Do you have a few things that you have all but forgotten about, but then out of the proverbial blue you run across it… and then all those feelings come rushing back? And how you feel like you’ve just unearthed a little jewel from your past?
I recently had one of these moments.
While driving down I-94 near Kenosha, there is an old-fashioned A&W Root Beer Stand, complete with heavy, frosty mugs of my favorite kind of root beer AND… you can even choose to be served IN YOUR CAR by a car hop!
You see, when I was a little girl, there were a couple of places in the little town where I grew up that you could get “fast food.” One of them was the Tinkertot, and the other was the A&W Rootbeer Stand. I’m not sure if it was the fact that I was with my Grampa when I was there, or if the novelty of waiters on roller skates tripped my trigger, but I LOVED that place.
And all those wonderful memories? They flooded my senses when I saw that A&W right off the freeway last week.
It was about the time we needed a bite to eat, so we decided to see if it was really as fun as it used to be. In this, I have to give Hubby lots of credit: he wanted to go inside and eat, but I wanted to order from the car and see if a tray of food could actually successfully hang on my driver’s side window.
Have I mentioned what a good guy Hubby is???
Anyway, I don’t know that the girls were anywhere near as impressed with it as I always was. Maybe that’s because, living in a metropolitan area, there are fast food options as far as the eye can see. Maybe they were too tired.
But no matter. I was in heaven, and my family was putting up with my nostalgia. What more could a girl ask for!?
Lest you think I’m making this all up, I did take a couple of photos. (From the driver’s seat of my van with my cell phone – so don’t pay much attention to the quality of these pix.)
Waiting for the Carhop to Pick up
Look at All The Cars!
Got a place, an occasion, or something that opens the memory flood gates for YOU? I’d love to hear your stories – leave a comment or send an email.
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