Places in the Neighborhood

23 thoughts on “Places in the Neighborhood”

1. i regularly pass dirtcheapmattresses

   i always think of a lumpy, dirty mattress someone put on the curb.

   there’s also king dong restaurant.

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2. House.Of.Stools…

   That wouldn’t be a bathroom fixture warehouse, would it?

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3. Or maybe a gag gift fake poop store?

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4. My favorite near my old job was B&E Discount Furniture, and on the same stretch of street: S&M Auto.

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5. In my neighbourhood there’s the very old and very sketchy Tender Trap restaurant (recently closed/condemned but the sign’s still there). I’ve often wondered about the story behind the proprietor’s choice of name.

   In Tucson, on Oracle Drive, is the No Tell Motel. Not much to wonder about there…

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6. My absolute favorite in my neighborhood is “Chinese Ho” That’s as good as it gets in the whitey rich suburbs.

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7. Yesterday I drove past “Decent Cleaners”. Well, at least this way it won’t be a surprise when your shirts come back with a button missing and the same stains as before.

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8. House.

   of….

   Stools? You are SO making that up. Seriously.

   seriously??

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9. bickers and bickers, attorneys at law

   no joke.

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10. In our neighborhood we have the T&A Laundry…

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11. All excellent. “Palace of Fine Junk” sounds classy. Around here my faves are: Super Budget Discount Savings and Fullworth.

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12. I can vouch for “House of Stools” (ew, that sounds bad). I’ll always have a place in my heart for two Seattle businesses: “Reasonably Honest Dave’s Used Appliances”, “Verna Beaver’s Designer Coiffures”, the “S&M Market” and one Tacoma restaurant, “Sar’s Chinese Restaurant”.

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13. My favorite local:

    “M.A.M.A. Low Cost Spay & Neuter Clinic and Thrift Shop”

    I don’t really want to know what they’re thrifting.

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14. I take the bus past Poon’s Mechanic Shop. I really should take a picture for proof. They also sell flowers as there’s a funeral parlor right next door. Yup. I’ll take a picture.

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15. How about “Everyday Ice Cream” on Geary/Stanyan. Its not amazing and delicious and memorable, its just “everyday”.

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16. You may not believe it, but there’s a “‘Lil Stool House” in our city. As if that’s not bad enough, their print ads feature an outhouse. I ask you this: how on earth could two different business’ come up with this name?

    http://www.stoolhouse.com/

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17. There is a store called MMM Carpet in Daly City, CA. I always have to blurt this out when driving by:

    Mmmmmmmmm, yummy carpet!

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18. What? No Spatula City?

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19. A slightly ghetto chain store in Western Washington: Stupid Prices.

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20. I feel cheated!

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21. To continue the ‘stool’ theme – the Buckaroo Tavern in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood sold t-shirts emblazoned with, “I rode a stool at the Buckaroo!”

    I am SO channeling my 10 year-old nephew!

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22. Dude. We have a Mr. Bar Stool by us.

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23. Somewhere near Denver, CO there’s a Big Beaver Liquors. No joke.

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