{"id":54709,"date":"2013-07-10T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T11:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=54709"},"modified":"2020-06-20T22:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T02:09:58","slug":"bubblegum-alley-san-luis-obispo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=54709","title":{"rendered":"Bubblegum Alley, San Luis Obispo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we&#8217;ve visited <a href=\"https:\/\/tripadvisor.mediaroom.com\/us-press-releases\">TripAdvisor&#8217;s Top 2 germiest tourist destinations<\/a> (the <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=54043\">Blarney Stone<\/a> and Seattle&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=31568\">Bubblegum Wall<\/a>), we thought it apropos to add a third to our repertoire: the Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo. <\/p>\n<p>This particular bubblegum wall pre-dates the wall in Seattle by many decades. It&#8217;s thought to have started after World War II by San Luis Obispo High School students looking for a unique graduation activity. <\/p>\n<p>Over the decades the wall has grown rather largely and messily. It&#8217;s interesting to see what people can create when they are given a stick of bubblegum and a bit of imagination. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s dirtier than the one in Seattle (no surprise given its age) but doesn&#8217;t smell as bad. It also makes me wonder what sort of information an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urban_archaeology\">Urban Archaeologist<\/a> could glean from this heaping mass of gooey gunk that came from people&#8217;s mouths.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-54709 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=54710'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sm-IMG_9482-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sm-IMG_9482-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sm-IMG_9482-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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