All together now
Just returned from a wonderful getaway to Ashland, a peaceful world of parks, artists and an Elizabethan theater to take your breath away. Near as I can tell, Ashland has only one Starbucks -- banished to the edge of town, three stories underground, just across the California border -- and nineteen independent bookstores on every block. Heaven. The best place was a combination bookstore and antique shop, where we couldn't decide which to covet more, the rare tomes or the vintage musical instruments. We bought a harmonica.
I like this combination idea. I think it would play in Palo Alto. A few ideas:
- An Izzy's Bagels-slash-pedicure salon. Be pampered while you nosh. (Most popular nail polish colors: purple onion and lox trim.)
- A Palo Alto library branch in Watercourse Way. Because we all like to read in the tub.
- A Creamery counter in the Palo Alto Art Center. You could distract yourself from your milkshake brain freeze by looking at the art. And the IDEO exhibit would inspire you to redesign everything. French fries should be shaped like gladiolas.
- A restaurant hybrid: Madison and Fifth-slash-Antonio's Nut House. Because it would be funny to watch the pretty people trip on peanut shells.
posted by Rebecca at
3:08 PM
3 Comments:
Art and food have been connected for a long time. In Russia, they have drinking goblets made out of animal horns that have been coated with some type of sealant and capped with metal at the sharp point of the horn. Each one I saw was a work of art in itself. Here is an example from Finland made out of glass. What's the advantage in making a goblet out of an animal horn? Besides looking great, it's impossible to set your drink down - you can't balance the horn on its point. And who wants to carry around an empty glass - great excuse to drink!
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Anonymous, at 10:30 PM
Very cool. I once interviewed an artist, Harriete Estel Berman, who made metal sculptures that looked like teacups. Here's the Weekly story. Art and food, art and drink -- ah, it's all connected.
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Rebecca, at 10:57 PM
If only nailpolish fumes weren't so noxious, the bagel and pedicure idea would be a real winner.
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Noah Zabar, at 3:00 PM
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