Dotty Parker

home town sights

In my travels these past few weeks I've seen some mightily interesting things. Although I've not had my camera with me the entire time, there were a few choice sightings that happened to coincide with the possession of my camera.

Although I don't like the reason I was in Moravia, I do like this grocery store sign.

As you can see, it has the charm of some kind of retro chic with the tragedy of actually being truly retro, worn out, and ironic. Nevertheless, it is cool. It's like having a sign for Space Mountain and the Kitchen of the Future. Yeah.

Then, two days ago, I was driving and saw this restaurant.

I suppose I'd never really thought people would advertise their restaurant this way. I was thinking that they'd never get people in there with a name like that, but then I thought, "Who wants to eat food made by some skinny fool?" Also, who's afraid of the Fat Boys? They were a rap group, right? Did one of them die semi-recently amid scandal and confusion?

Given the overwhelming number of while people around here, though, it's highly doubtful that a black, aging rap group would be serving ribs in upstate New York. Yes indeed, highly doubtful.

This one, though, is for BellyRub.

I had just driven by Fat Boys when I saw Homer Wash. I thought, "Oh! BellyRub needs to see this! Needs to needs to!!!'

I imagine Homer Simpson being hosed off and waxed in one of those car wash bays. So sassy! So waxy!

Why the name? It just so happens that the town was Homer, NY. I guess they clean the whole town. They're so good there--wanting to take care of the whole town. So nice.

We love Homer Wash.

Posted by dotty at May 16, 2004 08:22 PM