Note: Click here to read the first part of this story. Sharon paused in the midst of comforting me as I lay sprawled on the skating rink floor, not quite certain that she had heard me correctly. “The naked man? What naked man?” Just then , […]
Summer, 1974. Or thereabouts. It was either that summer or the next, making me either 9 or 10 years old. The exact time frame is a little hazy, but I remember a certain song playing on the radio all summer. A quick check of the Billboard charts […]
Note: Although I highly recommend each of the books in this ongoing series, these posts are not meant to be highbrow, clinical dissertations on the works in question, with scholarly commentary on thematic greatness or the brilliant use of a split infinitive in the fourth paragraph […]
The concept: A friend of mine challenged me on Facebook to name 10 books that have stayed with me over the years. Just the title and author, move on to the next one. But since I don’t follow directions very well sometimes, I couldn’t do the […]
1. Lik-A-Stix So you had this thing with three connected pouches, filled with what was essentially flavored sugar, and then this long, flat “stick” that looked like somebody had stepped on a piece of chalk. You took the stick, you picked a pouch, and you shoved said […]
McDonald’s was the pivotal food-purveyance establishment where all the young uns developed life-long addictions to fried, processed, protein-void food that would ensure we would grow up to line the pockets of the healthcare industry. (We didn’t know squat about “healthy eating” back then. When you were hungry, you […]
Casa Bonita was essentially a Mexican restaurant masquerading as a theme park. It was a cavernous place that seemed to go on for miles, with multiple seating areas that had individual motifs going on, like “village square” and “tropical garden”. The absolute best place to sit was in […]
Shotgun Sam’s was a pizza place that bravely made the attempt to delight both the youngsters and the older folks who had produced those youngsters, planned or unplanned. It was also one of the few places that Grandpa Lageose would bless with his approval, as he was one […]
Borden’s Cafeteria was one of the finest food emporiums ever, at least in my limited-view childhood mind. At one point, there were multiple locations, but we only ever went to the one at Sheridan Village. The thrilling allure of this particular venue was that you could drive up […]
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