26 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {quickpunch} Dash to Dine + GYU-KAKU JAPANESE BBQ—Enjoyable Japanese barbeque where you get to play chef—319 S. Ellsworth Avenue, San Mateo + CETRELLA—Evoking its Mediterranean heritage, the team creates dreamy seasonal concoctions—160 State Street, Los Altos + BRITISH BANKERS CLUB—Don’t miss this delightful, historical restaurant with an extensive Scotch selection—555 Santa Cruz, Menlo Park Carpe Diem + GAWK at big blubbery beasts on Año Nuevo Coast Natural Preserve’s guided elephant seal walks in Pescadero. Your naturalist docent will take you on a three-to-four-mile hike along the sand dunes and explain all about these 5,000-pound creatures with comically bulbous noses galumphing across the beach. Walks are offered daily, rain or shine, until March 31. Make tour reservations at 800-444-4445. + TUNE IN for Dueling Pianos at Faith & Spirits in San Carlos every Friday and Saturday from 9PM until midnight. The bar serves classy cocktails to complement the live entertainment, so order a highball or martini, find a seat on the button-tufted sofa or a velvety chair and enjoy the show. If you’d rather put on a show yourself, plan a return trip for karaoke on Wednesdays. At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson— The esteemed author reveals the fascinating history of the modern home. Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream by Paul Adamson—Wonderfully captures the Eichler legacy and history with 250 photos. Architectural Digest (AD)—Still the standard for lovely interiors and stunning architectural masterpieces. architecturaldigest.com WHO KNEW? Bob Melvin, current coach of the SF Giants, was a true Peninsula superstar. At Menlo-Atherton High, he played basketball, golf and baseball—basketball being his favorite sport. The talented baseball player managed a .474 batting average in his junior year and an unbelievable .529 in his senior year. He was the second overall pick in the 1981 MLB draft and off he went to Florida, home of spring training for the Detroit Tigers. Well Read Unscramble LCDO ERUPRAETEMST Finally, some half-baked advice: Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF: NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES
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