was vegetable barley, well-stocked with cabbage, corn, carrots, celery, potatoes and peeled tomatoes. It comes with a couple slices of soft baguette, and butter. Individual quiches ($3.25) are Diners face a whirl of decadent cost-effective, and a haven of va- choices (and each sandwich riety for vegetarians. Cheese with comes with a mini-tart, too). spinach, broccoli, mushroom or onion are your vegetarian choices. Ham is the other. sive Vietnamese-French versions Douce France minds the details you find at Lee’s Sandwiches and of salad-making. The spinach many other stores in the South Bay. salad ($5) dresses baby spinach, The French-French sandwich’s goat cheese and lots of chopped appeal is based on an interplay walnuts in an appropriate lemon- of flavors. Mostly upwards of $7 juice dressing. The mixed greens Norbert von der Groeben der von Norbert each, Douce France’s sandwiches ($5) get light balsamic. are not for the bargain-hunter. If pastries are off your diet and The Angelo sandwich ($7.85) you don’t want to run into your plays salty prosciutto against cardiologist, Douce France may creamy mozzarella cheese, be- be not the best choice for a guilty tween slices of fresh baguette pleasure. Lots of doctors from the dressed (not slathered) in subtle Palo Alto Medical Foundation extra-virgin olive oil, fresh green hang out here. ■ Douce France owner Victor Marku presides over a tempting array of strawberry tarts, croissants, prosciut- salad, parsley and basil. Other to-and-mozzarella sandwiches, and other goodies. sandwiches highlight smoked ham, grilled chicken breast and Douce France 855 El Cami- Croissants are good, too, but oven-roasted turkey. no Real, 104 Town & Country How sweet it is one morning there were no plain- Three of the nine grilled sand- Shopping Center, Palo Alto. Jane croissants, only fancy ones wiches are meatless. The Fresco (650) 322-3601 For pastries and sandwiches, Douce France with fillings. The only other flaw I ($7.25) features diced parsley and Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon- could find at Douce France is that basil, sliced baby roma tomatoes, day-Saturday. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. takes the cake pastry prices aren’t posted. You mixed baby greens and moz- Sunday. Lunch items served by Sheila Himmel have to ask. zarella cheese. For a little more until an hour before closing. Sandwich and coffee prices are kick, the Alina ($7.25) gives you alo Alto has plenty of places and other flaky treats. Line up listed on a chalkboard overhead. goat cheese, artichoke hearts and Reservations Banquet to linger over coffee and along them and pay at the top of A well-made single cappuccino roasted bell peppers. ✔ Credit cards ✔ Catering Pplaces to buy croissants. the triangle. goes for $2.50. Espresso drinks Focaccia has a crusty ciabatta Douce France has it all, with Cakes and tarts form platoons are made with Vian Cafe, a mel- bottom and a soft top, the better ✔ Lot Parking Outdoor friendly owner Victor Marku to of mini ($1.50) and individual low coffee from Southern Italy. for toppings to melt in. A quick seating boot. sizes ($3.50). The signature two- Alcohol Sandwiches are French as can turn through the oven (not mi- Noise level: Inside, it’s a Bermuda Triangle bite minis hold one plump straw- be. That is, something less scary crowave) crisps the focaccia top ✔ Takeout Medium-high for anyone trying to avoid butter berry, three juicy blackberries, or and bottom. For a well-balanced than a bacon cheeseburger and ✔ Highchairs and sugar. To your left, a long case a squadron of blueberries atop a lunch, soup of the day ($4) and the Bathroom more substantial than the inexpen- Cleanliness: holds all the tarts, éclairs, cookies dab of custard in a fluted pastry ✔ Wheelchair Excellent and cakes you could ever want. To cup. Each sandwich comes with a access ON THE WEB: Hundreds of restaurant reviews at www.PaloAltoOnline.com your right, croissants, Danishes mini-tart.

lots of small bites. Desserts are not to be Duck Club Restaurant, 100 El Camino El Cerrito, 325 Sharon Park Drive, Menlo The house-smoked ribs and pork chops NOW SERVING missed. Daily 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. $ (Re- Real in the Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park (650) 854-7300 excel, as do the fried calamari, polenta Following are condensed versions, in alpha- viewed November 10, 2000) Park (650) 322-1234 While not a first date or wow-’em kind of cakes and sausages for starters. Large betical order, of longer restaurant reviews Dinah’s Poolside Grill, 4261 El Camino Specialties at this hotel restaurant include place, El Cerrito is family-friendly and a bar scene, wonderful outdoor patio. Good published in the Weekly over the past several Real, Palo Alto (650) 493-4542 Governor Stanford’s favorite duck and good value for the money, offering gener- wine list, reasonable prices. Lunch Mon.- years. This week’s reviews begin where the Run by the Magnuson family for 25 years. grilled salmon. Variety of pasta dishes, ous portions of traditional Mexican fare. Fri.11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Dinner Sun.-Wed. 4-9 list ended one week ago. Menu includes grilled center-cut pork sandwiches and breakfast items. Reserva- Great guacamole is served with quesadil- p.m.; Dinner Thurs.-Sat. 4-10 p.m.; Brunch Dashi, 873 Hamilton Ave., Menlo Park chops, Southern fried chicken and rack tions recommended. Breakfast Mon.-Sat. las and many other dishes. Staff is friendly Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $$$ (Re- 6:30-10:30 a.m., Sun. 6:30-10 a.m.; Brunch and accommodating. Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m.- viewed January 13, 2006) (650) 328-6868 of lamb with caramelized onions. “65,000 Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Lunch Mon.-Sat. 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m.-2 This hip and stylish Japanese restaurant possible omelet combinations.” Breakfast Erics Gourmet Delicatessan, 325 Sharon 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner daily 5:30-10 p.m. p.m. (Reviewed March 19, 2004) serves big portions of absolutely fresh served all day. Daily 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. $$ Park Dr., Menlo Park (650) 854-5501 $$$ (Reviewed March 14, 1995) and beautiful sushi and sashimi, as well as (Reviewed August 29, 2002) Elbe, 117 University Ave., Palo Alto This delicatessan features fresh-baked tempura, udon noodle and grilled fish and Dittmer’s Gourmet Meats and Wurst Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pul- (650) 321-3319 meats, hot entrees and home made soups vegetable specialties. Lunch Mon.-Sat. House, 400 San Antonio Road, Mountain gas, Menlo Park (650) 854-3245 At Elbe you’ll find old world German clas- and salads. Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Dinner Mon.-Thu. 5-9 View (650) 941-3800 The menu at this classic sports bar and sics updated with a pan-European twist. a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $$ p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed June This small shop is home to almost 50 restaurant specializes in your basic burg- There’s even live accordion music Friday Estrellita Express, 4141 El Camino Real, 8, 2001) types of sausage and more than 30 lunch ers, fries, pizza and sandwiches. Daily 11 and Saturday nights to go with your sauer- Palo Alto (650) 493-9020 a.m.-midnight. $$ braten and strudel. Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 Deedee’s, 2551 W. Middlefield Road, meats, 40 smoked meats and assorted Located in Dan Brown’s Lounge and p.m.; daily 5-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Janu- Mountain View (650) 967-0568 liverwursts, pats, poultry and smoked fish. El Calderon, 699 Calderon Ave., Moun- Sports, this quick-service sister restaurant ary 12, 2001) The pure vegetarian homestyle cooking Sandwiches and drinks also available. tain View (650) 940-9533 to Estrellita Restaurant in Los Altos offers here means handmade roti breads, made- Seating is only available outside on picnic- This family owned and operated restaurant Empire Tap Room, 651 Emerson St., Palo country-style Mexican dishes. Mon.-Wed., from-scratch sauces and chutneys, and style benches. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; specializes in Salvadoran dishes but serves Alto (650) 321-3030 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri., a wide selection of vegetables. Lunch is a Sat.: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Novem- traditional Mexican food as well. Lunch 11 An extensive menu of well-prepared appe- 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat., noon-10 p.m.; Sun., bountiful buffet; dinner is a thali platter with ber 29, 2002) a.m.-1:45 p.m., Dinner 5- 8:45 p.m. $$ tizers, meats, seafood, pastas and pizza. (continued on next page)

Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 15 JAPANESE & SUSHI

Fuki Sushi 494-9383 4119 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Open 7 days a Week Restaurant MEXICAN of the week

Fiesta Del Mar 965-9354 1006 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View Mexican Cuisine & Cantina

Fiesta Del Mar Too 967-3525 735 Villa Street, Mountain View RISTORANTE Open Weeknites to 11pm, Weekends to 12pm

AMERICAN CHINESE (continued) Palo Alto Sol 328-8840 408 California Ave, Palo Alto Huge menu • Homestyle Recipes Armadillo Willy’s 941-2922 Su Hong—Menlo Park 1031 N. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos Dining Phone: 323–6852 PIZZA Range: $5.00-13.00 To Go: 322–4631 Fandango Pizza 494-2928 Winner, Palo Alto Weekly “Best Of” Henry’s Prime Steakhouse 323-7600 3163 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto 888 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 8 years in a row! Live Bluegrass Music Great Steaks New Menu www.fandangopizza.com Windy’s (Chinese) 325-3188 Prime and Niman Ranch Steaks Pizza My Heart 168 University Ave., Palo Alto 327-9400 220 University Ave., Palo Alto Wonderful Hobee’s 856-6124 Award-winning food. Catering/To Go Range: $1.50-16.50 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Italian Cuisine Also at Town & Country Village, FRENCH Pizza Chicago 424-9400 excellently Palo Alto 327-4111 4115 El Camino Real, Palo Alto This IS the best pizza in town served in a Chez TJ 964-7466 CAFES 938 Villa St., Mountain View Ramona’s Pizza 322-2181 stylish romantic 2313 Birch St., Palo Alto Tues-Sat Dinners only 5:30-9:00pm Crepes Cafe 473-0506 Free Delivery • N.Y. Hand-Spun Pizza atmosphere. 1195 Merril St., Menlo Park “Outrageously good” New French-American fare POLYNESIAN Open 7 Days, Corner Oak Grove Ave. —Zagat 2003 Mon-Sat 8am-9pm Private Banquet INDIAN Trader Vic's 849-9800 Sunday 8am-4pm 4269 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Facility www.crepescafe.com Try our Sunday á la Carte Brunch! Cafe Bombay 948-9463 Lunch Tue-Fri 11:30am - 2pm CHINESE 4546 El Camino, Los Altos Brunch Sun 10:30am - 2pm Dinner Mon-Thurs 5-10pm; Fri-Sat 5-11pm; at San Antonio 417 California Ave. Sun 4:30 - 9:30pm Chef Chu’s (650) 948-2696 Lunch, Dinner, Buffets every day Lounge open nightly Palo Alto 1067 N. San Antonio Road 650 327-9390 on the corner of El Camino, Los Altos Darbar Indian Cuisine 321-6688 SEAFOOD 2002 Zagat: “Gold Standard in 129 Lytton, Downtown Palo Alto www.spalti.com Fresh Chinese Cuisine.” Cook’s Seafood 325-0604 Lunch Buffet M-F; Open 7 days 751 El Camino Real, Menlo Park Jing Jing 328-6885 Seafood Dinners from Janta Indian Restaurant 462-5903 443 Emerson St., Palo Alto $5.95 to $9.95 369 Lytton Ave., Downtown Palo Alto Authentic Szechwan, Hunan VEGETARIAN Food To Go, Delivery Lunch Buffet M-F; Organic Veggies www.jingjinggourmet.com ITALIAN Joy Meadow 780-9978 701 El Camino, Redwood City Ming’s 856-7700 Enjoy our relaxing garden setting 1700 Embarcadero East, Palo Alto Oregano’s 941-3600 www.joymeadow.com www.mings.com 4546 El Camino, Los Altos THAI Search a complete New Tung Kee Noodle House Gourmet Pasta, Pizza. Banquet Rooms listing of local 520 Showers Dr., MV in San Antonio Ctr. restaurant Spalti Ristorante 327-9390 Indochine 853-1238 Voted MV Voice Best ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 & ‘04 Thai & Vietnamese Cuisine reviews by location 417 California Ave, Palo Alto or type of food on Prices start at $3.75 See Coupon Grand Opening 2710 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto 947-8888 Exquisite Food • Outdoor Dining PaloAltoOnline.com Trattoria Buon Gusto 328-2778 Krung Siam 322-5900 Peking Duck 856-3338 423 University Ave., Palo Alto 2310 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 651 Maloney Lane, Menlo Park King of Krung Siam 960-7077 We also deliver. Sicilian Menu • Family owned 194 Castro St., Mtn. View

Page 16 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Eating Out MANDARIN GOURMET T J (continued from previous page) C H E Z RESTAURANT noon-8 p.m. Classy Dining Experience & Fine Healthy Food Estrellita Restaurant, 971 N. San Anto- T O nio Road, Los Altos (650) 948-9865 E K L Southern Mexican cuisine in a no-frills L

