PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM 19 JULY 2025 + 31 DAYS + POOL TIME + OUR 84TH ISSUE {quickpunch} Start Up + See red, white and blue fireworks to celebrate our nation’s birthday, July 4. + Our largest planet, Jupiter, lines up for excellent viewing on July 13 and 14. + Watch your favorite NBA players shine at the All-Star game on July 15. + Don’t miss Filoli Family Nights every Thursday and Friday throughout July. Venture Out + DIG into spicy, satisfying bowls of beans at Palo Alto’s annual Chili Cookoff on Independence Day, July 4. paloalto.gov + DEVOUR a hearty pancake breakfast in downtown Redwood City on the Fourth of July. Continue the day’s revelries at the biggest parade in Northern California, and stay for the chalk art festival, classic car show and drone light show set to music. parade.org + SWISH, sniff and swirl at the Wine Walk in downtown Burlingame on July 31. burlingamedowntown.org How half of a year passes so swiftly makes time seem like an illusion. Yet here we are, basking in the sun and going on vacations, walking our downtowns in shorts and T-shirts and looking for opportunities to dive into refreshing swimming pools. Carnivals and art shows abound, and dining al fresco makes for more relaxed, longer conversations as we enjoy the nature around us. Take a day and go for a long hike or head to the coast and feel the refreshing spritz of the cold ocean spray. Just don’t forget the sunscreen. “July is a blind date with summer.” —HAL BORLAND welcome back
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