[identity profile] ghost-light.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
That almost looks like a Saurat painting
ext_8703: Wing, Eye, Heart (blackhat)

[identity profile] elainegrey.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
White tablecloth dining off I-95!

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha-- yeah!

[identity profile] planetgeorge.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)

I’ve driven past it several times. And even passed it on the auto train when I came to Florida in January. But I’ve never stopped there. Maybe on my way back north?

[identity profile] springheel-jack.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
basement of a VFW hall?

Also, "Mexican-Confederate Cuisine"? WTF

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I know!

You should stop, if only to experience it. And to tell us whether the sombrero room is still there. Back in the mid-'90s it was still much like it was in the '60s and '70s, or so it seemed.

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2020-08-11 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember now that some friends and I took footage for a film about driving south to that border to buy fireworks more potent than those sold in Maryland. Of course we took shots of signs for Pedro's. But one funny thing was that Virginia and NC had more impressive fireworks, too, so we were aware of the semi-pointlessness of the trip.

Anyway, the thought just had me looking up options for converting old video to digital. It might be fun to re-edit that movie as a look-back kind of piece. And to see the footage again.

[identity profile] peteralway.livejournal.com 2020-08-12 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Hah! I actually drove past the place on the way from Cape Canaveral to DC. We stopped for a few minutes, and I think looked around a bit for cheezy souveniers, but nothing grabbed us.

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2020-08-12 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
It's a cultural phenomenon.

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2020-08-12 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, I should be using this icon....