Who could resist? They were meant to catch the eye. Perhaps the most notable thing about any of the Doggie Diners was that 10-foot-tall, 300-pound, grinning dachshund sporting a white chef’s hat. His bowtie so jaunty, his wide-eyed, pointy-nosed grin so . . . odd? OK, oddly charming. Maybe inviting, I guess. “Hot dog, Coke,…
Tag: 1970’s
Trompe L’ Oeil and the Palo Alto Street Art of Greg Brown
It was such fun living in Palo Alto in the 1970’s—in the “pre-Silicon Valley-era” before real estate prices and greedy ambition rarified the place forever. Downtown Palo Alto was just a cool place—small and totally walkable . . . a mix of funky shops, book stores, coffee and tea shops, fancy clothing and jewelry boutiques mixed…