A Y atmosphere. Regional specialties, tamales, Winner of Best Chinese Food P burritos, enchiladas, tacos. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sat. 5-9 p.m. $$ 2 0 0 5 Evvia, 420 Emerson St., Palo Alto (650) Curbside pick-up • Valet parking 326-0983 Exciting Greek cuisine amid a rustic yet 420 Ramona, Palo Alto stylish Mediterranean decor. The room fea- (between University & Lytton) tures large wood tables, wood-fired ovens and colored bottles on the walls. Mezethes (appetizers) are particularly good. Mous- 650-328-8898 saka, lamb chops, lamb shank, quail and seafood excel. Desserts are heaven-sent. www.MandarinGourmet-PaloAlto.com Knowledgeable service. Excellent wine list. 938 Villa St. Mountain View ◆ 650.964.7466 Noisy and busy; reservations recommend- ed. Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Delivery Available www.CHEZTJ.com Dinner Mon.-Thu. 5:30-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m.; Sun. 5-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed August 13, 2004) Fambrini’s Terrace Cafe, 2600 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 858-1268 Straightforward sandwiches and salads served in a beautiful terrace setting with a view that just won’t quit. Affordable coffee drinks and good range of cookies as well. Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $ (Reviewed April 7, 2000) Fanny and Alexander, 412 Emerson St., 1100 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View Tel: 650.964.5532 • Fax: 650.964.1456 Palo Alto (650) 326-7183 (Between Castro & Shoreline) Open Tues–Sun 11-9PM Variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads, seafood and pasta in a modern, stream- – ALL VEGETARIAN – lined atmosphere. On weekend nights, F&A is more of a bar than a restaurant, with live music and a cover charge. Banquet facili- GRAND OPENING ties and outdoor patio dining. Tue-Fri lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., happy hour 4-7 p.m., appetizers 4-10 p.m. Sat. happy hour and FRI 11:30AM~2:30PM FRI, SAT, & SUN appetizers only. $$-$$$ Open 7 days a week SAT & SUN 12NOON~3PM 6:00PM~9:00PM Feng Yuan, 3950 Middlefield Road, Palo 2710 Middlefi eld Road, Palo Alto Alto (650) 494-7391 Banquet Wedding & Birthday Cakes This restaurant specializes in walnut Facilities prawns and potstickers, among other tra- 650-853-1238 Eggless & Sugar-Free Cakes & Pastries ditional chinese dishes. Takeout and free Available up to 80 persons. Mithai, Cookies, Burgars, Pizza, Cutlets, delivery. Daily 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Mon.-Fri. 10% off all dining, lunch or dinnner Contact Sushma at lunch special 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $$ (650) 793-0793 Samosa, Kachories, Sandwiches & Chat Items Fiesta del Mar, 1005 N. Shoreline Blvd., 7/14-7/28 Mountain View (650) 965-9354 Now Serving Impressive menu that specializes in gour- met Mexican cuisine and seafood dishes. Japanese Food to Go. Delivery At Special Introductory Prices Bar also features more than 200 different tequilas. Daily lunch 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. • Lunch Obento &6.25 • Dinner Obento $9.25 BIRYANIES • KABABS • CURRIES Dinner Mon.-Thu. 5-9 p.m.; Fri. 5-10 p.m.; Beef Teriyaki Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tempura • Vegetable Sushi we use HALAL MEAT $$ (Reviewed August 18, 1995) Salmon Teriyaki • Combo Sushi Fiesta Del Mar Too, 735 Villa St., Moun- Rice & Salad Reservations Welcome • Take out Available tain View (650) 967-3525 • Sushi Tuesday Thru Sunday 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM Impressive menu that specializes in gour- met Mexican cuisine and seafood dishes. 650-323-9449 MIYAKE We specialize in Catering & Private Parties Bar also features more than 200 different We accept Visa & Mastercard www.miyake-usa.com tequilas. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.- Contact Sushma at (650) 793-0793 www.PassagetoIndia.net Min. Order $20 140 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed August 18, 1995) Fish Market, 3150 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 493-9188 COME & DISCOVER THE East Coast-style decor with a nautical motif and polished brass. Large fresh fish WORLD OF TEA selection, grilled items, salads and pasta. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 12 a.m.-9:30 p.m. $$$ Flea St. Cafe, 3607 Alameda de las Pul- gas, Menlo Park (650) 854-1226 Fresh organic cuisine in a country-cozy atmosphere. Fish, poultry, pasta, home- made bread, biscuits and desserts. One of • Relaxing ambiance that delights the senses the first West Coast purveyors of organic • Perfect setting to sit back and enjoy a cup of tea produce. Reservations recommended. 1st Pizzeria on El Camino Real Dinner Tue.-Sat. 5:30-9 p.m.; Sun. 5:30-8 So take a moment with your friends and family to enjoy: p.m.; Sun. brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $$$- Tea sandwiches and great desserts Est. 1947 $$$$ (Reviewed May 31, 2002) Salads and soups Veal ◆ Pasta ◆ Seafood Food Street Chinese Restaurant, 292 Crumpets and scones Castro St., Mountain View (650) 961- More than 100 varieties of tea 2638 LUNCH • TEA SERVICE • TEA PARTY • CATERING ALL FOOD AVAILABLE TO GO! Food Street Chinese Restaurant is an inti- mate restaurant that has a menu limited to Open Late 7 Days a Week noodle soups and a few beverages. Daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $ (650) 967-5384 Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi Too, 939 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View (650) 542 Ramona Street, Palo Alto | 328-2877 | www.tea-time.com Voted Stanford University’s 967-5384 Mon-Fri 10:30am-7pm • Sat 11am-7pm • Sun 12pm-5pm Excellent New York-style pizza, good pasta, tasty veal and chicken dishes. GOLD MEDAL WINNER Weeknight specials are a particularly good classifieds • teens & kids • seniors • photo reprints • value. Service is friendly and competent in “BEST PIZZA” this family-oriented restaurant. Avoid the shopping • bestVisit of paloPalo alto Alto • home Weekly & garden • person- desserts though. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-mid- 939 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View night; Fri. 11 a.m.-1 a.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m.-1 online Between Shoreline and Castro a.m.; Sun. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. $$ (Reviewed July 9, 2004) Mon. - Thur.: 11am - Midnight ◆ Friday: 11am - 1:00am Fresh Taste, 2107 El Camino Real, Palo Saturday: 11:30am - 1:00am ◆ Sunday: 11:30am - 11:00pm Alto (650) 324-8749 PaloAltoOnline.com This Chinese restaurant features both Hu- nan and Szechwan cuisines. Major credit resources • real estate • online coupons • lodging • www.fjlmountainview.com (continued on next page) things to do • transportation • non-profits • shopping • i Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 17 ON-SITE/IN-HOME SERVICE FREE Anti-Virus Eating Out COMPUTER HELP & Anti-Spyware (continued from previous page) & REPAIRS Same Day Emergency cards. Reservations accepted. Mon.-Sat. • VIRUS CLEAN-UP • NETWORKING Service Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner 5-9:30 • TROUBLESHOOTING • WIRELESS Available p.m. $$ • HARDWARE • SOFTWARE Fuki Sushi, 4119 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 494-9383 Comprehensive Japanese menu offering (650) 271-5001 sushi, sashimi, teriyaki, tempura, shabu shabu and noodles. Recently remodeled interior includes a sushi bar, Western-style dining, and private tatami rooms. Reserva- tions recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri.: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner Mon-Sat. 5-10 p.m.; Sun. 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. $$$-$$$$ (Reviewed March 7, 2003) Gambardella’s, 1165 Merrill St., Menlo Park (650) 323-6730 Gambardella’s offers a richly textured menu of antipasti, salads, pizza, meats, fish and desserts. Mozzarella Fresca, Polenta Fritta, Pollo alla Fiorentino are out- standing. The desserts are heavenly, with the apple pizza (pizza di Mele) worth the trip alone. The straightforward wine list is a handsome compilation of Italian and Cali- fornia wines. Lunch: Mon - Fri : 11:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. Dinner nightly 5:30-10 p.m.; Fri- Sat until 11 p.m. (Reviewed April 9, 2004) Gaylord, 1706 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (650) 326-8761 The venerable Gaylord could use some freshening up, but the menu has some savory highlights, including lamp chop masala and tandoori chicken. Fireplace and dark-wood walls add to the men’s club-type atmosphere. Lunch daily: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner nightly: 5-10 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed February 3, 2006) Gelato Classico, 435 Emerson St., Palo Alto (650) 327-1317 Let the Sunshine in If the line out the door is any indication, Gelato Classico is one of the hippest plac- There’s nothing quite es in town. The Emerson Street franchise’s like the well crafted dressed-down dcor belies its high-end beauty of an Andersen fare, which comes in such sophisticated flavors as tiramisu, hazelnut, ginger and window or door. At Bruce Bauer our expert sales staff blackberry cabernet. Sunday through will help you find the best Andersen solution for your Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. $$-$$ home improvement needs. The famous Andersen® (Reviewed July 29, 2005) ® Frenchwood patio doors and the new custom-sized Gerry’s Cakes, 1141 Chestnut St., Menlo double-hung windows provide exceptional beauty, Park (650) 326-6282 energy efficiency and reliability. While it is famous for its custom design cakes for all occasions, Gerry’s Cakes also Come in to Bruce Bauer Lumber & Supply today to find out has a wide selection of ready-made cakes ® to choose from, as well as cookies and more about our Andersen windows and doors. Bruce Bauer other pasteries. Tue.-Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Lumber & Supply. We’re more than just a warehouse. Sun. 9 a.m.-noon (for cake orders and pick-ups only). $$-$$$ Bruce Bauer Lumber & Supply Giovanni’s, 2525 El Camino Real, Menlo 134 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, CA 94040 Park (650) 298-8669 Giovanni’s pizza parlor has a large selec- (650) 948-1089 www.brucebauer.com tion of pizzas and toppings for sit-down, Mon-Fri 7:30am-5:00pm Sat 8:00am-4:30pm Sun 9:00am-4:30pm take-out or delivery. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $$-$$ Go Banana, 163 Stanford Shopping Cen- ter, Palo Alto (650) 322-3050 This smoothie shop features standard choices such as “mango” but also offers “orange white mocha,” “chestnut” and other distinctive flavors. Blended fruit Stratford School juices, fresh-squeezed juices and fruit salad are also served. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $ (Reviewed July Preschool and Elementary School 19, 2002) Golden Wok, 895 Villa St., Mountain View (650) 969-8232 in Palo Alto! Hunan, Szechwan style. Specials include General Tao chicken, moo shu pork, cala- mari in black bean sauce. Take-out only. To learn more about Stratford or to schedule a tour, Daily 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $$ please call (650) 493-1151 or email [email protected]. Golden Wok, 451 California Ave., Palo Alto (650) 327-2222 Hunan, Szechwan style. Specials include General Tao chicken, moo shu pork, cala- mari in black bean sauce. Most people take-out, but the restaurant does also have small tables inside. Daily 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $$ Gombei Japanese, 1438 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (650) 329-1799 Gombei serves family-style Japanese food. Teriyaki and deep-fried meats, vegetables and seafood dominate the menu. Wide, flat udon noodles, tofu dinners and donburi (vegetables and meat or seafood over rice) are especially good. Aesthetically pleasing and nutritionally balanced dinners. Quiet with unremarkable decor and quick ser- vice. Beer, wine and sake. Cash only. Lunch Monday through Friday 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.; Dinner Monday through Sat- urday 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.; Sunday 5 - 10 p.m. $$-$$$ (Reviewed August 27, 2004) Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, 640 Emerson St., Palo Alto (650) 323-7723 Cavernous, upscale microbrewery featur- www.stratfordschools.com ing German-style beer and an eclectic menu of pasta and sandwiches. California Page 18 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Eating Out We’ve Changed The Way Toyotas Are Sold At TOYOTA 101 casual. Full bar in addition to menu of Palo Alto (650) 322-5189 handcrafted beers. Sun.-Thu. 11:30 a.m.-11 Downtown Palo Alto’s House of Bagels You’ll Be Get Yours at... p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. $$-$$$ features New York style bagels with a (Reviewed February 7, 2003) variety of cream cheeses to choose from. Green With Energy Gourmet Franks, 199 Stanford Shopping Also serves bagel sandwiches, pizza ba- Center, Palo Alto (650) 327-7246 gels, salads and other pasteries. Mon.-Fri. This tiny restaurant offers the healthiest 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. sausages around. Selections include Loui- 7 a.m. -3 p.m. $$-$$ Prius Hybrid, siana hot, vegetarian and chicken apple Hukilau, 642 Ramona St., Palo Alto sausages. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. (650) 329-9533 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $ Hukilau Palo Alto (its siblings are in San Camry Hybrid & Grill at Stanford Golf Club, The, 198 Francisco and San Jose) succeeds most Junipero Serra Blvd., Palo Alto (650) as a nightclub. The best eating is found in 325-4427 the appetizers, including ahi poke (raw tuna Highlander Hybrid Dishes are a step up from standard golf club tossed in sesame oil, soy sauce, green grill fare, running the gamut of breakfast egg onions and crunchy seaweed), edamame and griddle dishes, to salads, sandwiches, and kalua pork quesadilla. Teriyaki short burgers and shakes for midday repasts. Re- ribs are consistently good. For diners seek- laxed atmosphere. Tue.-Sun. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. ing some greenery on their playtes, Hukilau $$-$$ (Reviewed July 27, 2001) makes a wonderful seared ahi poke salad. Portions are massive. Try to save room for Gyros Gyros, 498 University Ave., Palo the Big Island Candies brownie. Mon.-Sat. Alto (650) 327-0107 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5 p.m.-midnight (Re- True to its name, the beef and lamb gyros viewed January 21, 2005) are at the top of the list. This is a no frills takeout place with a few tables inside and Hunan Chili, 102 Castro St., Mountain - Highlander Hybrid another few outside. Sun.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 View (650) 969-8968 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. $ (Reviewed The chefs at Hunan Chili don’t hold back - Prius Hybrid January 7, 2000) on their restaurant’s namesake spice. - Camry Hybrid When they say a dish is hot, they mean it. Haagen-Dazs, 203 University Ave., Palo The best — and spiciest — dish is beef Alto (650) 326-3880. 230 Stanford and soft tofu in hot sauce. Open daily. Shopping Center (650) 326-1638 Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner: Thurs- If you’re already a fan, the stores won’t dis- 525 E. Bayshore Road, Redwood City day through Sunday 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday To The appoint. If you’ve never tried Haagen-Dazs V Dumbarton e and Saturday 5 to 10 p.m. (Reviewed May Ave t Bridge before, the ultra-rich dessert, with such fla- e r 13, 2005) ple ans B vors as chocolate raspberry torte and Ger- lvd. 1.877.203.4381 Whip man chocolate cake, will have you smack- Hunan Garden, 3345 El Camino Real, Mark Up! Commission ing your lips. $ (Reviewed May 30, 2003) Palo Alto (650) 565-8868 www.toyota101.com Opened in 1998, it may well be the pretti- Woodside Rd Hahn’s Hibachi, 460 Ramona St., Palo est Chinese restaurant on the Peninsula. Alto (650) 323-2555 The kicker is: the food is just as delightful. Many of the supposedly Korean dishes Look for Chinese-American classics and served here are really American fare. more sophisticated Chinese fare. Daily Hahn’s boasts 15 two-seat tables on the 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. inside and three cafe-style tables out front. $$ (Reviewed October 9, 1998) Simple yet classy atmosphere. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10:30 Hunan Home’s, 4880 El Camino Real, Los p.m., Sun. 5-9:30 p.m. $$ (Reviewed De- Altos (650) 965-8818 cember 6, 2002) Vegetarian specials, Hunan-style dishes, seafood and Peking duck served daily. Hangen Szechuan Restaurant, 134 Cas- Reservations accepted for parties of five or tro St., Mountain View (650) 964-8881 We are pleased to announce more. Daily 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-9:30 This simple restaurant features some of the p.m. $$ best Chinese food for the price in Mountain View. Among the house specialties are Hyderabad House, 448 University Ave., the acquisition and distribution General Tso’s Chicken, kung pao scallops Palo Alto (650) 327-3455 with peanuts in a spicy brown sauce and A mixture of North and Hyderabadi Indian prawns in walnut cream sauce. Lunch, 11 cuisine, with plenty of main plates, sides a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily; Dinner, 5 p.m. to and specials. Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 am-9:30 to our customers of 24,295 lbs. 9:30 p.m. daily $$ (Reviewed September pm; Fri.-Sat. noon-10 p.m. 30, 2005) Iberia, 1026 Alma St., Menlo Park (650) Henrys Prime Steakhouse, 888 El Cami- 325-8981 Walla Walla Sweet Onions. no Real, Menlo Park (650) 323-7600 Nearly three dozen tapas (Spanish appetiz- Outstanding beef is the hallmark of this ers served hot or cold) light up tables on traditionally styled steakhouse, although ceramic plates. Standouts are boquerones the seafood is equally well-prepared. en vinagre, tiny white anchovies in a light Steaks, prime rib, chops excel. Excellent vinaigrette; and chicken filets sauteed appetizers, side dishes large enough to with bacon and figs that had marinated in share. Desserts aren’t worth the money or Madeira wine, sherry vinegar and lemon Grown, selected and packed by: the calories. Casual, contemporary decor. peel. Large oak-sheltered patio. Lunch: Above-average but overpriced wine list. Monday-Saturday, noon to 2 p.m.; Dinner: Full bar. Expensive. Dinner Sunday-Thurs- Daily, 5:30-10 p.m. $$$$ (Reviewed Febru- Walla Walla Gardeners’ Association day 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 5-10 p.m. ary 10, 2006) (Reviewed November 18, 2005) IKEA Cafe, 1700 East Bayshore Drive, Walla Walla, Washington Hobee’s, 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto East Palo Alto (650) 323-IKEA (650) 856-6124 Not exactly a destination dining spot, IKEA Country-style restaurant with healthy Cali- Cafe gives tired shoppers the chance fornia influence. Long lines for weekend to experience Swedish foods at bargain breakfast. Mon. 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Tue.-Fri. prices. Signature dishes include plump Palo Alto Banking Center Menlo-Atherton Banking 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. 8 and delicious pork and beef Swedish 250 Lytton Avenue Center a.m.-2:30 p.m. $$-$$ meatballs. Sun.-Fri. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. (Reviewed January 9, 2004) Hobee’s, 67 Town & Country Village , 650-462-6112 800 Oak Grove Avenue Palo Alto (650) 327-4111 Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana, 520 Cowper Country-style restaurant with healthy Cali- St., Palo Alto (650) 853-3888 650-462-6140 fornia influence. Long lines for weekend Il Fornaio serves outstanding Italian fare breakfast. Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.- — homemade pastas and grilled meats Los Altos Banking Center Sun. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. $$-$$ shine. Excellent wine list. Popular breakfast with the corporate and dot-com crowd. 275 Third Street Homma’s Brown Rice Sushi, 2363-B Fabulous outdoor courtyard. Weekend Birch St., Palo Alto (650) 327-6118 brunch is a great way to start the day. 650-949-2013 Natural sushi with brown rice, vegetarian Reservations recommended. Mon.-Thu. sushi. Homma’s Brown Rice Sushi has 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 7 a.m.-midnight; Sat. the feel of a hidden secret that only savvy 8 a.m.-midnight; Sun. 8 a.m.-11 p.m. $$$- locals know about. No-frills, self-service. A $$$$ (Reviewed August 29, 2003) must for the health-conscious. Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Sat. Illusions Fayrouz Dining & Entertainment, noon-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed 260 S. California Ave., Palo Alto (650) June 16, 2000) 321-6464 Mediterranean restaurant with appetizers, Honey Baked, 4113 El Camino Real, Palo fish and meat kebabs and many vegetarian Alto (650) 329-1571 choices. After-hours cigars and hookah This deli chain specializes in ham, but also on the patio, and late-night entertainment sells a selection of other meats, as well as such as belly dancing, live Mediterranean many vegetables and side dishes. Take- music and dance music. Lunch: Tues.-Fri. out only. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner: Tues.-Sun. 5-10 a.m.-5 p.m. $$$ p.m. Nightclub: Thurs.-Sat. until 2 a.m. Hong Kong Restaurant Chinese Food, In-N-Out Burger, 1159 N. Rengstorff 2650 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View Ave., Mountain View (800) 786-1000 (650) 948-7728 Member FDIC. Equal Opportunity Lender. Like its L.A. homeland, there is so much Hong Kong Restaurant Chinese Food spe- hype surrounding In-N-Out Burger that it www.comerica.com cializes in Chinese sea food dishes. Don’t would be tough to live up to expectations. forget to try the most popular dish: the soy It’s burgers, fries, shakes. Sun.-Thu. 10:30 pepper crab. Daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $$-$$$ This is a statement of record only and does not constitute a public offering. 25th issue as of July 17, 2006. a.m.-1 a.m. ; Fri.-Sat. 10:30 a.m.-1:30 a.m. House of Bagels, 526 University Ave., $ (Reviewed June 26, 1998) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 19 A Guide to the Spiritual Community

