PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM 21 OCTOBER 2024 + 31 DAYS + BOO! + OUR 75TH ISSUE {quickpunch} Start Up + Commemorate Italians and exploration on Columbus Day on October 14. + Baseball’s long season leads to the World Series starting on October 25. + Don’t miss the Dallas Cowboys coming to play the 49ers on October 27. + Decorate early for Halloween, which falls on a Thursday this year. Venture Out + MOSEY OVER to Woodside for the Day of the Horse, celebrating the region’s equestrian heritage with a community fair, a horse costume contest, a blacksmith demonstration and more, October 13 to 15. + DROP IN at Nightfall, Filoli’s Halloween event that includes a candlelit walk through the manor, jack-o’-lanterns in the meadow and “spirits” at Jack’s Bar by the firepits, October 16 to November 3. + CARVE OUT time for Palo Alto’s annual Jack-O-Jaunt pumpkin competition, October 25. Not so long ago, Halloween was just a brief speck on the calendar leading to the more important holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas. No more. Today, Halloween has reached Christmas-like levels of decorating and festivities. We just love the spooky day at the end of this month, when the weather has moved squarely into our version of autumn. The last hot September days are past, and cool temperatures force us to put away our shorts and pull on sweaters. Enjoy the start of the new season as you stock up on sacks of Halloween candy— and try to avoid too much sampling! “October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.” —JOHN SINOR welcome back
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