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Berkeley's Hippie Gypsy dinner (1797 Shattuck Avenue) recently celebrated a birthday. Now, if your café is called "hippie gypsy," what better way to spread the word than by staging a chalk-in on the sidewalk! 

(No, the restaurant does not serve mashed-potatoes-and-groovy.) 

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When it comes to political conspiracies, there's no better place to "walk the talk" than a public sidewalk. 

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At the Berkeley Marina, I came across this message chalked onto a paved walkway curving over the low hills. 

After puzzling over the sight, I imagined the following scenario: 

A young man, smitten by a special lady, invites her to join him for a stroll down by the Bay where he draws her attention to the clouds, the birds, and the view of the Golden Gate as he leads her to this spot. And then he stops, directs her gaze downward and says: "By the way, sweetchops, I worship the ground you walk on." 

And they love happily ever after….