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Tour: The Last Great Estate on the Peninsula

An 11,000 square foot house with 20 beautifully decorated designer rooms, situated on a 21-acre estate, all in our own backyard.

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Decorator Show House

  • Tuesday, May 21; 10AM - 4PM
  • Free Shuttle Transportation to the House at 3674 Sand Hill Road, Woodside
  • Visit one of the last great estates on the Peninsula: an 11,000 square foot house with 20 beautifully decorated designer rooms, situated on a 21-acre estate with breathtaking vistas in Woodside, CA. This is the first designer home event on the Peninsula in a decade; you won't want to miss this one!
Entertaining and Interactive Conductorcise Event
  • Wednesday, May 22; 2PM
  • Moldaw Residences in Palo Alto, 899 East Charleston Road
  • When you mix music, physical activity, mental endurance and fun, you get Conductorcise.  After 60 years as a professional musician, David Dworkin, will bring this unique way to exercise your mind and body in a special Conductorcise class that’s free and open to the public.  Participants will hold a baton, stand up and mimic Dworkin’s exaggerated movements of a conductor.
Downsizing Your Home?
  • Wednesday, May 23, 10:30AM - 12PM
  • Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park
  • Friends of Allied Arts presents "Downsizing Your Home?" with speaker Maria Quinby from On the Move Relocation & Design Services. To reserve send a check for $20 payable to the FAA to: Anita Douglas, 501 Portola Road #8180, Portola Valley, CA 94028.  $20 with reservation; $25 at the door. For more information, call Anita Douglas Email pscbdc@aol.com. 
Book Signing- Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School
  • Thursday, May 23 7:30pm
  • Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  • Remember reading Catcher in the Rye and Pride and Prejudice at school? Would you read them again now that no-one's grading you, just for your own enjoyment? Author Kevin Smokler guides you through 50 books commonly assigned in high school English classes and shows you why you'd probably enjoy rereading the same books as an adult.


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