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‘What I wanted to wear wasn’t in the stores’: Meet the San Mateo maker giving new life to vintage fabrics
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Edwina Ferro embarks on a new textile project, she listens to the voice of her material. “The fabrics actually speak to me, they get my attention; the fabric decides what shape it wants to be, it knows what colors it wants to be matched with and the size it wants to be,” she said. “There’s something that comes alive in that creative process for me.”
Fourth of July festivities are over. Here’s what’s happening the rest of the month in Silicon Valley
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Fourth of July holiday is in the rearview mirror until 2025, but there’s no shortage of things to do the rest of the month. From art festivals and the Santa Clara County Fair to a South City pickleball tourney, keep track of what’s happening with our Peninsula-wide events guide. All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Redwood City residents transform a historic house into a neighborhood coffee shop
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Downtown Redwood City’s oldest building is now home to The Yard, a cafe brewing up coffee, community and history. The business had its soft opening on June 26, serving beverages to go out of its Carriage House. Located at 1018 Main St., The...
Portola Valley-based optical illusionist creates the impossible
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What if it was possible to shrink an adult man with just a cardboard box? This perplexing image has been made possible with the “Shrink Machine” made by French optical illusion designer, Olivier Redon and his 16-year-old daughter Chloe Redon. By strategically tricking the human eye, Olivier uses his art to make the impossible possible.
Here are the latest restaurants joining the Palo Alto dining scene
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Slurp up fragrant broth from a steaming dumpling, order your 10th round of juicy steak or dig into a bowl loaded with hearty gyro and cooling tzatziki. Here are the newcomers joining the Palo Alto dining scene. Show de Carnes Brazilian Steakhouse. Look out...
Shop at these 10 Peninsula pop-ups for handmade gifts and goods
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you’re looking to spice up your shopping experience by finding unique items while supporting local makers and small businesses, pop-up markets (temporary retail spaces and showcases) may be your perfect match. Read on to learn about a neighborhood pop-up series in Pacifica spearheaded by local merchants on a mission to bring more foot traffic to their part of town, along with some other cool pop-up markets to check out on the Peninsula this summer and beyond.
Our guide to Fourth of July celebrations on the Peninsula and beyond
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Though the Fourth of July this year falls just one day short of making it a long holiday weekend, there are still plenty of ways to make the most of a Thursday off and celebrate. There are favorite traditions, old and new, from Redwood City’s longstanding parade and Woodside’s rodeo to Palo Alto’s chili cookoff and the San Francisco Symphony’s annual concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, plus a newer favorite, a chalk art festival, also in Redwood City.
Here’s what you need to know about the potential surcharge ban in the restaurant industry
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “The price a Californian sees should be the price they pay,” states the California attorney general’s guidance on Senate Bill 478, often colloquially referred to as the “junk fee ban,” which is set to take effect July 1. The bill...
24 winning images from the 2024 Peninsula Photo Contest
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A moment in time is never just that. Through their astute lenses, this year’s winning photographers for The Six Fifty Peninsula Photo Contest proved many times over that a moment, captured with a trained eye, can reveal so much more. From the plains...
Donato Enoteca owner reflects on 15 years in Redwood City
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifteen years after opening Donato Enoteca in Redwood City, Donato Scotti speaks with the same energetic passion as if he had opened the Italian restaurant yesterday. Scotti grew up in Bergamo, Italy, attending culinary school in his home country before cooking in New York,...
Mission Street mainstays: What to eat, see and do along the Daly City corridor
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the longest street in San Francisco at 7.29 miles, Mission Street straddles the line into Daly City, introducing visitors to San Mateo County. Known as Daly City’s “Top of the Hill” neighborhood, Mission Street connects to El Camino Real in Colma on the...
From Nini’s Coffee Shop to Kiki’s: A new take on a neighborhood institution arrives in San Mateo
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Five generations of the Marotta family dined at Nini’s Coffee Shop, a beloved neighborhood institution in San Mateo that closed in 2020. Now, siblings Sarah and Jacob Marotta are making the space their own as Kiki’s Coffee Shop. The eatery will emphasize...
From putt-putt to pinball, get your game face on at these Peninsula spots
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Play is important for kids and adults. Playing helps children develop their cognitive, emotional and behavioral skills and helps adults relieve stress, stimulate creativity and enhance social connections. With so many benefits, making time for play is crucially important, and we’re here to help you find the best places to do exactly that.
Hot off the press: A roundup of summer author appearances
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fall gets all the attention as the time of year to hit the books, but it’s hard to beat summer for more leisurely reading time. From library summer reading programs to finding a perfect beach read, summertime has always been a good time for books — to tackle that stack of books you haven’t had a chance to crack open during the rush of the rest of the year, or to discover a new favorite author who’s just released their latest work.
California heritage breed chicken and an extensive wine program are the focus of Cafe Vivant, a new restaurant coming to downtown Menlo Park
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A restaurant offering “consciousness altering” chicken is coming to Menlo Park. Cafe Vivant will focus on California heritage breed chicken, farm-to-table cuisine and an extensive wine program featuring “hard to find, interesting (and) sought-after wines,” co-owner Jason Jacobeit said. An attached retail component will offer tastings, seminars and educational events with world-class winemakers and a small grocery section with items produced in the kitchen. The restaurant and shop, replacing Le Boulanger along Santa Cruz Avenue, are expected to open in early 2025.
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