Menlo Park resident Michael Rosenthal likes to describe himself as “wide in many things and deep in a few.” He played both music and water polo while at Stanford where he was initially premed.
However, we weren’t there to talk to him about medical device development, but rather a newer pursuit that further widened his capabilities — his talent as a chalk artist. How he was “discovered” and later created the chalkboard menu at Freewheel Brewery is a story in itself.
“I was at my sister Ellen’s and had lost in Karaoke Revolution,” he recalled. “I wandered over to a chalkboard and started drawing. Tom Bucka [the son of Freewheel Brewery partner Larry Bucka] thought I was some urban, late night chalk artist. I got this email from Ellen saying these guys who were opening a brewery were interested in me doing their chalkboard menu.
Like many of the medical devices D3DC is developing, the next iteration of the chalk art menu is top secret.