diadelkendall - i was thrilled to see your haiku on the Big Store at Crystal Beach! My family had a house at Emerald No. 1 from 1974 to 2004. I never expected to see poetry about Crystal Beach. I loved Swede's Store when Swede still owned it, and Bay Vue Grocery was OK, but we all were so excited when the Big Store opened. What's it's real name, Gulf Coast Market or something like that? None of us called it anything but the Big Store. Thanks for rekindling memories. - Jill Scoggins, Louisville, KY
Dale's Mega Foods! Dad's
ReplyDeleteoffice, doughnuts, flick rentals,
liquor store inside!
There was a bagel
machine, and a cake photo
thing. Eat your own face!
Open every
day but Christmas and Easter.
Holiday quiet.
Target Superstore
ReplyDeleteLow prices plus relief that
It isn't Wal-Mart
FOR THE LOVE OF SHOES
ReplyDeleteShe was a high class
Dame,who sold shoes for a living.
He liked leather's smell.
He sat on a plush
Chair,listened to tux-man's piano.
"May I help you,? she said,
Simmering,loafer
Held aloft. Moroccan-kid
Intoxicated,
"I'll take it," he said.
"Wouldn't you like to try it?"
"Nordstrom's will return...
And so will I.Lunch?"
"Customer's always right."
He smelled like...new shoes.
Schwingler's grocery,
ReplyDeleteMilk, eggs, Bub's Daddies, Sweet Tarts,
Just two blocks from home.
was it Jean's or Gene's?
ReplyDeleteA long bike ride from the house
Closer than Bob's Drugs
Love Tuesday Morning
ReplyDeleteA store full of discount stuff
I can browse for hours
Curtains, dishes, toys
garden tools, cocktail napkins
you just never know..
like a dress-up trunk
use your imagination
the choices, endless....
The Thruway Market!
ReplyDeleteLoved it there, and now it's closed
Nothing lasts out there.
Wide-eyed I enter
ReplyDeleteTowers of stories surround
Sigh. Elysium.
Becky
There was a toy store.
ReplyDeleteI only know where it was,
what it held. No name.
Expensive sunscreen
ReplyDeleteAt the beach Piggly Wiggly
Moonpies, Cheerwine, joy!
Crystal Beach "Big Store"
ReplyDeleteIke only made it Bigger.
Don't forget Doritos!
Our store: Brooke Rental
ReplyDeleteDad built it up from nothing
Thirty Six years plus
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ReplyDeleteThe Container Store
ReplyDeleteNeatness is not my strong suit
But one can still dream
Dewey’s Bakery —
ReplyDeleteMoravian Sugar Cake
and other goodies!
. . . . .
Looked out the window
on the way to Mom’s office
to see the Bentleys.
. . . . .
The Deacon Shop serves
not the church but athletics —
our true religion.
. . . . .
Winston-Salem has
The Train Loft, models that say,
“Southern Serves the South.”
. . . . .
The toy store had tanks
and half-tracks behind locked glass —
all beyond my reach.
Allen's Alley for
ReplyDeleteFiesta Wear, videos,
sweets. Film Noir to Flectch.
diadelkendall - i was thrilled to see your haiku on the Big Store at Crystal Beach! My family had a house at Emerald No. 1 from 1974 to 2004. I never expected to see poetry about Crystal Beach. I loved Swede's Store when Swede still owned it, and Bay Vue Grocery was OK, but we all were so excited when the Big Store opened. What's it's real name, Gulf Coast Market or something like that? None of us called it anything but the Big Store. Thanks for rekindling memories. - Jill Scoggins, Louisville, KY
ReplyDeleteMerit woods on mack.
ReplyDeleteEvery Sunday go there and
Buy new york times. Mom.