Fine Dining:  walking distance: California Avenue  driving: University Avenue  Museums:  Stanford's Cantor Museum and Rodin Sculpture Garden  Computer History Museum at Nasa-Ames Research Center  Intel Museum ­ Santa Clara  Tours:  Stanford Linear Accelerator Center  Stanford University Campus  Gardens:  Gamble Garden Center  Sunset Magazine and Gardens  Filoli Estate

Outdoors:  Stanford Foothills/The Dish: down Stanford Avenue  Rancho San Antonio Park:  Los Altos/Cupertino  Shoreline: Mountain View  Wineries:  Thomas Fogarty (Woodside)  Golfing: Stanford University Golf Course City of Palo Alto Golf Course  Emerald Hills (Redwood City)  Cinnabar (San Jose)  Children's Activities:  Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo  Coyote Point Museum ­ San Mateo  Children's Discovery Museum (San Jose)  Paramount's Great America ­  Santa Clara  Winchester Mystery House ­  San Jose  San Francisco:  45 minutes North on 101 or 280