That's a great age and you live in a great place for kids.<p>Some places to go:<p>- Coyote Point<p>- Happy Hollow<p>- City of Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo<p>- Ride the train or light rail<p>- Ride a bus<p>- The ocean (Santa Cruz, the boardwalk)<p>- Farmers markets<p>- San Francisco is full of great places, playgrounds, etc.<p>- Vasona Park in Los Gatos, great playgrounds and a train ride<p>- Stulsaft Park in Redwood City, for water play<p>Gymboree is great, although they start younger than two.. not sure when they grow out of that, you may be close.<p>Talk to her a lot. Explain everything you're doing constantly in full sentences as you go around the house doing even the most mundane stuff. Not using baby talk, just matter of fact talk, and not in two-year-old language, just normal language.<p>And get her to explain stuff to you, too. This is really fun, hearing what they have to say about things. You could do little interviews with her on tape every six months, and make an archive of her perspective on things. Have fun!