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Penneys department store I remember shopping at for back to school clothes when a kid. If you wanted jeans or something and they didn't have anything left in your size, the saleslady would call around to some of their other stores to see if they had it, if so, get it sent over to pick up later...

In Petaluma, Sonoma county, there was a family owned grocery with a bar in the back. Kind of a gourmet Italian grocery, a real old place. with dark wooden floors. Used to be that here that you could stop in at a liquor store and get a glass of sake poured. People might have been doing a lot...

Self service gas stations have crept in, but still mostly full service. They give you a clean damp towel to wipe down the interior. Will clean your ashtray and floor mats if you want to ask them. The place I go to has three ladies working there, all very pleasant and hard workers, I've...

Mentioning France reminds me of this old coffee shop that used to be in the larger town over when I was an apprentice, and it was called "France". The owner I think fantasised himself as a Frenchman, always dressed in what I perceived as a Frenchman's style with an ascot in his collar. His...

My wife is up in the far north and I caught me a bad cold. The thought to go home and cook didn't seem too entertaining, so I drove by this little cafe place that i know and the light was on inside, though they were closed. The owners, a mother and her son, both up there in years, reside on the...