Great, now I'm going to be thinking about the Tennyson Street of my youth, walking to Alcott School (now Caesar Chavez Park), lime cokes at Dolly Madison, fist-fights between the public school kids and the Holy Family (Homely Family?) kids, my brother walking over from Skinner Jr. High to tame the Porter brothers zeal for hassling me, my friend, last name Ballast, yes that Ballast of cheeseburger fame (I think), Eaker's where I purchased my first button-fly Levis, THE music store, Flescher-Hinton, Elitch's...Damn you Adam, I won't be able to get much work done today.
I lived on South Josephine Street between Kentucky & Tennessee. South Gaylord was where I got my first job cleaning up at night in a beauty shop when I was in 7th grade. My best friend & I walked to work at night & smoked Parliaments. Lenz Drug was there complete with soda fountain…. don’t remember the name of the theater, but I remember making out with my boyfriend in the last row!! A lot.
Now the old neighborhood is rife with poptops & Gaylord ‘shopping center ‘ is….i don’t even know! I know how you feel. It’s hard to watch.
Great, now I'm going to be thinking about the Tennyson Street of my youth, walking to Alcott School (now Caesar Chavez Park), lime cokes at Dolly Madison, fist-fights between the public school kids and the Holy Family (Homely Family?) kids, my brother walking over from Skinner Jr. High to tame the Porter brothers zeal for hassling me, my friend, last name Ballast, yes that Ballast of cheeseburger fame (I think), Eaker's where I purchased my first button-fly Levis, THE music store, Flescher-Hinton, Elitch's...Damn you Adam, I won't be able to get much work done today.
damn. that sounds incredible.
I lived on South Josephine Street between Kentucky & Tennessee. South Gaylord was where I got my first job cleaning up at night in a beauty shop when I was in 7th grade. My best friend & I walked to work at night & smoked Parliaments. Lenz Drug was there complete with soda fountain…. don’t remember the name of the theater, but I remember making out with my boyfriend in the last row!! A lot.
Now the old neighborhood is rife with poptops & Gaylord ‘shopping center ‘ is….i don’t even know! I know how you feel. It’s hard to watch.