We keep having these magical weekends.
Yesterday Tom and I drove through the countryside to two estate sales, some yard sales and I found 3 Fiestaware cups (lovely Evergreen ones) for fifty cents each and matching plates and the perfect little bookshelf for our front porch.
I'd asked Tom to build one for me just the day before so, hey, I made his life easier.
And then we went to Reid's. Or I should say, and then we went back to the 1950's. Wow. How have we missed this place all these 17 of our New York years? I mean, they have $1 hamburgers, $1.25 hot dogs, $1.10 French fries and shakes are $2.00 or less and an indoor dining room with retro Reid's photos and with a big window overlooking the woods and outdoor tables. The building is from 1946 and is in a country-ish setting and well, it's our new place. Not that we need to visit there all the time, but hey, it's perfect for our yard sale weekends.
It's yet one more retro destination which zooms us back in Time. And you know? We've discovered lots of those here in Western New York, but the hilarious thing is that, according to newspaper journalists, magazine writers and old friends these old vintage drive-ins with food at cheap prices Do. Not. Exist. They're gone forever just like women who wear aprons and happily live as homemakers and families like June Cleaver's and farmers with white farmhouses with barns and stone fences.
Well, we're being lied to by cynical people who don't get out much.
I see all these things constantly--they're still around for me and for anyone with the gumption and optimism to find them. Which makes me wonder if I'm being fed this type of news from ignorant, biased reporters, how many other lies am I being told and how are they affecting the way I view my world?
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4 comments:
I loved your line: we are being lied to by the people who dont get out much". made me laugh. cant wait to have
a magical day again myself..
so true so true so true! we have reached a point when we must watch minimal news to have an actual understanding of the world. as for those urban legend women in aprons, put me on the list!
Loved your post today. Linda and I like to drive through sections of the country that are far from big cities and look for the old country stores and diners and relish the moments we get to browse and enjoy seeing things for sale that we have never seen before. We will continue to search for these treasures.
Odie
Visited MANY lovely places like that in Wisconsin this week.
It's ALL still there, if you are adventurous enough to look.
I looked. I loved it all!
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