I Love Dogs

I was raised with 3 of them.  They were a huge part of my life.  Now, when dogs are around, I have a hard time socializing with humans.  Here are some pictures of a friend’s dog who does a terrific job of making me anti-social.  

Thrifty’s Ice Cream

This San Francisco Chronicle article just had to be shared.  Thrifty’s was a huge part of my childhood in Southern California.  It was a simple drug store like Walgreens or Longs Drugs but they had this little ice cream counter inside.  Oh, the twenty-five cent scoops, the cold, sugary smell of the freezer, how it stung your tongue to lick the cold jagged chocolate bits in the mint chip, the cute mini malt balls in the Chocolate Malted Crunch … what a memory.  I agree with everything the author of the article says about the whole experience.  By the way, I think Thrifty’s is just a West Coast thing, so for anyone who’s not from here, next time you’re around I’ll buy you some.  (Thrifty’s no longer exists, but you can find it at some Rite-Aid stores — for local folk, go to the one in Corte Madera’s Town Center).    

Just to prove to you how well loved this place is, when I googled “Thrifty’s Drug Store” one of the very first sites that came up contained this comment: 

Subject: Thrifty’s Drug Store

06/20/05 at 2:52 am

Does anyone remember these stores? It was a drug store but they sold alot of different items. They also had an ice cream section where you could get a single, double, or triple scoop of ice cream. It was really cheap, but the best ice cream in the world. I usually only went there for the ice cream. The last time I seen a Thrifty’s was in 1991. Does anyone else remember them?

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