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1,400 acre Foothills Park is open to Palo Alto residents and their guests. It consists of 15 miles of hiking trails, lake (fishing and boating is permitted), picnic and camping area. The land of Foothills Park was sold to city of Palo Alto by Dr. Lee founder of Palo Alto Medical Foundation in 1958 on the condition that it be preserved as open space.

Did you know that about half of California is prime mountain lion country! this link explains what you should do in case you encounter a Mountain Lion.

Which movie character does this figurine resemble?

Answer: V for Vendetta!!

Shab-e Yalda is an Iranian festival celebrating the longest night of the year, that is on the eve of the winter Solstice (Dec 21st). On the night of the festivities, the fire keeps burning, water melon, pomegranate, and dried fruit are served, people recite poetry and play music and celebrate the rebirth of sun.

Zwarte Piet (meaning black pete) is a companion of Saint Nicholas in the Netherlands on his holiday travel when he distributes presents to all good children. The character of Zwarte Piet is increasingly controversial, which is often similar to blackface and can bring similar social consequences. It is funny how such characters that show a form of prejudice and promote negative stereotype are still common in countries like Netherlands.

This is the newly built Metro in Tehran. At the moment it has three routes.

I had a trip to Bazar Tehran shopping for a Tabriz rug!

And here is our family complex building that my brothers are building.