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Corner of South Florida Ave and Beresford Ave
I’d forgotten about Friendly Way stores, and as best I can tell this may be the only one left. I’m pretty sure the convenience store on New York Ave just East of Blue Lake Ave, near where I grew up, was a Friendly Way as well, but that’s going back 30+ years. In any case, it’s nice to see this sign and store still hanging on.
On our way back north this weekend we stopped off for a few hours in DeLand, AKA My Home Town. The following are a few snaps I managed to get in between shepherding The Fam around the many small shops on Small Business Saturday, and of course a stop off in Bellini’s for lunch. I…
We’d done a final trip just prior to the Tallahassee, FL Toy-R-Us closing on April 22, 2018. Earlier this week I did another trip across town to get a look at the bare hull of the place. There is really nothing but the building left at this point, with the lone exception of a final…
A few snaps from our Thanksgiving 2016 trip to New Smyrna Beach (with the DeLand group to follow). We made a pilgrimage to The Bob Ross Art Workshop and Gallery, which was right next to the wonderful Schnaps ‘N Stuff and a brand new(!) Twistee Treat, still having the chocolate painted on! Right across from…
Well, we have evacuated Tallahassee for a few days due to the fact that it received a direct hit by Hurricane Hermine Thursday night and the local utilities are exhibiting exceptional incompetence in getting power back in place for over 80K houses. So we drove up 319 40 miles to Thomasville and wondered around the…
Sunday, May 29, 2016 I-75 Exit 404 18625 NW County Road 236 High Springs, FL 32643 This is a classic stop, mostly because it is steeped with that classic mid-70’s feel, which probably because most of the items in the shop look like they’ve been there since the mid-70’s. Tourists are lured in with the…
On December 31, 2017 ownership of Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant in DeLand, FL passed to new owners, ending a nearly 40 year era. My family has a close relationship with Won Lee’s from the very beginning: my dad and my brother helped renovate the building from Jimmy’s Highway Steakhouse into Won Lee’s back in the…