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End of the End Cafe

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End of the End CafeThe original pen & watercolor is in the artist's private collection. Contact the artist. for potential purchase. A Powerful and Dramatic End Painted on location in the rain in March 1983, this pen & ink watercolor captures the tense moments as powerful wind driven waves battered the Huntington Beach Pier, with the End Cafe ready to fall into the ocean at any moment. Early that windy and wet March morning, I had emerged from my 5th & Walnut corner

The original pen & watercolor is in the artist's private collection. Contact the artist. for potential purchase.

A Powerful and Dramatic End

Painted on location in the rain in March 1983, this pen & ink watercolor captures the tense moments as powerful wind driven waves battered the Huntington Beach Pier, with the End Cafe ready to fall into the ocean at any moment.

Early that windy and wet March morning, I had emerged from my 5th & Walnut corner studio/home adjacent to the old Surf Theater planning to run an errand in the Ford pick-up. Turning the corner from Walnut on to 5th St., I couldn't believe what I saw. Huge waves were crashing up and over the pier's end. The churning, dirty, green brown sand filled "white water" raged along the pier's underside as it rolled to shore, tearing away pilings and leaving the End Cafe dangling precariously, ready to fall into the surf at any moment.

Seeing this I immediately returned inside to get my oil painting gear and set out to capture the scene on a Masonite panel from the old upper parking lot. People lined the high ground sand waiting to see what would happen as the exploding and surging surf carried water and pier fragments towards them as pieces were carried up to pools that had formed behind them as far inland as the bike path. An NBC News Bell Jet Ranger helicopter hovered for hours with the camera trained on the scene, hoping to catch the moment when the pier would give way and the historic restaurant would crash and sink into the pounding waves. It would fly away for a few minutes, and then return to wait, and wait, all the while buffeted by the turbulent air.

After painting for two hours while struggling with the wind and rain, a tornado-like waterspout suddenly passed overhead and launched my paint box, easel and weighted umbrella that flew over 30 yards away. Already soaking wet from wind driven rain, I had grabbed the panel just in time and saved the painting. After gathering up the broken paint box (my first ever paint box from 2nd grade - that was then repaired) and other pieces, I went back to the studio and returned to the scene in dry clothes with my watercolor set, capturing the piece seen above while standing wrapped in a raincoat.

But the End Cafe held on through the day and remained on the pier as the storm subsided. Yet the damage was so severe that the old restaurant would have to be removed and replaced by a new End Cafe that was not so lucky. In January, 1987, one month after I finished my painting of the old Huntington Beach Pier, a storm blew in and the new End Cafe and part of the pier completely disappeared overnight. All that remained of the restaurant were chunks of wood strewn along the beach."

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I love how it’s a good size for my pug it is easy for her to play around with. I had stuffed animals for her to play around with but it looked so silly to watch her play with something that is 10 times as big as her 😂. I had to buy her these toys and she seemed so happy when she first got them. It was so funny and interesting that she had to chew all three toys and decide which one she liked. At first she decided to play with the rope toy and she liked the rope toy, then she got curious with the rubber toys. She has decided that the rubber toys are her favorite and I’ve tried to engage with playing with her with the rope toy. She gets more interactive with the rubber toys! She also looked so relieved while chewing them so that’s a plus!
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Dog loved, started to break down after 10 minutes.
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I don’t know why it’s so difficult to find a quality teething toy that won’t begin to break down within (in this case) the first 10 minutes. I have a 17lb, 5 mos old Bernedoodle and she’d broken two pieces off the snout in 10 minutes and tried eating them. Yeah, yeah, they’d most likely pass - but this shouldn’t happen with a product specifically sold as a dog chew toy and listed for teething. On the plus side, she loves it - but I can’t obsessively monitor her every second of her teething either. Hit with the dog, frustrating for the ‘parent’.
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Immediately calmed my Bichon Frise puppy who is going through a tough teething & nipping phase ... None of the other teething toys were really engaging him, so as a result he would get restless and start biting at air, lol. This worked immediately at keeping him occupied and content. It also freezes great for him to cool his gums after a nap. Get this teether, you will not regreat it!
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Good for Teething puppies
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After getting my fingers chewed and bitten by my new foster - 8 week old Yorkie , I was desperate to find good teething toys. Fortunately this one arrived quickly. Turned out to be very good for teething puppies! Charlie loves this cooling stick. Once it’s frozen, the cold really seems to soothe his sore gums. The icy part doesn’t stay frozen for long, but it works so well that I bought a second one to keep ready in the freezer while he’s working on the first. Even after it warmed up, he still enjoyed chewing on the soft stuffed part and the tentacles. The product card says not to use it as a chew toy, so supervision is a must, but it held up just fine so far. Overall, this has been a big help during the teething phase — short-lived when frozen, but very effective while it lasts! And worth every penny to save my fingers from being a chew toy.
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