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i_amthecosmos) wrote2009-01-12 12:25 pm
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Writer's Block: Shops Gone By
[Error: unknown template qotd]I miss the Woolworth's lunch counter, but not much else. I used to go there for a cheap meal and be the youngest person sitting at the counter. They had good fried chicken.
The businesses I miss most are the tiny, wacky ones. Craig Legg used to own a bookstore near my apartment in Southside that had a happy hour. Every Friday the real congergation would get a few six-packs from the store next door, and people would drink and recite their favorite poems. The "stage" for the poetry was a stepstool. If anyone does the history of bohemian Birmingham, they've got to mention that store.
The businesses I miss most are the tiny, wacky ones. Craig Legg used to own a bookstore near my apartment in Southside that had a happy hour. Every Friday the real congergation would get a few six-packs from the store next door, and people would drink and recite their favorite poems. The "stage" for the poetry was a stepstool. If anyone does the history of bohemian Birmingham, they've got to mention that store.
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I remember the best friend and I used to go there and eat all the time until they took it away. And I used to love getting my craft supplies downstairs at the one in town here. My favorite one was the big one in San Francisco.
*sniff*
I'm so sad. I go now.
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But honestly, for a couple of years the only place left to get decent fried chicken, done dark and crispy, was at the downtown Woolworth's. Chicken frying is becoming a lost art.
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Woolworth's was the only place to get good friend chicken? Really? Woman, you need to come back to California. We've got lots of good places here that do up good chicken. I'm making myself hungry.
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Next time you're out this way I'll take you to a couple of good places that'll hook you up with the good stuff.