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Page 20 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly MoviesMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler Hanley and Susan Tavernetti

OPENINGS

It’s a full house in the “Monster House,” which provides the best and worst in family entertainment. Pictured are Jenny (voiced by Spencer Locke), DJ (Mitchel Musso) and Chowder (Sam Lerner).

is wickedly irreverent and bone-tickling funny. tenant with a bottomless knowledge of narf lore) the light Bryce Dallas Howard is the “Lady in the Water” in this Cinematic prudes, pocket your cash: “Clerks II” is not goes on: it’s up to him to fulfill her mission and return her well-intentioned misstep. your thing. The humor is “Aristocrats” profane and base to whence she came. themes are heavy on the kinky and politically incorrect. The residents of The Cove — a motley crew of wacky ✭✭✭ Still, Smith has honed his skills over the decade. “II” has nonconformists — are the saviors of “Lady,” their madcap Clerks II a polish that wasn’t evident in his early works and wasn’t energy and good-natured resolve keeping the narrative afloat (Century 16, Century 12) Fans of the original cult classic meant to be. with a compassionate and urgent sense of community. “Clerks” (has it really been 12 years?) will rejoice at the It’s tough to go home again, but this is a worthy follow-up Shyamalan’s characters are too sharply etched: the per- ribald antics of grunge-auteur Kevin Smith and his banter- to one of indies’ most celebrated and innovative darlings. snickety and arrogant film critic (Bob Balaban); the neurotic ing boho brothers. writer with a bad case of block (Shyamalan himself in a neat Not much has changed in the backwards Jersey burg that Rated: R for extremely profane language and adult situ- turn of conceit); and his bossy little sis (Sarita Choudhury); Smith and his cast of misfits — Jay and Silent Bob (Jason ations. 1 hour, 37 minutes a crossword puzzle fiend (Jeffrey Wright); and a passel of Mewes and Smith), Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) and self-righteous slackers who lend new definition to the word. Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) — inhabit with their dead- — Jeanne Aufmuth But their unlikely and endearing connection is the glue that end jobs and futile dreams. keeps “Lady” from splintering under the pressure of fantasy The venerable Quik-Stop mini-mart burns to a cinder in overload. the opening frames, forcing all to take up “residence” at Lady in the Water ✭✭ Not surprisingly, Giamatti punctuates his performance Mooby’s, home of the “udderly delicious” hamburger. with some Oscar-worthy flashes, borne of an exquisitely un- Dante and best bud Randal flip burgers while Dante preps (Century 16, Century 12) Mythic fairy tales are tricky business, toeing a razor-thin line between the enchanting derrated talent. Howard’s waiflike narf is pale and unearthly for his next big step: marriage to burg hottie Emma Bunting but considerably one-dimensional, never quite catching her (Botoxed-to-within-an-inch-of-her-life Smith wife Jennifer and the downright ridiculous. M. Night Shyamalan takes a stab, shunning his horror roots and traveling this illusory spiritual groove. Schwalbach) and making goo-goo eyes at the Mooby’s saucy This is not your mother’s bedtime story but rather a poten- day manager Becky Scott (Rosario Dawson). road with a well-crafted and well-intentioned misstep. Thank goodness two hours in the dark with Paul Giamatti tially intriguing vision of man and spirit conjoined in subur- Minimum-wage drone Elias Grover (Trevor Fehrman) of- ban harmony. Would that it could straddle both worlds. fers a refreshingly virginal and out-to-lunch perspective. is always a good thing. Giamatti plays Cleveland Heep, a All the while Jay and Silent Bob hang out with ain’t-it-cool nebbish building manager of The Cove apartments with a gentle manner and a severe stutter. Rated: PG-13 for frightening sequences. 1 hour, 50 min- panache, Jay thumbing his nose at the establishment and utes. spouting potty-mouth philosophy while Bob remains...silent. Shyamalan establishes a mood and establishes it early: heady with atmosphere and the promise of something to Mewes’ comic apex is a spot-on send-up of Ted Levine’s — Jeanne Aufmuth creepy death dance in “Silence of the Lambs.” Good stuff. come. It arrives in the form of an ethereal narf (sea nymph) How far is Smith willing to go to push his slackers-are- named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard), fresh from the Blue World and splashing about in the complex pool searching for people-too sensibility? Straight over the top and beyond. ✭ Nimble dialogue on love and commitment jockeys for air salvation. Story is in danger of being attacked by the vicious Monster House 1/2 space with such burning issues as “Star Wars” vs. “Lord of scrunts, grassy werewolves determined to keep Story from (Century 16, Century 12) Trick or treat? the Rings” trilogies and the benefits of kinky carnal acts that her ultimate destiny. Releasing director Gil Kenan’s animated feature in the can’t be referenced in a family paper. The fairy-tale tangent of the film is its weakest, bogged middle of a sweltering summer seems so wrong. Set on the Piling insult upon insult, Smith’s twisted ensemble waxes down in excruciating detail that’s as difficult to track as it is day before Halloween, “Monster House” updates the chuck- something akin to rhapsodic on racism, bestiality, sexual to swallow. Story’s objective is a muddled mess of supposi- les-and-chills factor that kids have enjoyed for years on the conundrums, born-again Christians, the handicapped and tion and mythology, posing more questions than answers. Cartoon Network with Scooby-Doo. illegal substances. There are moments only a Clerks-cultist As Cleveland painstakingly pieces together the myster- (continued on page 23) could love and a melancholic air about it all, but the offshoot ies of Story’s presence (with the help of an elderly Korean

Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 21 Movies

STANFORD IN 1996, ELECTRIC CARS BEGAN TO MOVIE TIMES APPEAR ON ROADS ALL OVER CALIFORNIA. THEATRE THEY WERE QUIET AND FAST, PRODUCED NO Note: Screenings are for Friday through Tuesday only. The Stanford Theatre is at 221 EXHAUST AND RAN WITHOUT GASOLINE. University Ave. in Palo Alto. Screen- A Prairie Home Companion CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 4:40 & 7:25 p.m.; Sat. ings are for Friday through Tuesday. (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 & Sun. also at noon. Call (650) 324-3700 or go to www. TEN YEARS LATER, THESE FUTURISTIC CARS stanfordtheatre.org. WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY GONE. A Scanner Darkly (R) ✭✭1/2 Guild: 2:10, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 11:50 a.m. Love Finds Andy Hardy An Inconvenient Truth CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:25, 7 & 9:35 (1938) When his girlfriend Polly “FASCINATING! A WONDROUS TALE (PG) ✭✭✭1/2 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 11:40 a.m. is out of town, teenaged Andy ✭✭ WITH AN INFURIATING ENDING!” Cars (G) 1/2 Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 1:45, 4:35 & 7:30 p.m. Hardy finds two other girls are Century 12: –MICHAEL WILMINGTON, LOS ANGELES TIMES 11:15 a.m.; 1:55, 4:50 & 7:35 p.m. actively pursuing him. Starring ✭✭✭ Clerks II (R) Century 16: 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8 & 10:15 p.m. Mickey Rooney and Judy Gar- Century 12: 11:40 a.m.; 2, 4:35, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. land. Tue. at 7:30 p.m. Click (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 1:55, 4:45, 7:15 & 9:50 Century 12: p.m. 12:10, 2:50, 5:25, 7:55 & 10:35 The Merry Widow (silent, p.m. 1925) Erich von Stroheim’s ad- The Devil Wears Prada Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 1:40, 4:10, 7:05 & 9:35 aptation of Franz Lehar’s 1906 (PG-13) ✭✭✭ p.m. Century 12: 11:55 a.m.; 2:40, 5:20, 8 & 10:30 p.m. operetta, in which an American showgirl marries a lecherous Lady in the Water Century 16: 12:05, 1:10, 2:40, 3:45, 5:15, 6:30, (PG-13) ✭✭ 7:50, 9 & 10:25 p.m. Century 12: 11 a.m.; 1:35, count to spite an officer who 4:15, 7, 9:35 & 10:25 p.m. has rejected her, only to find Little Man (PG-13) Century 16: 11:55 a.m.; 2:25, 5:05, 7:40 & 9:55 herself widowed and wealthy WHO KILLED (Not Reviewed) p.m. Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 & on her wedding night. Starring 9:45 p.m. Mae Murray. Fri. at 7:30 p.m. Monster House (PG) ✭1/2 Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 12:20, 1:30, 2:35, 3:40, THE ELECTRIC CAR? 4:40, 5:50, 6:55, 7:55, 9:10 & 10 p.m. Century 12: Pigskin Parade (1936) Judy SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2006 • TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2006 11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:30, 7:05 & 9:35 p.m. Garland makes her screen WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM My Super Ex-Girlfriend Century 16: Noon, 2:20, 5, 7:20 & 9:45 p.m. debut as the sister of a small

FOR BRIEF MILD LANGUAGE. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 & 10:05 Midwestern college’s new star p.m. player, who leads his team to CHECK THEATRE ✭✭1/2 NOW DIRECTORIES Nacho Libre (PG) Century 16: 10:05 p.m. Century 12: 11:25 a.m. the big Yale Bowl game. Star- OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES Pirates of the Caribbean: Century 16: 11 & 11:40 a.m.; 12:30, 2:15, 3, 3:50, ring Stuart Erwin and Patsy PLAYING! Dead Man’s Chest (PG-13) ✭✭ 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:50, 9:40 & 10:30 p.m. Kelly. Tue. at 5:45 & 9:20 p.m. VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.WHOKILLEDTHEELECTRICCAR.COM Century 12: Noon, 1:40, 3:20, 5, 6:40, 8:20 & 9:55 p.m. To Catch a Thief (1955) Strangers with Candy CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2:25 & 9:45 p.m. Retired jewel thief John “The (R) (Not Reviewed) Cat” Robie is enjoying the Superman Returns Century 16: 12:10, 3:25, 7 & 10:10 p.m. good life on the French Riviera (PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 12: 12:15, 3:35, 7 & 10:15 p.m. until a series of copycat heists IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE... SET THEM FREE! Who Killed the Electric Car? Aquarius: 2:20, 4:30, 7 & 9:20 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also forces him to track down the (PG) ✭✭✭ at 12:10 p.m. real culprit and clear his name. Wordplay (PG) Aquarius: 3, 5, 7:30 & 9:40 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 1 Starring Cary Grant and Grace (Not Reviewed) p.m. Kelly. Sat.-Mon. at 5:30 & 9:55 You, Me and Dupree Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 12:05, 2, 2:45, 4:30, 5:15, p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭ 6:55, 7:45, 9:30 & 10:20 p.m. Century 12: 11:20 a.m.; 1:50, 4:40, 7:15 & 10 p.m. Vertigo (1958) An acropho- ★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding bic San Francisco detective becomes entangled in a web of Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) mental illness, deception and Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970) love in Alfred Hitchcock’s clas- sic psychological thriller. Star- Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (365-9000) ring James Stewart and Kim Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Novak. Sat.-Mon. at 7:30 p.m.; CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456)

Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) Click ✭✭✭ Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information (Century 16, Century 12) Adam Sandler about films playing, go to Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ plays it straight as architect/family man Michael Newman. Michael is at odds with himself. He wants to spend more time with ON THE WEB: The most up-to-date movie listings at www.PaloAltoOnline.com his gorgeous wife, Donna (Kate Beckin- sale), and two adorable kids, but thankless work for his sleazy boss (David Hasselhoff) NOW PLAYING usually takes priority. Late one fateful ✭✭✭ evening, Michael embarks on a mission to The following is a sampling of movies An Inconvenient Truth 1/2 (CineArts) Director David Guggenheim find the perfect universal remote control recently reviewed in the Weekly: strikes a nerve in this searing documentary for the family’s array of high-tech devices A Scanner Darkly ✭✭1/2 about the frightening state of global warm- when he finds himself wandering into the (Guild) Psychedelic cinema takes center ing and Earth’s questionable future. Former “beyond” section of Bed Bath & Beyond. stage in this animated adaptation of the Vice President Al Gore didn’t just sit on his There he meets eccentric scientist Morty sci-fi story by Philip K. Dick. Seven years thumbs after losing the 2000 presidential (Christopher Walken), who offers Michael in the future, many of America’s citizens election. His controversial defeat and a a non-returnable universal remote to help are hooked on a designer drug called Sub- family emergency were the wake-up calls control his frantic life. But there’s something stance D, even as law enforcement con- Gore needed to pour his turbulent emotions unearthly about this unique gadget: he tinues to crack down on users and abus- into a fiery traveling roadshow focused can use it to mute his barking dog or fast- ers. Undercover cop Bob Arctor (Keanu on a planetary emergency. The facts, as forward through arguments with Donna. Reeves) spends his days either dwelling presented in the film, are startling. In less Too bad the remarkable invention begins with a handful of addicts (including Robert than a decade there will be no more snows to program itself based on Michael’s ten- Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson) or study- of Kilimanjaro to soothe the soul, and our dency to fast-forward, leaping him into a ing their actions back at the office thanks frosty glaciers will have dwindled to mere future he doesn’t want and forcing him to to an array of hidden cameras. But Arctor’s puddles. Tornadoes and torrential flooding reflect on a life he zipped through. Fans of life isn’t all subterfuge and excitement. His will continue to peak at a devastating rate Sandler shouldn’t skip past this surprising girlfriend (Winona Ryder) is an enigmatic — Katrina was just a warm-up. The truth treat, a soulful and silly comedy with plenty recluse, his white-picket-fence past per- hurts when it comes to global warming, but to pause and appreciate. Rated: PG-13 for petually haunts him, and he too is hooked Guggenheim has an equally important and language, crude and sex-related humor, on Substance D. “A Scanner Darkly” is well inconvenient truth up his sleeve: Al Gore and some drug references. 1 hour, 37 min- worth viewing solely because films this has charisma, truckloads of it. Passionate utes. — T.H. (Reviewed June 23, 2006) unusual are rare in our Hollywood-infused and world-weary, Gore works a room with world of pirates and popcorn. But spend- multi-media splendor. We missed the boat The Devil Wears Prada ✭✭✭ ing 10 bucks at the theater for a cinematic and neither director nor star is going to let (Century 16, Century 12) A staff of size 0s in CENTURY THEATRES ! CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES acid trip may have been more enticing in us forget it. Illuminating and distressing, stilettos surrounds Miranda Priestly (Meryl CENTURY 20 DALY CITY CENTURY MOUNTAIN VIEW 16 CENTURY PLAZA 10 the 1960s. Rated: R for drug and sexual “Truth” is a grave message indeed. Rated: Streep), the high-powered and intimidating CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT TICKETS content, language and a brief violent image. PG for mature themes. 1 hour, 40 minutes. editor of the fictional Runway Magazine. ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT CENTURY PARK 12 CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN SAN MATEO 1 hour, 40 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed July — J.A. (Reviewed June 2, 2006) Except for one. Priestly takes a chance and 14, 2006) hires “the smart fat girl” as her assistant. Page 22 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Movies Land Rover Redwood City OPENINGS Pre-Owned

