Food + Beverage

A LONG TABLE ON RAMONA

How David Linares and Elizabeth Reviriego built the Spanish dining room they could not find anywhere else in Palo Alto. Article and Photography by Twelve years ago, David Linares and Elizabeth Reviriego met in London. They were Spaniards working in other people's restaurants, far from home. They opened a place in Madrid. Then they came to California and built their own on Ramona Street. David and Elizabeth had worked in hospitality since they were teenagers. He started at sixteen. She left...

Fitness

Callum Parker | Kalos After Cambridge

From a Cambridge scholarship to a storefront on Forest Avenue. Article and Photography by At seventeen, Callum Parker won the Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship to Cambridge. The Wellington newspaper called him a maths whiz. He read economics at Gonville and Caius. In his final term he tried running, set strong times almost immediately, and was on the New Zealand World Athletics roster soon after. In July 2021, racing for the silver fern, he ran 800 meters in 1:55.49. He was twenty-three. He had...

Fitness

Taekwon Kids

How Master Chin turned a dream into a dojo that funds programs around the world. Article and Photography by In 2000, Master Chin Sonu first brought taekwondo into mission work. The trip was a short-term church mission to a small town called Chinle, about four hours from Tijuana. He had been a software engineer for a decade and teaching taekwondo on his nights and weekends nearly as long. On the trip he assisted an older taekwondo master through a week of classes for the village children. The...

Style + Beauty

THIS IS WHERE I TAKE HER

Ellie's standing list, for the friend who comes once a year. Article and Photography by I have friends from all over the world who come to visit me in Palo Alto. This is mostly because I’m such an advocate for the Bay! Over the years, I’ve built a perfect little running itinerary for when someone's in town. It’s less a list than a route. Where we start. Blue Bottle on University on a Saturday morning. I grab a matcha and we sit outside on the patio to catch up. A walk worth taking. ...