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Photo of Paint Cans

I got my hair trimmed today in a small town about 20 minutes from where I live and then I drove around hoping to find something to photograph.  

I drove down a side road I haven't been on before and there was a Hardware Store with this photo on the outside.  I thought it was pretty cool. What a way to advertise a business.

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Free Repair

I think I saw this sign on a vacuum repair building, but I don't remember what it was referring to.  Maybe if you had a certain kind of work done, they'd do something else for free.  Anyway, I thought it was kind of interesting with the vertical black lines and then the blue letters.

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SODA district

This sign is at a business on the south side of Abilene, Texas.  SODA stands for "south of downtown Abilene", and it's a complete area that contains reception venues, bars, and other social gathering places. The sign is illuminated once it gets dark.

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Grace Museum Advertisements

There's a museum in downtown Abilene, Texas called The Grace.  It's a wonderful little museum and there's a playroom for the littles on the top floor that's quite impressive.

Outside and behind the building is this wall of advertising and to the left there's a parking area for guests.

I just thought this was really good looking so one day I made several images.  I like the others I took, but this is the one you get to see.

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Waco-Made Ice Cream

When we were in Waco a few weeks ago, some of us were looking for an ice-cream shop and we came upon this one.  The old bus was parked at the curb, advertising the shop.

We were not disappointed.

My heart is grateful that:

I'll be joining some friends tonight for a concert at the zoo.

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BOOKS    

There's a fairly new bookstore in downtown Abilene and the pillar in front of of the glass storefront has this word on it.  With this advertising, it's difficult to miss the fact that they sell books.

They have other activities there too:  book readings, book groups, probably book signings and I think they offer opportunities for small gatherings like showers.

There's a little nook inside where there's a desk with a retro typewriter and blank postcards.  You purchase the postcard and then get the chance to type your message using the typewriter.  How awesome is that!!

I'm thankful for:

pleasant history

Global Warming???

One of the first things I heard on the car radio this morning is that the northeast was being plummeted with, suprise!!!, snow. Just now Kristine told me that there was a Global Warming Protest March in Washington, DC--it got snowed on!!!

How awesome is that? God's sense of humor ROCKS!!

Okay, on to Cholo's. Last Friday, Jackie and I obtained permission to go there (Cholo's) this morning before it opened to the public to get some photographs of the interior. As we were happily photograping away, the manager came over and gave us a different story. Luckily we had been there for a while and were just about done.

Cholo's is the North Shore's Best Mexican Restaurant, according to the advertising--and it seems according to the crowds that you find there at almost any time of the day or evening, 7/days/week. It has quite the personality and seems to be the hot spot in Haleiwa. Think about the commercials for Olive Garden, and then mentally insert a Mexican theme, and there you have it!

Then we stopped at several beaches to see what was going on. Sorry about the snow in the northeast, but this is what we were dealing with on the North Shore.

Is there anyone in blogdom who can help me with that stupid underline thing that happens randomly???
Posted at 4:30 pm on Monday, Mar 2, 2009