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Does he do what he loves, or is gone. Ultimately, the action adventure 440 Convention Way out the Anna Wintour-inspired Miranda, what the monks demand? For audiences plays like a too-long version of the Disney SORRY, NO PASSES engendering sympathy for the demanding able to set their brains to “low-brow” for theme park ride that inspired it in the first CAPT. JACK SPARROW JOINS THE CLASSIC ATTRACTION 800.536.8611 fashion diva and suggesting that successful 100 minutes, the ridiculous moves of “Na- place. Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences men never get tagged with labels equiva- cho Libre” will leave stomach muscles and of adventure violence, including frightening lent to “snow queen” or “dragon lady.” De- swollen cheeks sore from laughter. Rated: images. 2 hours, 31 minutes. — S.T. (Re- spite themes as outdated as last season’s PG for rough action, and some crude hu- viewed July 7, 2006) wardrobe, the comedy delivers lightweight mor including dialogue. 1 hour, 40 minutes. entertainment. The devil may wear Prada — T.H. (Reviewed June 16, 2006) Superman Returns ✭✭✭1/2 “MAGICAL AND CHILLING. but so does the Pope, so a guilty summer (Century 16, Century 12) It has been five You will believe the unbelievable.” Kyle Osborne, ABC-TV pleasure probably won’t send you straight Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s years since the people of Metropolis last to hell. Rated: PG-13 for some sensuality. Chest ✭✭ saw Superman, enough time for ace re- 1 hour, 35 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed June (Century 16, Century 12) Director Gore porter Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) to pen 28, 2006) Verbinski returns to continue the high-seas a Pulitzer Prize-winning expose and give tale of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny birth to a baby boy. 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Page 24 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly GoingsThe best ofOn what’s happening on the Midpeninsula Art Galleries A Monotype and Painting Retrospective Street, Palo Alto. Call 324-4450. www. chelseaartgallery.com CALENDAR LISTINGS “Reflections” Artists of Gallery 9 in Los Over four decades of work by Bay Area artist Maida Kasle. A two-part retrospec- Torrid Tropics Watercolors of Kauai, Altos will exhibit their work for the sum- CALENDAR. Information for Weekly and Master Community Calendar mer show. Multiple works of painting, tive featuring monoprints, paintings and Costa Rica, St. John’s and Florida. Hours: printmaking, photography, ceramics, other works on paper. Through July 22. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-3 listings must now be submitted online. Please go to www.PaloAltoOnline. sculpture, and jewelry will be available. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. p.m. Through July 29. Viewpoints Gallery, com, click on “Master Community Calendar,” and then click on “Submit Gallery 9 Los Altos, 143 Main St., Los Al- July 25-Aug. 26; reception Thu., July 27, 315 State St., Los Altos. Call 941-5789. a listing.” Listings are published in the papers on a space-available basis. 5-8 p.m. 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Judith Key- tos. www.gallery9losaltos.com www.viewpointsgallery.com ani, 330 Covington Road, Los Altos. Call Inaugural Exhibition: Julia Parker and Auditions NEWS. The online form is e-mail editor@paweekly. 948-2961. Thea Schrack Through Aug. 26. Parker's for Calendar listings only. com; fax (650) 326-3928, recent works resembles Nathan Oliveira's El Camino Youth Symphony Auditions “Unbound” Featuring new paintings and ECYS invites young musicians ages 6-20 To submit information for Attn: Editor; or mail to mixed media by David M. Baltzer and Bar- paintings with shadowy figure diffuse into the background. Schrack's mixed media to join the music education program for possible use elsewhere in Editor, Palo Alto Weekly, bara Kirst. The exhibit explores the nature the 2006-07 season. Audition applica- of history, memory, and the experience of photography recalls the works of the 19th the paper, send it the usual 703 High St., Palo Alto, CA century painter W. Turner. Art Mirage Gal- tions are being accepted for all levels. reading. On display through Aug. 6. Gal- Auditions will take place throughout Aug. way: 94301. lery Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The lery, 435 University Ave., Palo Alto. www. art-mirage.com and Sept. Submit an audition application Main Gallery, 1018 Main St., Redwood online. Call 327-2611. www.ecys.org QUESTIONS? If you have questions, call the reception desk at the Nature Photography and Art Art exhibit City. www.themaingallery.org Schola Cantorum Auditions July 30, 1-3 Palo Alto Weekly between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays, (650) “Journeys” Construction, paintings and by nature photographer and artist Jeanne Gadol. Display will focus on wildlife and p.m. For singers aged 18 and over from all 326-8210. After hours, you may press zero and leave a message in the mixed media collages by Gerald Huth. cultural traditions. Call to schedule. Free. On display through Aug. 6. Hours: Thu.- landscapes from northern California, Af- general mailbox. rica and the Arctic. July 24-Aug. 31; re- Braun Music Center, Stanford University, Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to Public. 1870 Stanford. Call 254-1700. www.scholacan Ralston Ave., Belmont. Call 261-1086. ception: July 29, 1-5 p.m. Allegro Gallery, For complete Calendar listings, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com torum.org and click on “Master Community Calendar.” www.1870artcenter.com 3130 Alpine Rd., Portola Valley. “Teresa Stanley: Works on Paper” Ex- Small Bronzes New bronze works by Pa- Benefits hibition Through July 29. Gallery hours: risian sculptor, Yermia. Event includes live Grow Biointensive: Permaculture Gar- Thu.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 music and complimentary refreshments. den Tour Tour the Dana Meadows Organ- p.m., or by appointment. Stellar Somerset Through July 31. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10 ic Children’s Garden with Karen Harwell; Gallery, 539 Bryant St., Palo Alto. www. a.m.-6 p.m. Free. ART21 Gallery, 539 Mark and Romie Georgia’s Grow Bioin- www.PaloAltoOnline.com stellarsomersetgallery.com Alma St, Palo Alto. Call 566-1381. www. tensive Garden with gardener Margaret If it’s useful and local, it’s on Palo Alto Online! art21.us 2 Artists: Photography and Ceramics Lloyd and Carla Bliss’ Native Plants Gar- Summer Exhibition July 25-Aug. 19. Romain "Ago" Agostini Group exhibition den. Garden located in Palo Alto. July 23, Fun with Simple Machines Investigate Raising A Strong-Willed Child Parent- and Kiyoco Michot show fine art photog- of painting and sculpture by British and 1:30-5 p.m. $10 donation. Call 856-9751. three machines: the lever, the pulley, and ing workshop covering ages 2-7 years. raphy including desert wildflowers and Californian contemporary artists, includ- www.biointensiveforrussia.igc.org the inclined plane. Learn about machines Learn how to avoid power struggles and decorative/utilitarian ceramic objects. ing artists from the U.K. National Portrait Vintage Affaire Wine Auction Annual and construct your own trebuchet, a type improve communication. Mondays, July Hours: Tue., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed.-Sat., Gallery’s BP Portrait Award and the Lon- wine auction benefiting Vista Center of medieval siege engine. Instructor: Mi- 24 and 31, noon-1:30 p.m. With Karen 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Reception Sat., July 29, don Art Fair. Ongoing display of work by for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Si- chael Glenn. Saturdays, July 22 and 29, Friedland-Brown. $50 for 2 sessions. Pre- 7-9 p.m. Gallery House Art Gallery, 320 Andrew Gifford, Judith Cain, and Palo lent auction with wine tasting and hors 1-3 p.m. Ages 9 and up. Members $30/ registration required. Parents Place, 200 California Ave., Palo Alto. Call 269-1190. Alto artist Kathryn Dunlevie. July 21-Aug. d’oeuvre pairings, and live auction fol- non-members $40. Museum of American Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call 688-3040. www.galleryhouse2.com 25. Free. Chelsea Art Gallery, 440 Kipling lowing by a sunset gourmet supper. July 22, 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. $225 per person. Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call www.parentsplaceonline.org Private estate, Atherton. Call 858-0202, 321-1004. www.moah.org Keeping Your Marriage Strong Par- Clubs/Meetings ext. 124. www.vintageaffaire.org Little House Book Club The book to be OF NOTE enting workshop covering ages birth-8 discussed is “Tears of the Moon” by Di Classes/Workshops years. Learn strategies and exercises to Morrissey. Aug. 2, 1-2 p.m. Free. Little “How Much is Too Much? Avoiding the strengthen your marriage, highlighting the House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call Overscheduled Child” Parenting work- work of Dr. John Gottman. Thu., July 27, 326-2025. www.peninsulavolunteers.org shop covering ages 5-10 years. Discuss 7-9 p.m. With Elizabeth Eastman. $50 per the demands and opportunities available couple. Pre-registration required. Parents Soil Foodweb A discussion on the un- to children and how to help them have a Place, 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call derstanding of the soil foodweb for com- balanced and manageable life. Thu., Aug. 688-3040. www.parentsplaceonline.org posting. July 22, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $23. Common Ground Organic Garden 3, 7-9 p.m. With Stephanie Agnew. $30. Live a Life You Love: An Inspiring Pro- Supply, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Call Pre-registration required. Parents Place, gram for People Living with Cancer A 2 493-6072. www.commongroundinpalo 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call 688- hour monthly meeting that presents ideas, alto.org 3040. www.parentsplaceonline.org life tools and two one-on-one coaching Artist Access 3rd Thursdays through sessions monthly. July 22, Aug. 19, Sept. Community Events Oct., 3:30-6:30 p.m. Artists and photog- 16, Oct. 21, Nov. 18, 10 a.m.-noon. $125/ 22nd Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run raphers have access to the gardens after month. Community Breast Health Project, & Walk For runners, athletic groups and hours. Limited to artists who work with 390 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto. Call (415) families. Prize giveaways and refresh- watercolor, pen, pencil, charcoal, pas- 454-9610. ments. 5K walk begins at 7:30 p.m.; 10k tels and photography. No oils or acryl- Next Step Housing Assistant Center run begins at 8:15 p.m.; 5K run begins at ics. Pre-registration recommended. $15 An orientation about the opportunities 8:45 p.m. Deadline to pre-register is Sept. members/$20 non-members. Filoli, 86 available. Homebuyer education with un- 29. See website for details. Oct. 6, 6-10 Canada Road, Woodside. www.filoli.org derstanding the home buying process, p.m. $20 pre-registration before Sept. Bye-Bye Diapers: Toilet Learning Parent- financial literacy, credit resolutions, down 29./$25 day of event. Palo Alto Baylands ing workshop. Strategies to help children payment assistance and more will be Athletic Center, 1900 Geng Road at Em- take the step to independence. Wed., July discussed. Conducted by E.P.A. Can Do. barcadero Rd, Palo Alto. Call 326-8210. 26, noon-1:30 p.m. With Heidi Emberling. Call to reserve a seat. $20 optional credit www.paloaltoonline.com $25. Pre-registration. Parents Place, 200 check. July 26, 6-7 p.m. Conflict and Art Free Public Tours Do- Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call 688-3040. Parenting After Divorce: Adjusting to cents teach about the exhibition “Con- www.parentsplaceonline.org Life as a Single Parent Parenting work- flict and Art.” The works in this exhibition Composition by Design Class exercises shop covering ages 3-10 years. Discuss represent art from Europe, the Americas, encourage composition, analyzing line strategies for setting limits, dealing with Africa, and Asia. Tours Thursdays, 12:15 shape, value, structure and ways to ar- ex-spouses, and coping with transition. p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. range them. July 31 and Aug. 4, 9 a.m.- Sundays, July 23, 30 and Aug. 6, noon- Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Dr., noon. $250 members/$300 non-mem- 1:30 p.m. With Claire Levin. $75 for 3 ses- Stanford. bers. Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. Images of home sions. Pre-registration required. Parents Gourmet Vegetarian Dinners Mondays, www.filoli.org “Blue Tree, Windy Hill” is among the paintings by artist Gary Cole- Place, 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call 6:30 p.m., $14. Call to reserve by 9:30 man, a third-generation Northern Californian who says his work Electrostatics Learn about static elec- 688-3040. www.parentsplaceonline.org a.m. Lecture each month. Hosted by tricity in the days of Greek scientists and shows his love for home. His paintings will be featured in an exhibit Public or Private: Choosing an Elemen- Peninsula Macrobiotic Community. $14. progressing to Michael Faraday’s dis- First Baptist Church, 305 N California from July 28 to July 31 at the Pacific Art League at 668 Ramona St. coveries. Build your own electroscope, tary School Parenting workshop cover- ing ages birth-7 years. Learn more about Ave, Palo Alto. Call 599-3320. www.pen in Palo Alto, along with sculpture by Karen Devich. Devich’s works Leyden, and electrophorus. Instructor: insulamacro.org in clay and steel have a “distinctly anatomical look,” she says Ri-Chee Chou. Saturdays, Aug. 5, 19, choices and how program and philoso- phies differ. Wed., July 26, 7-9 p.m. With Open Mic Night Featuring community tal- — perhaps due to her background in medicine. The exhibit will be and 26, 10 a.m.-noon. Ages 10 and up. ent. Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to sign up. Thurs- open on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from Members $40/ non-members $50. Reg- Stephanie Agnew. $30. Pre-registration required. Parents Place, 200 Channing days, through Aug. 31, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. 10 to 4, and Monday from 9 to 5. Call 650-321-3891. ister by July 25. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call Ave., Palo Alto. Call 688-3040. www.par 321-1004. www.moah.org entsplaceonline.org (continued on next page) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 25 Goings On CANTOR ARTS CENTER AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY (continued from previous page) mediate levels, no experience or partner necessary. Singles and couples welcome. Through August 27 Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Free refreshments. Casual attire. $7. Cub- Park. www.myspace.com/keplersopen berley Community Center Pavilion, 4000 mic Artists responses, over the Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto. Call 856-9930. ’ Summer Sings Verdi Presented by Schola www.geocities.com/fridaynightdance centuries, to overt conflicts Cantorum. July 24, 7:30 p.m. Conducted Dances of Universal Peace Meditative, and internal struggles by Sanford Dole. $10. Los Altos United multicultural circle dances using sacred Methodist Church, 625 Magdalena Av- phrases, songs and movement from enue, Los Altos. Call 254-1700. www many spiritual traditions. No experience scholacantorum.org or partner necessary. Instructions given FREE ADMISSION Concerts before each dance. Saturdays, July 22- “First Thursday” Organ Concert A free Sept. 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free; donation Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm lunchtime recital of Baroque organ mu- accepted. Unitarian Universalist Church Thursday until 8 pm sic. First Thursdays monthly, 12:15-12:45 of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo On the Stanford campus, off Palm Drive p.m. All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Alto. Call 368-6121. www.dancesofuni at Museum Way Waverley St., Palo Alto. www.asaints. versalpeace.org Live Music Contra Dance 650-723-4177 org/parishlife/activities/yoga.html Caller: Eric Black; band: Karl Franzen and friends. museum.stanford.edu JassCity Concert and Dance Sun., July 23, 1-5 p.m. The South Bay Traditional July 22, beginners class 7:30 p.m.; Jazz Society presents JassCity from Sut- dance 8-11 p.m. General $10/members ter Creek at its monthly Dixieland concert $8/students $5. 1st United Methodist 1939. Lithograph. Cantor Arts Center Collection, Committee for Art Committee for Acquisitions Fund Cantor Arts Center Collection, Lithograph. 1939. Church of Palo Alto Fellowship Hall 2F, Docent-led tours Thursdays at 12:15 pm and dance. Full no-host bar and snacks 625 Hamilton, Palo Alto. Call 965-9169. Saturdays and Sundays at 2 pm available. Musicians are invited. $15 gen- eral/$10 members. Palo Alto Elks Lodge, www.bacds.org John Brown, John 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call 368- Exhibits 2462. www.southbayjazz.org “3 Artists” Paintings by father and son, The exhibition and related programs are made Music at Menlo Fourth Season Concert Gilbert Marosi and Robert Marosi Busta- possible by the Clumeck Program Fund and the Program I Mozart and Shostakovich. mante. Paintings by Nona Haydon. July

