Homesick
Yes, Kate---Happy Birthday, are you finally joining the ranks of us old folks (being 26)?
There was this great little piece in the Washington Post today, and it made me homesick...
It's funny how attached we get to the names of businesses around us...I've tried to explain what it meant in 7th grade to have a "Britches Backpack" or that everyone I knew went Homecoming dress shopping at Hechts or why I sometimes slip and say Erol's instead of Blockbuster...
And it is just plain weird to have Waulbaums and Stop & Shop instead of Giant...
But anyway, after reading the little article I am now just a bit homesick for all things DC area that are distinctive...
posted by Melissa @ 7:21 AM
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we had a Filene's Basement near my mother's house in jersey. i didn't know it was a boston based thing. it's weird seeing things that you didn't grow up with. i'm used to wawa's and food lion's, but we didn't have those in jersey. and they don't exist in nebraska. they have russ's, and kum n' go (or stop n' go, depending on the owner realizing how profane the first name is, i guess).
anyway, i will email later about my nebraska adventures. and yes, i had a happy birthday. :)
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