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Watch Jamis McNiven, owner of “Buck’s, Woodside” talk you through just a few of the bizarre relics on the memorabilia-encrusted walls of this magical eatery with tales of the historic deals done at his tables
This is an all-too-brief but entertaining and enlightening video interview of Jamis by Robert Scoble, starting at a table with an ‘early nineties eureka moment’ involving Hotmail.
Here is a little of what Wikipedia has to say about the mind blowing catchment area from which this establishment draws its local clientèle:
Woodside is among the wealthiest small towns in the United States.
Some examples of the people who live there:
Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore’s Law
John Thompson, CEO of Symantec
Neil Young, rock singer, who owns a 1500 acre ranch there
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple has a house there, but actually lives in Palo Alto
Shirley Temple (nowadays Shirley Temple-Black) legendary child actress, then US ambassador
Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, and her husband David E. Kelley, producer
Thomas Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems
Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit
John Doerr, venture capitalist
Dr. Carl Djerassi, novelist and member of team that developed the birth control pill
Kenneth Fisher, investor, Forbes columnist, author, and local historian
Susan Dawson, philanthropist
Joan Baez folk legend and Woodstock performer
1950s country music icon Tennessee Ernie Ford lived in Woodside for many years until his death
Koko the gorilla who was taught in American Sign Language also calls Woodside home
