wound up at the Colonial, whose glib, string-tied proprietor knew the reach of Route 62, even with Route 66 symbols all over his walls. “I just took three ton of stone up to that Minor Nursery in Amherst,” he said. “He ain’t paid me yet so I may go up and bring ’em ...
The Route 1 diner in Waldoboro ME dates back to a small food stand built and operated by Percy Moody and his family in the early 1930s. After many additions and updates it is still going strong today as a substantial restaurant with a menu probably far more diverse than it was in the ...
Hence the sausage (and a few more “world’s largest” landmarks to come). Erected in honour of a local food company (Stawnichy’s), the structure stands at 42ft in the middle of the little town of Mundare. Nearby is the flagship store for Stawnichy’s itself, and sampling the p...
In 1926, merchant Frank E. Pohl started his chain of “Giant Orange” stands along California highways. At that time, cars did not have air conditioning so hot drivers would stop for a cool glass of orange juice, and it was cheap. Ten cents would get you all the orange juice you could...
s tough to find grace for the ups and downs of parenting, when balancing job stress, financial stress, grieving, vision difficulties. I have not always had the reserves I needed for these stresses. My wife has not had the best of me, not by a long shot. There has been very little ...
On the last two days in Calexico I was offered to keep my truck etc on a street area by someone which was a set up, I then parked behind a Applebees in a good spot, I heard this from various people coming by or near me, 'The NSA says he is watching everyone thats why he is ...
If the magnificence of the Aetna has no value, then where does Gutman get off valuing the near-wreck of the Silver Top at $25,000? It naturally leads to the next question of who will lead the diner’s restoration? Had Pawtucket come to me, someone who intimately followed and documented...