Old Stores And Stuff Like That

Old fashioned grocery stores, hardware stores and drugstores are cool in my opinion. When I run across one I try to stop and go in. If they serve coffee I like to get a cup and walk around. Sometimes it's easy to imagine what the atmosphere of that store would have been had it existed 50, 75 or maybe even a 100 years ago.
There were some cool old drugstores in my home town like Scotts, Hillcrest and Rolla Drug and another in my Mom's home town called Stewart's Drug. Stewart's Drug was old when I was a kid in the 60's and I know it was there way before my Mom and her friend Judy used to stop in for cherry phosphates after school in the 40's and 50's. I still recall the aroma of the place, the old booths, and the round spinning stools that were attached to the floor in front of the counter, and of course the big  Coca-Cola sign that hung on the wall, like they probably did in all the drug stores of that era.
I'll have to check in with our family historian, Aunt Dee, to find out when Stewart's Drug began operation. Maybe I'll find an old picture of Stewart's; if so I'll share it later.

Sorry for the tease on the old drug stores, but I didn't have a specific idea of what I was going to write about when I loaded this picture. The grocery store above is in Seaside, Florida. If you happen to be in the neighborhood stop in and tell them the guy from "Old and Ridiculous" sent you. My guess is they'll look at you like, "Who the.......?" I'll keep you posted.