John Steuart Curry, John Steuart Curry, Cantor Arts Center Membership. Celebrating Mozart’s 250th anniversary. 21-Sept 14; reception July 21, 5-7 p.m. Created by founders Wu Han and David At the Center for Integrated Systems. conflict and art Finckel. July 25-26, 8 p.m. $48/$30 adult; Free. Stanford Art Spaces, 420 Via Palou, $24/$10 student St. Mark’s Episcopal Stanford. Call 725-3622. http://cis.stan Church, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto. ford.edu/~marigros www.musicatmenlo.org Africa Comes to Palo Alto Local artist Music at Menlo Prelude Performance Tracy Ferea's photographs capture the Chamber Music Institute’s International contrasts of beauty and harshness in Program artists perform Shostakovich southern Africa. Through July 31, Tue.- Piano Trio no.1, op.8 and Mozart Piano Wed., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thu., noon-7 p.m.; 7", Ê 
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Oak Creek Apartments, Flowers In The Home A celebration of 22ND ANNUAL PALO ALTO WEEKLY 1600 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto. plants in the home including floral dem- Twilight Concert Series Red Beans and onstrations, cutting garden tours, plant Rice. July 25, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Peers talks, displays and more. July 21-22. MOONLIGHT RUN & WALK Park, 1899 Park Blvd, Palo Alto. Call 463- Free. Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. 4940. www.cityofpaloalto.org/concerts www.filoli.org FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2006 Dance Ideo Prototypes the Future Showcas- Ballroom Dancing Fridays, 8 p.m.-mid- ing the comprehensive collection of re- night. Lessons for beginning and inter- cent concepts and prototypes created Page 26 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Goings On by Ideo. Through Sept. 10, Tue.-Sat., 10 Family and Kids non-members. Filoli, 86 Canada Road, a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Thu., 7-9 p.m. Family Fun Day Books “What a Trea- Woodside. www.filoli.org Free. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell sure” July 23: On the Plaza: refresh- Toddler Storytime For children ages 18 Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. www. ments, face painting, crafts galore; in the months-3 years. Fridays, 10 a.m. Mitchell paacf.org store: featured authors: 1 p.m. “Chain Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Rd., Palo Kids Art on Main Street Through Aug. 1, Letter” by Lucille Lang Day and Doug Alto. Call 329-2436. www.cityofpaloalto. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free exhibit of kids art from Dworkin; 2 p.m. “An Airplane is Born” by org/library/kids-teens Arts in Action program of the Community Ilana Dover; 3 p.m. “The Ember Series” by Toddler Storytime For children ages 18 School of Music and Arts. Sponsored by Jeanne Duprau; 4 p.m. Dave Barry and months-3 years. Mondays, 10 and 11 Los Altos Cultural Association. Collage, Ridley Pearson Peter and the Shadow a.m. Main Library, 1213 Newell Rd., Palo watercolor and tempera paintings, pen Thieves. Free. Kepler’s Bookstore, 1010 Alto. Call 329-2436. www.cityofpaloalto. and ink drawings. By 30 children, grades El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 324- org/library/kids-teens 1-6. Open daily during cafe hours. Free. 4321. www.keplers.com Main Street Cafe & Books, 134 Main St., Film Lacrosse Classes Offered by Atherton Los Altos. Call 948-8040. www.arts4all. “Kultur” Movies Wednesdays, 1 p.m.: Lacrosse. No experience needed. Camps org July 26: “Shower.” 1-3 p.m. $1 mem- through Aug. 18, 9 a.m.-noon and 5-8 bers/$2 non-members. Little House, 800 Manuel Santana, Paintings, Etchings p.m. Holbrook Palmer Park, 150 Watkins and Lithographs Through July 26. Body Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. Avenue, Atherton. Call 799-3600. www. www.peninsulavolunteers.org of 40 works. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.- athertonlacrosse.com 7 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Community Licensed to Thrill Film Series The Wick- Nature Hikes Saturday, 10 a.m. Call or School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, ed Wit Rakes and Rebellion in the Resto- e-mail visitor services [email protected]. 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. ration Festival presents films. Licensed to Covers 3 miles of trails. Nature docents Call 917-6800. www.arts4all.org Thrill focuses on the period's fascination describe wildlife, plants, endangered with rakes, libertines, and sexual libera- Oksana V. Johnson: Florals and Land- species, and the historical background scapes in Oils Art Exhibit by Russian- tion, featuring post-film discussions led of the area. Free. Filoli, 86 Canada Road, by Stanford faculty and theater company. American Impressionist Oksana Valenti- Woodside. www.filoli.org nova Johnson. Through Aug. 31. Atherton Mondays, through Aug. 21, 7 p.m. Free Preschool Storytime Storytime for chil- Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Ather- Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lausen Mall, dren ages 3-5. Fridays, 11 a.m. Mitchell ton. Call 592-7267. www.athertonlibrary. Stanford. Call 725-5838. http://summer Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Rd., Palo org theater.stanford.edu Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto. Monday Movies 1 p.m.: July 24: “Wallace Paintings and Collage Work of Susy Sid- org/library/kids-teens dens. Open daily, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Showing & Gromit”; July 31: “Miss Congeniality”. Preschool Storytime For children ages through Aug. 31. All pieces available for $1 members/$2 others. Little House, 800 3-5. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Main Library, purchase. Canyon Coffee Roastery, 3203 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. 1213 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329- Oak Knoll Dr., Redwood City. www.paint www.peninsulavolunteers.org 2134. www.cityofpaloalto.org/library/ ingsandcollage.com Outdoor Screening of “West Side Story” kids-teens Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden Hosted by Stanford University's Cantor Preschool Storytime For children ages Created on-site at Stanford by artists Arts Center. July 27, 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring 3-5. Wednesdays, 11 a.m. College Ter- from Papua New Guinea, the garden a blanket or chair to sit on the lawn. Can- race Library, 2300 Wellesley St., Palo contains wood and stone carvings of tor Arts Center, Lomita Dr. and Museum Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto. people, animals, and magical beings that Way, Stanford. org/library/kids-teens illustrate clan stories and creation myths. Reptile Rendezvous Explorers Pro- Live Music Tours available 3rd Sunday monthly, 2 gram For kids ages 8-11. July 22, 9:30 John Cowan Band Sun., July 23, 8 p.m. p.m. through Dec. 16. Free. Meet at the a.m.-noon. Children learn through class- $18 advance/$20 at the door. Little Fox, corner of the Papua New Guinea Sculp- room instruction, a hike on the trails and ture Garden, at Santa Teresa and Lomita hands-on activities. $15 members/$20 Dr.. http://museum.stanford.edu (continued on next page) Photo Exhibit “Floral Fantasy” by local photographers Bob and Joy Rewick. An array of over 70 close-up floral im- ages transformed into designs. Through Aug. 27, Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m. Coyote Point Museum, 1651 2006 Outstanding Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo. Call 254- 0110. www.coyoteptmuseum.org Photography of Jeanne Gadol The pho- Professional Of The Year tography and photo-art of Jeanne Gadol on display through Aug. 31; reception for the artist Sat., July 29, 1-5 p.m. Allegro Framing, 3130 Alpine Rd., Portola Valley. The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the Reginald Rice: Watercolor paintings 20th Annual ATHENA Award to be presented on Paintings, mostly of landscapes, on ex- September 13th, 2006 hibit weekdays through Aug. 31, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Created to honor an outstanding leader in Palo Alto, this award will be Sailing through History with Model presented to an individual who has attained and personified the highest Ships The Museum of American Heri- level of professional excellence in business and the community. tage in partnership with South Bay Mod- el Shipwrights tell the story of maritime heritage from ancient to modern times Nominees will be according to the following criteria: through a collection of two dozen exqui- site ship models and related objects. Fri.- • Supports the goals of professional women Sun., through Sept. 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. • Demonstrates excellence in business or profession Free admission. Museum of American • Provides valuable service to: Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321-1004. www.moah.org business or profession Summer Art Show Traditional technique: the community watercolor on paper and oil on canvas by • Exhibits initiative and creativity, enhancing: Jennefer Shpilman and Alexander Rapo- the efficacy of business or profession port. Through Aug. 27. Free. Sheridan Exhibition Room, 360 Sheridan Avenue, the stability and improvement of the community Palo Alto. Call 330-1623. www.designart. com Nomination are due July 28th, 2006 The Gallery Shop Continuous exhibits Nomination forms are available on line at www.paloaltochamber.com of ceramics, glass, jewelry and fiber by American artists. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 For more information please call 650-324-3121 p.m.; Tue.-Thu., 7-10 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. www.paacf. Please mail nominations to Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce org 122 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 The Perfume of Sadness: Symbolist Art from the Kirk Long Collection The 30 Media Sponsor works offer a succinct introduction to Symbolism, a short-lived but immensely influential literary and pictorial movement. Through July 23. Wed.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thu. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; closed Mon- days and Tuesdays. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Call 723- 4177. museum.stanford.edu Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 27 Goings On

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Lakeside Cafe, 3160 cancer.org Page 28 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports Shorts SOFTBALL SILVER . . . The 12B Palo Alto Girls Softball All-Star Travel Team took second at the Wess Jones Memorial Softball Tournament in south San Jose last weekend. The Palo Alto won five games, losing only once by 4-3 in the last inning of the cham- pionship game. Claire Klausner, 11, one of the team’s top pitchers, struck out 15 batters in the cham- pionship game. Other team mem- bers included: Taylor Aguon, Me- gan Coleman, Lexie DeStefano, Becca Dixon, Jesse Ebner, Sarah Fleischmann, Nicole Grimwood, Julia Howard, Kelly McConnell, Kendall Miller, Sydney Rock, and Kimberly Wong. The team is coached by Mike Klausner and Stanford softball team grad Laura Severson.

SWIM CHAMP . . . Palo Alto’s Daniela Barnea won the high- point award for her age group, winning all seven events she swam in at the Pacific Masters Long Course Championships in Keith Peters Santa Cruz last weekend. Barnea won the 400 IM, 50, 100 and 200 breaststrokes, 50, 100 and 200 fly. It was the largest-attended Palo Alto National Little League coaches Dave Goldman (center) and Greg Avis (far right) help their players celebrate their 3-2 victory over Alpine/West Pacific Masters meet and the final Menlo on Tuesday night in the championship challenge game of the District 52 Majors 11-12 All-Star Tournament at Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark. long course event before the FINA World Masters Aquatic Cham- pionships that will be hosted by LITTLE LEAGUE Stanford from Aug. 4-16. More than 7,000 athletes (swimmers, divers, water polo players and It’s just another synchronized swimmers) from more than 75 countries will com- pete. winning start CORRECTION: Due to an editing Palo Alto National all-stars are used error, a caption on the front page of Wednesday’s sports section to achieving success in the postseason appeared twice. The main photo by Nathan Kurz actually was Austin Braff of the Division 2 finals with 11 wins in the Palo Alto National 11-12 Little lthough a Palo Alto Little consolation bracket and 16 in all be- League all-star team watching his League team participated in fore coming up short in the finale. A the Section 3 Majors All-Star The next year, they lost only once second home run in Monday’s win over Alpine/West Menlo leave Tournament last night for only the in 13 games before capturing the the field at Middlefield Ballpark. first time since 1995, this particular elusive NorCal crown. group of 11- and 12-year olds has Perhaps, then, with this chemistry SOCCER NOTES . . . The Palo this whole playoff routine down and history of winning, it shouldn’t Alto White 90B U-17 boys’ soc- quite well. have been too surprising to see Palo cer team is looking for players. Most of the players on Palo Alto Alto reel off eight straight wins, in- Interested players can attend National have found great success cluding five in as many days, after practices on Mondays and in all-star tournaments the past two losing its opener to advance to the Wednesdays from 5:30-7 p.m. summers and continued that trend next round. at Cubberley Community Center with an improbable run through the “It places high expectations on North field. Contact coach David consolation bracket of the District us so we have to try to play to that Madrigal for more information at 52 tournament at Palo Alto’s Mid- level,” said Freddy Avis, one of the (408) 799-1801 or at dmadrigalg@ Keith Peters dlefield Ballpark. mainstays of this team. “Hopefully hotmail.com. And after edging Alpine/West we can continue this.” Menlo, 3-2, Tuesday, this group im- This weekend, they’ll be looking COACHING CORNER . . . Palo proved its collective record in post- for more of the same. Alto High is looking for girls’ vol- season play to an impressive 36-5. Palo Alto opened against District Palo Alto National’s Austin Braff guns down a runner from deep short As 10-year olds, these players 14 champion Newark last night. If leyball coaches for the following on a key play in the fourth inning. teams: frosh head and assistant advanced all the way to the NorCal (continued on page 30) coaches; JV head and assistant coaches; varsity assistant coach. National track meets are a good start for local girls Those interested should contact by Keith Peters new head coach Dave Winn at places like the Junior Olympics. nior Olympics, which get under way Palo Alto, and Kieran Gallagher of [email protected]. Prior he new faces appear every In fact, the logo for the 2006 Tuesday at Hughes Stadium on the Los Altos Hills. high school coaching experience four years, it seems, when USATF National Junior Olym- campus of Morgan State University Yet another up-and-coming T the Summer Olympics roll pic Track & Field Championships in Baltimore, Md. standout, Caprice Powell of East is preferred but not a must. The season starts Aug. 14 with tryouts around. America’s top track and features the phrase: “Our Youth . More than 6,000 athletes are Palo Alto, is headed for the Hershey and continues through November. field athletes are joined by these . . Our Future.” And that’s exactly expected to compete in five age Track and Field Games on Aug. 5 in newcomers, many of whom we’ve what the annual meet is all about. divisions, with athletes usually fall- Hershey, Pa. She’ll be joined there TOWN SQUARE never heard of before. America’s next great track and ing between the ages of 8 and 18. by Evans. So, where did they come from? field athletes have to come from Among the huge field will be a All have qualified for their re- Want to talk about the latest game? Start a conversation on Town Square Many of the new faces are from the somewhere; they’re not developed handful of local girls — Jackie Ev- spective national championships at Palo Alto Online (www.paloaltoon- college ranks, but their talents were overnight. It’s a training process that ans and Julia Maggioncalda of Palo through preliminary, Association line.com) developed many years earlier at begins at places like the National Ju- Alto, Breoanna Alexander of East (continued on page 31) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 29 Sports Keith Peters Palo Alto National’s (L-R) Jordan Piha, Jack Smale, Graham Marchant, Austin Braff and Freddy Avis take a mo- Keith Peters ment to enjoy their 3-0 lead during Tuesday’s 3-2 triumph over Alpine/West Menlo in the District 52 title game.

