There are no private airstrips in Palo Alto, but five are located within 30 miles of the city center. Moffett Federal Airfield Airport (no website; Airfield M/S 158-01, Moffett Field; 650-604-5050) is the closest to Palo Alto, located five miles east in Mountain View.
Weber Grills: Mostly Made in America by Private Equity. Sixty-one years ago, George Stephen got tired of wind and rain messing up his cooking on an open-air grill, the main barbecue tool of the day. He grabbed a buoy made where he worked, Weber Brothers Metal Works in Illinois. He sliced it in half and fashioned a tight-fitting dome lid.
[Photograph: Weber] If you want a family-sized charcoal grill for less than $200 that can cook anything and will last forever, the Weber Original 22-Inch Kettle Grill is it. When George Stephen, Sr. introduced the Weber Kettle in 1952, he set America's backyards on fire. Today's design is not far from the original, and it is by far the most popular backyard grill in the world. For searing, Weber Kettles put most backyard gas grills to shame.