Browsing the blog archives for May, 2008
Have seen the tenant build out underway for a few months and finally a banner announcing that a new Mexican restaurant would be opening in a little neighborhood shopping center. And finally last week they changed the banner to say “Now Open” and todays was our first opportunity to stop in and try them out. [...]
I barely remember a cartoon from when I was a kid called, Speed Racer. I believe it was one of those barely animated cartoons, where the face was big on the screen but only the lips moved for the dialogue. I wonder if it ever got fully animated for the kids of future generations? I [...]
Every once in a while if I’m out and about I run across someone special and have had to learn how to handle those brief encounters. I was at the vet with one of the puppies for his routine exam and shots, and ended up sharing the waiting room with Leon Russell. He was there [...]
When I was a girl, my father would drive to the service station and an attendant would come out to the pump, fill up the car for you, wash the windshield and offer to check the oil for you while the gas was flowing into the car. If your tires needed air, he would refill [...]
A friend of mine is a convenience store manager, on the morning shift. I see her once a week or so, and I try to make a point to buy a few things from inside the store in addition to buying my gas there, as she gets bonuses based on the sales from sodas, candy [...]