Eggman? Behind Waterworks – Tallahassee, FL – October 20, 2017
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Eggman? Behind Waterworks – Tallahassee, FL – October 20, 2017

This crazy remnant was loitering on the wall behind Waterworks, what could it be?  The last time I was in Waterworks it wasn’t even yet Waterworks, it was still the old Kent’s Northside Lounge.  And I was only there a couple of times, my old-man-dive-bar back then was the Office Lounge, and while Office Regulars (of…

Gum/candy Machines – Zaxbys N Tallahassee – September 29, 2017
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Gum/candy Machines – Zaxbys N Tallahassee – September 29, 2017

Ah, the old wall of candy and gum machines!  There was a bank of these inside the Roses store in DeLand (it wasn’t a “discount” outfit then, it was still middle-of-the-road, I’m sure it was…) when I was a kid that I would covet over for hours (OK, I’m sure my dad only let me linger…

Alcove – Old Tallahassee Mall – August 31, 2017
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Alcove – Old Tallahassee Mall – August 31, 2017

 On North Monroe Street in Tallahassee there used to be an enclosed mall creatively called “The Tallahassee Mall”.  It was the second of three malls that used to service the Capital City (Northwood’s being the first, and Governor’s Square being the younger, and bigger brother).  When I was first in Tallahassee for my two years…

Sweet Shop – Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL – June 22, 2017
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Sweet Shop – Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL – June 22, 2017

It has probably been 25 years since I stepped foot into the Sweet Shop across from the FSU campus, and while a lot has changed at FSU over those years there’s a lot of the 96 year old Sweet Shop that is still the same.  I was disappointed to see that the juke box which…