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riding (fox hunting in Ireland). You get the picture. The wife said that she had
had the opportunity to ride in a fighter jet in New Zealand and was looking for a similar experience for her husband. “But I knew that he wouldn’t want to
be taken for a ride. That’s not the way he’s wired. He would want to take the wheel.� Quite by chance, she met someone at a party who introduced her to
Peter Zaccagnino, a certified instructor who owns his own L-39 jet and who gives lessons in Heber, Utah. What started out as a gift
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of three lessons, at $2,500 each, has now blossomed into “at least 12 more, in which he has learned to take off, land and do all kinds of maneuvers,� she said. The couple, who decided years ago to give each other experiences rather than gifts, has also enjoyed whitewater rafting down the Carnali River in Nepal and private polo lessons in Palm Springs. Nine months before their 40th wedding anniversary, an Atherton glass collector decided to commission a piece for his wife from the glass artist Emily Brock, whose miniatures the couple had long admired. “The theme was four decades, so I told her I wanted to represent four places we love,� said the husband. The result is a sort of four-roomed glass doll house. One “room� is a fall scene in Central Park in New York, another, the counter in the Paris restaurant L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, another, the couple’s family room (including the miniature glass collection) and, finally, their as yet unfinished dream house in Martha’s Vineyard. “Emily was very clever in her execution, right down
MENLO PARK ACE HARDWARE GIFTS, GADGETS & MORE
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Coupon cannot be combined. No sales items. Not used for appliances or power tools.
Menlo Park Ace Hardware 700 Santa Cruz Ave. Menlo Park
650.325.2515
STORE HOURS: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 7:00pm Saturday 8:30am – 6:00pm Sunday 9:00am – 5:00pm
2013