<i>This is a great shopping area with all the major stores.</i>

It is, one of the last great outdoor malls in the country. Has everything from Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom to Macy's to the upscale supermartket Andronico's, and everything in between. There's even a branch of the Creamery in the mall (I thought it was mentioned above, but can't find it -- its an institution in downtown Palo Alto - classic diner food). The mall is adjacent to (just north of) the Stanford U. campus.

It also has Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, Frette, Kate Spade, Cartier, Tiffany &amp; Co., Ermengildo Zegna, Armani Exchange, Wilkes Bashford, etc., etc...

I think the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, on Santa Teresa St. near Tresidder Union on Stanford Campus is a very interesting place to visit.

http://www.stanford.edu/~mjpeters/png/index.html

If the weather is nice, I would combine this with a $2 trip to the top of Hoover Tower (before 4) for a gorgeous view of the Peninsula, and a free visit to the Cantor Art Center and nearby Andy Goldsworthy installation of Stone River. Here, also, you can have a delicious snack at local favorite Jesse Cool's Cool Caf&eacute;, and see an outstanding collection of Rodin.

http://museum.stanford.edu/visit/public_tours.html

the rodin sculpture garden at stanford truly is outstanding.

I'm pretty sure the Rodin museum at Stanford has more pieces than any place in the world other than the Rodin Museum in Paris.

Kailani, every year I take my second grade students to the Cantor. Stone River is a favorite of most of the students.

sf3707,
you are right about the rodin garden.
when we were at stanford, we were told that the stanford collection was 2nd largest after the one paris.