20 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM deadliest shipwrecks—and to the lighthouse later erected to guide sailors home. (Page 114) Artifacts also offer a link to the past. Step into the studio of conservationist Alexandra Thrapp Pignati to discover how she and her team preserve paintings, sculptures, books and other precious works for generations to come. (Page 35) From preservation to creation, we spotlight the paintings of Roland Petersen, a major player in the mid-20th-century Bay Area Figurative Movement who recently celebrated his 100th birthday and continues bringing bold swaths of color to the canvas. (Page 106) Next, PUNCH heads to Hyperion, a Redwood City rock climbing gym, to get acquainted with the Peninsula’s active climbing community. (Page 70) Once you’ve worked up an appetite, check out Roger, a space-themed restaurant shooting for the moon (Page 79) or let Far West Fungi inspire your next home-cooked creation with a medley of mushrooms. (Page 88) Follow your curiosity through these stories and many more in PUNCH’s summer issue. Keep exploring, Johanna Harlow johanna@punchmonthly.com {editor’s note} curiosity wherever it led and never stop asking questions. History was taught to me and my brother the same way, and mom introduced us to the past through on-the-ground narratives. We examined the Lewis and Clark Expedition from the perspective of Sacagawea, their Lemhi Shoshone interpreter and guide. We considered Queen Elizabeth I’s cunning through the exploits of Sir Francis Drake, “the Queen’s Pirate” who plundered Spanish vessels on behalf of the English Crown. History wasn’t some graveyard—all dates and dust—it was alive. To this day, I’d rather take the plunge into history than keep it at arm’s reach. Don’t show me a war only by the number of its death toll. I don’t really care which day in April the Battles of Lexington and Concord took place. I’d much rather smell the gunpowder and catch flashes of redcoats darting through the trees. Let me feel the heft of a flintlock musket in my hands. Let me sit down to a meal of hardtack so tough it requires a rifle butt to break into pieces. Give me those sensory, human details in which I can immerse myself. In this issue of PUNCH, we won’t let history sit quietly behind glass. We’ll take you aboard the first locomotives as we explore the rise of trains in our region. (Page 46) Then we’ll transport you to the deck of a doomed ship on the eve of disaster as we explore the San Mateo’s Coast’s Learning has always inspired a sense of wonder in me. One of the earliest influences that fueled my inquisitive side was being homeschooled in my younger years. My mom, our stay-at-home teacher, believed in a hands-on education. One day, our classroom might be on the trails, learning about indigenous plants and wildflowers. On another, it might be in the kitchen, pan-frying cornmeal cakes while studying Native American tribes. A biology lesson could mean sketching jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. A geology lesson might involve trekking into Lassen National Forest’s famous lava tube with flashlights to marvel at the raw power of volcanoes. More than anything, we learned to follow PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF: MARIETTA ASEMWOTA
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