I went to Ohlones (yes, with an 'S') Elementary School, where Hoover is currently situated. I lived on Duncan Place from 1961-1965, when my family moved to Boston. Rationing water in the 70's during the drought years. Participating in a peace walk down University Ave. Lots of frogs (toads?) in my Crescent Drive back yard.īuying flowers from Mrs. Magnin, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Blums at Stanford Shopping Centerįun games of hide-and-seek at night on Crescent Drive. The trees burned down in a grass/house fire in the late 80's.
I was in the 8th grade at Jordan.Īrastradero road lined with eucalyptus trees. The day it snowed enough to build a snowman in Feb. Rapp's Shoe store with the electric train and talking myna bird. Fields herself worked there and cookies were only 25 cents each. Fields cookie shop at the Liddicoat's restaurant mall on University Ave. Liddicoat's Grocery Store (now Z Gallery) It's still there but I miss it - my parents sold it when they divorced in the 70's. near Waverley that sold delicious caramel corn and candied apples.Ĭrescent Park Elementary school (now a housing tract) Still, much has changed in the 30+ years I have lived here.Ĭandy store on University Ave. Unfortunately I was born after the fields and orchards had been developed - I would like to have seen that. I moved to Palo Alto in 1973 when I was 11 years old. My beloved house on Wellsbury Way that was build new for my parents for $28,000. Riding our Mini Bikes in all the empty fields on Middlefield Road Riding our Stingray bicycles down Matadero Creek You could play Karems or check out a red rubber ball and also put on plays) The Penny Carnival helped finance this. The Recreation Department’s Penny Carnival (Each elementary school – about 24 back then – ran a recreation department during the summer. The Recreation Department’s summertime event where all the kids would camp overnight at the Lucile Stern Center after playing all day and having a marshmallow cookout $4.00 tickets at Frost Ampletheatre to see Santana, Grateful Dead and Tower of Power Eventually, it became, of all things, an attorney’s office Poppycock on Cower and old Victorian house that used to sell candles, incense, “black light” posters.
The original Herbert Hoover on Middlefield Road across from SafewayĮddie’s Coffee Shop and their Milkshakes with the Mixing Container Empey died on Augin Los Angeles at the age of 76 due to complications following surgery for colon cancer.A&W Root Beer stand on Middlefield Road – where the Safeway is now For several years Empey coordinated outdoor performances with up to 40 Middle Eastern dancers.In the Gay Talese book Thy Neighbor's Wife, the story tells of a man who carried Diane Webber's nude picture in his wallet for fifteen years as his masturbatory fantasy. Lots of women and children enjoyed the shows. Empey's shows were extremely sensual they didn’t pander to the audience. Empey founded Perfumes of Araby, one of the first American belly dancing companies. She occasionally performed this dance accompanied by her top students and a band playing Middle Eastern music in public places in and around Los Angeles.
She also appeared on the covers for several vinyl record albums including Les Baxter's Jewels of the Sea, Sea of Dreams by Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich's Jazz For Relaxation, Chile con Cugie by Xavier Cugat and the RCA Japanese release of the Seiji Hiraoka & His Quartet album Bedtime Music.In 1965 Diane traveled to Sioux City, Iowa to testify at the request of a US attorney in a trial involving sending alleged obscene nudist magazines into IowaAround 1969 to 1980 Empey devoted her full-time career as a bellydance instructor at the now defunct Everywoman's Village in Van Nuys, California. Webber posed for many famous photographers such as Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Russ Meyer. Naked & Together: The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange, published by Elysium Inc in 1967, documented the Webbers' nudist life style. She later took an interest in nudism, appearing in numerous nudist magazines. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer.Empey took ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Befefi and later worked as a chorus girl at Bimbo's in San Francisco.
Diane Webber Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Marguerite Diane Webber AKA Marguerite Empey (July 29, 1932-August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress.Empey was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and soldier, author, song-writer, actor & movie producer, Arthur Guy Empey.Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956.