Winning pitcher Graham Marchant (left) joins in the celebration with Freddy Avis (7) and Jack Smale after clinching the district title.

Meanwhile, Palo Alto starter Little League Graham Marchant settled down af- (continued from page 29) ter allowing the first two runners to it lost, Palo Alto plays tonight at reach base, retiring 11 of 12 batters 5 p.m., and if it won, it will play at one point. He ran into trouble in Saturday at noon. All games are at the fifth inning when Alpine loaded Middlefield Ballpark, the first time the bases with no out and had its in recent memory the city of Palo formidable top-of-the-order loom- Alto has hosted the sectionals. ing. And given the support the team Marchant, however, but struck out has received from the city — more Sam Falkenhagen and then induced than 700 fans crammed the bleach- two groundballs to end the threat ers for Tuesday’s district champion- with only one run allowed. Palo ship game — it has to be a distinct Alto escaped the inning clinging to advantage for Palo Alto to be host- a 3-2 lead it never relinquished. ing two consecutive tournaments. “When I noticed the top of the “There’s no doubt it’s fun to play order was coming up, it freaked me at home,” said Palo Alto manager out,” Marchant said. “But after I Dave Goldman. “It beats going to struck him out, I felt a lot more con- Sacramento. We get to leave (home) fident. Our defense is so good I can Keith Peters four minutes before the game just let them put the ball in play.” Alpine/West Menlo starting pitcher Sam Falkenhagen (center) gets a high-five from Mitsuhiro Iizawa (second starts!” When Avis stepped on second af- from right) after one of his four shutout innings against Palo Alto National on Tuesday night. Added Avis: “It’s really great to ter receiving a throw from shortstop have this place packed. It uplifts our Austin Braff to record a forceout spirits and I think it makes me play and retire the last batter, the Palo harder.” Alto National players celebrated Palo Alto figures to face its stiff- with hugs and fist-pumping — all est challenge from District 57 cham- the while letting out a collective pion Danville, which beat Palo Alto, sigh of relief after five games in 7-5, in the sectionals last year to five days. force a challenge game, which Palo “The kids believed,” Goldman Alto won, 13-0. Danville also has a said. “This is a really resilient marked history of producing qual- bunch.” ity baseball players like current San Avis finished the tournament as Francisco Giants outfielder Randy Palo Alto’s leading hitter. He hit Winn. .542 (13-for-24) with three home But Palo Alto is certainly rid- runs and a tournament-high 11 RBI. ing a lot of momentum itself after He also made several stellar plays at Tuesday’s win. second base Tuesday, robbing two In a harsh twist of fate, Palo Alto Alpine players of hits with his quick became the first team since Alpine reflexes. five years ago to make it all the way Braff equally was outstanding at through the consolation bracket and short, gunning down Alpine’s James win the championship. Shaw from deep short while finish- “We did it in 2001 and I knew ing his throw on his knees. When Palo Alto was the team that could Alpine threatened to tie the game do it this year,” Alpine manager after scoring once in the fifth, Braff Dave Denier said. “They’re a really again went deep into the hole and talented club.” forced a runner at second to end the Picking up where it left off in threat. Monday’s 9-1 victory, Palo Alto Palo Alto assistant coach Greg scored three runs in the bottom of Avis marveled at his team’s de-

the first, all with two out. fense. Keith Peters Catcher Jordan Piha knocked in “We’ve made only five errors in Palo Alto National’s district championship team included (bottom row, L-R), Graham Marchant, Freddy Avis, Jeff a run with a double and Jack Smale eight games,” he said. “You pretty Cohen, Jack Smale, Mark Raftrey, Kevin Kannappan, Jack Witte, James Huber and Tony Panayides. Top row (L-R) followed with a two-run double. much can’t beat that.”■ assistant coach Greg Avis, Jordan Piha, Drake Swezey, Austin Braff and manager Dave Goldman. Page 30 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports Youth track (continued from page 29) and Regional levels of the 2006 USATF Junior Olympic Program. Powell also went through a qualify- ing process for the Hershey meet. At 14, Powell is the veteran of the local track competitors. She just graduated from Costano School in East Palo Alto and is headed for Menlo-Atherton High in the fall. Longtime area track coach and Costano teacher (now retired) Al Julian first noticed Powell’s running talent when she was in the fourth grade. “I first saw her when I had her as a fourth-grader in PE,” he said. “We were playing softball and she was my leftfielder. This hot-shot Little Leaguer gets up and hits one to left field. Instead of throwing the ball in, she (Powell) ran it in and caught the guy before he got home, and Jeff Gallagher tagged him out.” Kieran Gallagher will run the 800 Julian rates the youngster as one and 1,500 at the Junior Olympics. of the best he has coached. run two miles in practice during “I had a track club in the ‘60s,” preseason workouts. Julian said, referring to his Raven- A coach noticed that Evans had a swood Juliettes that starred Creola natural running ability and suggest- Miller and Denise Julian, his cous- ed she attend a summer track camp in. “She (Powell) showed me more at the University of California. It than what I had then — at her age. was there Evans met Margerum, And she hasn’t run in any events in then an assistant coach with the Cal track shoes.” women’s track and field team. Powell qualified for the Hershey Evans joined the Jackrabbits and championships by winning the 100 now also trains with veteran Los and 200 meters at a regional quali- Gatos High coach Willie Harmatz, fying meet at San Jose City College. who has turned out some high-level Competing in the 13-14 age bracket, distance runners over the years. Powell won the 100 meters in 12.79 The move to track has paid off and took the 200 in 26.30, running in a big way for Evans, who ranks in tennis shoes (spikes aren’t al- No. 3 nationally in the Youth Girls

lowed in Hershey competition). (13-14) 1,500 meters with a personal Norbert von der Groeben She competed against athletes best of 4:47.82. She also ranks No. Caprice Powell (left) and Jackie Evans (right) will run at the Hershey national championships in August while from California, Nevada, Hawaii 13 in the 800 at 2:19.84. Breonna Alexander (center) will join Evans at next week’s USATF National Junior Olympics in Baltimore, Md. and Arizona. Since athletes can At the Junior Olympics qualifying only compete in one event at Her- meet in Folsom earlier this month, the seventh grade at Costano School shey, Powell chose the 100. Evans won the 800 in 2:20.36 and and Gallagher will return to Cas- Only the top eight times from added a first in the 1,500 in 3:54.09. tilleja this fall as a seventh-grader. the eight regionals advance to the Last weekend in San Diego, Evans Both are talented middle-distance national finals. Out of all Region won the 1,500 (4:50.7) at the Cali- standouts. 2 (Arizona, Northern California, fornia State Games and returned Alexander will be competing in Southern California, Hawaii, Ne- less than three hours later to finish her second Junior Olympics and will vada and Utah) competitors this second in the 800 (2:20.1). be the busiest of all the local com- year, Powell had the fastest 100 and At 5-foot-7 and 100-plus pounds, petitors. She won the Youth Girls’ 200 times. Evans has the physical character- 400 (1:00.39) at the JO qualifying Powell will have her way to the istics of a middle-distance run- meet in addition to taking second to Hershey meet paid for, but the EPA ner. Since she’s only going to be a Evans in the 800 in 2:21.94. Alexan- Kiwanis Club is looking for dona- ninth-grader at Gunn High this fall, der also will run the second leg on tions to help send Powell’s mother Evans’ growth in height may be ex- the Oakland-based 3M Track Club’s and Julian to the meet. ceeded only by her potential. 400 relay and the second leg on the Joining Powell at the Hershey Speaking of room to grow, Mag- team’s 1,600 relay, which had the meet will be a girls’ 400 relay team gioncalda fits that description. She top qualifying time of 4:02.59. representing Joy’s Jackrabbits (of has been competing in track for While she stands only 4-foot-8, Menlo Park). The group includes only three months after being intro- Alexander ranks No. 12 in the na- Rachel Skokowski, Victoria Loeb, duced to the sport by Evans’ father, tion in her age division in the 800 Nettie Renee Brown and Sunny Thomas. with a best of 2:19.46. Margerum. Julia, then a sixth-grader at Ter- Gallagher, who runs for the Palo Evans, 13, also has qualified off man Middle School, had been high Alto Lightning Track Club and her record-breaking 5:18.03 in the jumping in school while wearing competes in Midget Girls along 1,600 meters. It’s the fastest time in running shoes. Her parents bought with Maggioncalda, also is new to the state in her division. her some spikes and the serious the sport. She ran her first race on Before competing in the Hershey competition started. April 8, 2005 in Santa Rosa, a date meet, Evans will join with Mag- At the JO qualifying meet in Fol- her father, Fred, remembers because gioncalda, 12, to compete at the Ju- som, Maggioncalda won the Midget it was two days after his brother’s nior Olympics. Girls (11-12) high jump at 4-8 1/4. wedding. Both are newcomers to the sport Her season best of 4-9 3/4 ranks her Kieran, who got introduced to and run for Joy’s Jackrabbits, who fourth in the nation in her age group. running through the “Girls On The get their name from coach Joy Mar- She also has leaped 14-8 3/4 in the Run” program at the Bullis Char- gerum (herself a standout track ath- long jump. ter School two years ago, qualified lete at the Masters’ level). “She’s very excited,” Jeff Mag- for the Junior Olympics last year in Evans played Pop Warner Foot- gioncalda said. “If Tom hadn’t spot- Bantam Girls and finished seventh ball for the Palo Alto Knights the ted her . . .” in the 1,500 (5:21.70) and eighth past three years before taking up Evans and Maggioncalda will in the 800 (2:39.94 after running track, making a name for herself have plenty of company in Balti- 2:33.79 in the prelims). as a speedy running back and line- more next week from Alexander, She’ll run both after qualifying Jeff Maggioncalda backer. She displayed her track abil- 13, and Gallagher, 11. first in the 1,500 (4:56.84) and sec- Julia Maggioncalda, ranked fourth nationally in the high jump for girls ity when the football players had to Alexander just graduated from ond in the 800 (2:24.71).■ 11-12, will compete in her first Junior Olympics. Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Page 31 Sports

