20 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {quickpunch} Dash to Dine + SELBY’S—Enjoy exceptional, Michelin-star food and service, plus an enormous wine list, amid elegant surroundings—3001 El Camino Real, Redwood City + PARK & HOWARD BISTRO—Eclectic but polished restaurant with classic American menu offering a great experience—1300 Howard Avenue, Burlingame + CAMPAGNE ONE MAIN—Charming and cozy with authentic ambiance to match a menu of traditional French fare—1 Main Street, Los Altos Carpe Diem + SPLASH into Half Moon Bay with Mavericks Paddlesports, a new shop on Pillar Point Harbor offering everything you need for stand-up paddleboarding (SUP). For those who are newer to the sport, Mavericks offers lessons—try your hand at SUP yoga, or bring your four-legged friend with you to SUP with your pup. Alternatively, rent your own board and venture out onto the water solo. + ROCK OUT to live music this summer at local parks throughout the Peninsula—for free! Savor the sounds of Burlingame’s Music in the Park Series in Washington Park, Los Altos’ Summer Concert Series in Grant Park, San Mateo’s Central Park Music Series, Concerts on the Plaza in downtown Mountain View, Music on the Square at Redwood City’s Courthouse Square and Menlo Park’s Music in the Park at Fremont Park. Find details for upcoming shows posted on each city’s website. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing—The amazing, inspiring story of the last great leader of the age of Antarctic exploration. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride—A melting pot neighborhood of African Americans, Jews and Italians unite over a shared cause. Set in the 1930s. Sidetracked—Inspiring, compelling and visually stunning journal for the adventurer in you— sidetracked.com WHO KNEW? When Andrew Luck came to Stanford to play football under Jim Harbaugh in 2008, he was already known as a promising quarterback. After a highly successful 2010 season when the team went 12-1, it was widely expected that Luck would enter the NFL draft. Instead, Luck finished 2011 with a spectacular 11-2 season and set multiple Stanford records. His professional career was successful, though injuries led to an early retirement at age 29. Coming full circle, Luck is now back leading the Cardinal as the team’s general manager. Well Read Unscramble A SN ACSOIFRCN SNAGT I Finally, some half-baked advice: If you ever get caught sleeping on the job, slowly raise your head and say “Amen.”
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