SCOREBOARD Barbara. WATER POLO BASEBALL Stanford 8, San Diego Shores 2 Palo Alto grad Remy Champion, Stanford — Hillman 2, Eaton 2, Wilcox 2, Menlo-Atherton grad Kelly Eaton Little League District 52 Majors All-Stars Hayes, Menon. Stanford 20-under women and Menlo’s Megan Burmeister SD Shores — Sanchez, Hodgens. At Middlefield Ballpark each added two goals. Menlo’s Stanford 7, LA Water Polo Club 2 Kim Krueger scored during the Thursday Stanford — Hayes 3, Eaton 2, Haley, reach the national finals Winner’s bracket Krueger. shootout. Alpine 000 013 -- 4 5 1 LAWPC — Dan, Beckman. by Rick Eymer Stanford sophomore Kira Hill- San Carlos 000 000 -- 0 4 1 Wednesday WP -- Sam Falkenhagen. championship game. man scored three goals and Liz Stanford 12, Commerce 9 acred Heart Prep’s Pallavi While coach Susan Ortwein Rouleau added two in Stanford’s 2B -- Jesus Gomez (A). 2 hits -- Falkenha- gen (A); Colton Hicks (SC). 2 RBI -- Falken- Stanford — Hayes 3, Rouleau 2, Eaton 2, Menon and Menlo School’s said everybody contributed to the opening victory against SET. hagen (A). Burmeister 2, Krueger, Hillman, Wilcox. Commerce — Orozco 6, Quintana 2, S Elise Ponce are two of the victories, Molly Hayes (a junior Ponce recorded 13 saves. Consolation bracket Carillo. youngest members of the Stan- at Cal) and Stanford sophomore Palo Alto High’s Tanya Wilcox Friday ford 20-under women’s water polo Heather West have been the lead- added two goals along with Hill- SoCal 14, Stanford 8 PA National 006 041 -- 11 9 0 SoCal — Klug 3, Kraus 3, Hewko 2, Flac- team but don’t call them rookies. ers of this unlikely run. man and Eaton in the win over Pacifica 000 100 -- 1 4 1 co 2, Umphrev, Lucas, Kepner, Levine. With plenty of big-time experi- Stanford, which finished sev- San Diego Shores as Hildebrand Marchant, Swezey (4), Braff (5), Cohen (6) Stanford — Hayes 3, Menon 2, Eaton, and Piha; Cascone, Wright (4) and Zqeare- Burmeister, Krueger. ence to draw on, the duo has con- enth in this tournament last year, recorded 22 saves. wicz. WP -- Marchant. LP -- Cascone. tinually contributed to Stanford’s hasn’t reached the finals in, well, Menlo grad Kelsey Haley scored HR -- Avis (PA). 2B -- Piha, Braff (PA). 2 Thursday success this summer. recent memory. a goal in Stanford’s win over Los hits -- Avis (PA). 4 RBI -- Avis (PA). Semifinals Take Thursday morning for ex- Ponce and collegian Mary Hil- Angeles. Saturday Stanford 16, Santa Barbara 14 ample, with Stanford in the semi- debrand have shared goaltending Stanford junior Jacquelyn PA National 606 0 -- 12 8 3 Stanford — Hayes 4, Menon 3, R. Cham- SM National 200 0 -- 2 4 2 pion 2, Eaton 2, West 2, Burmeister 2, finals of the 20-Under National duties throughout the tournament, Gauthier helped for Irvine, scor- Avis, Swezey (2) and Piha; Slosar, McNeil Krueger. Championships at Capistrano Val- but Ponce —with eight saves ing 10 goals in five matches. (2), Mangual (4) and Theroux. WP -- Avis. SB — Nichols 5, Frost 4, Kilroy 2, Sanford, ley High in Mission Viejo. against Santa Barbara — earned LP -- Slosar. Easterday, Ur. Menon scored with four seconds the start in the championship fi- U.S. Men’s national team HR -- Avis, Kannappan (PA). 2B -- Cohen, left in regulation to send Stanford’s nal. Stanford grad and two-time Panayides (PA). 3 RBI -- Avis (PA). Schedule contest against Santa Barbara into “She did a nice job the whole Olympian Tony Azevedo scored Sunday PA National 300 010 -- 4 8 1 FRIDAY a shootout. She followed that with game,” Ortwein said. “She came four goals to lead the United States San Carlos 100 000 -- 1 3 2 Baseball a critical goal during the shootout up big with the blocked shot.” to a 20-2 victory over China in the Marchant, Swezey (4), Cohen (5), Braff (6) Little League — Section 3 Tournament to help Stanford to a 16-14 vic- Most of the team has played to- first game of the FINA World and Piha; Bishop, Strombom (4) and Hicks. at Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark: Palo Alto tory. gether for Stanford’s 18-under Ju- League Semifinals in Los Alami- WP -- Marchant. LP -- Bishop. National-Newart loser vs. District 45/District HR -- Avis (PA). 2B -- Weidell (SC). 2 hits 57 loser, 5 p.m.; District 45/District 57 win- All Ponce did was block Santa nior Olympic team, which earned tos on Wednesday. -- Avis, Piha (PA). 2 RBI -- Avis (PA). ner vs. District 67, 7:30 p.m. Barbara’s third attempt in the the bronze medal last year. Stanford grads Peter Varellas Monday Water Polo shootout to give Stanford the ad- Hayes scored four goals against and Peter Hudnut also scored for Championship Women — Senior National Champion- vantage. Santa Barbara to lead Stanford, the Americans, who were sched- Alpine 100 000 -- 1 4 0 ships at Mission Viejo: Stanford, NorCal As a result, Stanford got a re- which trailed 10-7 entering the fi- uled to meet Canada on Thursday PA National 100 53x -- 9 9 0 water polo clubs entered match with SoCal for the national nal period. West scored a pair of night. McHugh, Winawer (5) and Wickers; Avis SATURDAY and Piha. title on Thursday afternoon. SoCal key goals in the late going to bring The United States scored nine WP -- Avis. LP -- McHugh. Baseball handed Stanford its only loss of Stanford within reach and setting goals in the first period and the HR -- McHugh (A); Braff 2, Kannappan, Semipro — Palo Alto Oaks at Sacramento the tournament, 14-8, on Wednes- up Menon’s last-second heroics rout was on. All 11 field players Panayides (PA). 2B -- Swezey (PA). Smokeys, 5 p.m. day. Stanford beat SET, 10-8; San during a 6-on-5 situation. scored at least once. 2 hits -- McHugh (A); Braff, Panayides American Legion — Area 2 Tournament Diego Shores, 8-2; Los Angeles Menon scored three times in the In other matches on Wednesday, (PA). 4 RBI -- Braff (PA). 2 RBI -- Kannap- at Baylands: Menlo-Atherton vs. Menlo Park, pan (PA). 9:30 a.m.; Danville vs. Redwood City Blues, Water Polo Club, 7-2; and Com- contest, including the 15th goal, France edged Canada, 6-4, and Tuesday 12:30 p.m.; Los Altos vs. San Mateo, 4:30 ■ merce, 12-9, on the road to the which put all the pressure on Santa Australia topped Brazil, 12-2. Challenge game p.m.; Palo Alto Post 375 vs. San Bruno, 7:30 Alpine 000 110 -- 2 7 1 p.m. PA National 300 00x -- 3 4 1 Babe Ruth — Palo Alto 14s vs. District 5 WP -- Graham Marchant. LP -- Sam in NorCal State Tournament, Sacramento, Another solid tennis field is all set Falkenhagen. 5:30 p.m. Six of world’s top 20 players converge on Stanford for Bank of the West Classic 2B -- Tucker Jorgenson (A); Jordan Piha, Little League — Section 3 Tournament Jack Smale (PA). 2 RBI -- Smale (PA). at Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark: Palo by Rick Eymer Alto National-Newark winner vs. winner of (The eighth-ranked Schnyder will by No. 16 Anne-Lena Groenfeld and MEN’S WATER POLO Friday’s 7:30 p.m. game, noon; Winner of hile there might be a lack play in Friday’s quarterfinals at Cin- No. 19 Ai Sugiyama. FINA World League Semifinals Friday’s 5 p.m. game vs. loser of Friday’s 7:30 p.m. game, 2:30 p.m. of big name players in next cinnati, a tournament she won last Shahar Peer is ranked 25th, fol- at Los Alamitos Water Polo W week’s Bank of the West year, before arriving at Stanford). lowed by Katarina Srebotnik (26), Wednesday Classic, there’s no lack of talent. Rubin won the 2000 doubles title, Jelena Jankovic (27), Nathalie Team USA 9 6 3 2 — 20 Women — Senior National Champion- Headlined by world No. 2 Kim Cli- with Sandrine Testud, at Stanford. Dechy (28), and Marion Bartoli China 1 0 0 1 — 2 ships at Mission Viejo: Stanford, NorCal USA — Azevedo 4, Bailey 3, Varellas 2, water polo clubs entered jsters, the Stanford tournament fea- Bovina last played on June 5, (29). Wright 2, Merlo 2, Smith 2, Hudnut, Powers, SUNDAY tures six of the top 20 players and 2005, losing in the fourth round of There are five different types of Witt, Alexander, Dornin. Baseball 11 of the top 30. the French Open, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, to seats available for individual main China — Han 2. Semipro — Palo Alto Oaks at Sacramento Then there are the dark horses Nadia Petrova. draw sessions. A Terrace II ticket for Smokeys, 5 p.m. WOMEN’S WATER POLO like Chandra Rubin and Elena Bo- The Bank of the West opens with Session 1 on July 24 is $18, while a American Legion — Area 2 Tournament vina, two players who have missed first round matches on Monday at 11 courtside Loge seat is $45. Tickets Stanford International Club Tournament at Baylands: Menlo-Atherton/Menlo Park the season with injuries but can be a.m. at Stanford’s Taube Tennis Cen- to the final range from $37-$75. At Avery Aquatic Center loser vs. Los Altos-San Mateo loser, 9:30 dangerous when their game is on. ter, though tennis fans don’t have to Monday through Thursday, July First round a.m.; Danville-Redwood City Blues loser Stanford White 5, Commerce Black 5 vs. San Bruno-Palo Alto loser, 12:30 p.m.; Rubin, who turned pro in 1990, has wait that long. Qualifying begins 27, morning sessions begin at 11 Menlo-Atherton/Menlo Park winner vs. Los won seven singles titles (three on Saturday at 10 a.m. and is free to a.m. and evening sessions at 7:30 Commerce Green 10, Pacific Storm 9 Altos-San Mateo winner, 4:30 p.m.; Danville- the WTA Tour), though none since the public. Stanford products Lilia p.m. On Friday the 28th, the ses- Stanford Red 10, Commerce Black 2 Redwood City Blues winner vs. Palo Alto- Eastbourne in 2003. She was ranked Osterloh and Anne Kremer are ten- sions begin at noon and 7:30 p.m. Commerce Green 13, Stanford White 5 San Bruno winner, 7:30 p.m. sixth in the world in April of 1996. tatively scheduled to appear, while Semifinal Saturday (July 29) times Second round Little League — Section 3 Tournament Stanford Red 7, Stanford White 2 at Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark: Loser of Bovina was ranked 14th as late Stanford grad Amber Liu and senior are 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Saturday’s noon game vs. winner of Satur- as last April, though she ended the Anne Yelsey are likely to receive (July 30) final is at noon. Pacific Storm 11, Commerce Black 7 day’s 2:30 p.m. game, 2 p.m. season at 61st due to shoulder inju- wild cards into the main draw. Commerce Green 12, Commerce Black 9 Water Polo ries. They are both entered at Stan- Liu, a wild card, reached the Men’s tennis Stanford Red 11, Pacific Storm 7 Women — Senior National Champion- ford, and — if they remain healthy second round of the USTA Wolfe Menlo School grad and Stanford Stanford Red 9, Commerce Green 9 ships at Mission Viejo: Stanford, NorCal — this would be their first tourna- Lumber Challenger in Hammond, senior James Pade won his first Stanford White 5, Pacific Storm 4 water polo clubs entered ment of the year. La, losing to fourth-seeded Tatiana round match at the USTA Comerica Sunday MONDAY Rubin has 398 career victories, Perebiynis, 6-1, 6-4, on Thursday. Challenger in Aptos on Wednesday Fifth place: Commerce Black 12, Stan- Baseball including five over each Jennifer She beat Petra Rampre, 2-6, 6-4, and played the top-seeded Robert ford Black 1 American Legion — Area 2 Tournament Capriati and Amy Frazier. She’s also 6-2, in her professional debut on Kendrick on Thursday. Third place: Pacific Storm 8, Stanford at Baylands: 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 beaten Patty Schnyder, Serena Wil- Wednesday. Pade, a wild-card entrant, beat White 2 p.m. Yelsey lost in the quarterfinals of Mexico’s Juan-Michael Elizondo, Championship: Stanford Red 9, Com- Little League — Section 3 Tournament at liams and Venus Williams. Ankle merce Green 8 Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark: champion- and knee surgeries have slowed the the qualifying tournament, 2-6, 6- 6-4, 6-4. 20-Under National Championships ship game, 7 p.m. 30-year-old native of Lafayette, La 2, 7-5, to Patricia Mayr on Tuesday. Pade, who will return to Stanford At Capistrano Valley High TUESDAY but she’s certainly capable of play- She won her first two matches in in the fall for his final year of eligi- Round Robin Baseball ing winning tennis. Like Bovina, straight sets. bility, entered the pro event for the Tuesday American Legion — Area 2 Tournament she’s just anxious to get back on the While Clijsters and Schnyder rep- experience. Stanford 10, SET, 8 at Baylands: consolation bracket, 1 p.m.; court. Her last match was July 24, resent the Top 10, Nicole Valdisova “It’s a good opportunity; I’m ex- Stanford — Hillman 3, Rouleau 2, Hayes, winners’ bracket 7 p.m. 2005, a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Daniela Han- enters the Bank of the West with a cited about it,” Pade said. “I think I Burmesiter, Eaton, Champion, Wilcox. Little League — Section 3 Tournament tuchova in Cincinnati. career-best No. 12 ranking, followed have a lot of improving to do.”■ SET — Churnside 3, Dries, Miyabe, Lor- at Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark: challenge rimer, Anderson, Henry. game (if necessary), 7 p.m. Page 32 • Friday, July 21, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly