Bob Howard's General Store
So who knew a postcard could cause so much excitement?
It can when the postcard looks like this:
Bob Howard's General Store is a retro candy store. They sell toys and "old candy", i.e., items that were common in the 1950's and 1960's, but are difficult to find these days.
Drew has been a loyal customer for years, but I went to Bob Howard's for the first time last February. You can read my post here. I wound up with an assortment of candy that included Mallomars, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Bonomo Turkish Taffy, a candy necklace, Good & Fruity, Bottlecaps ...
Our visit last year coinsided with "free egg cream day." An egg cream is a beverage that was once popular in the candy stores and lunchonettes of New York City. It's made by mixing Fox's U-Bet Syrup (no other chocolate syrup will do) with cold milk and seltzer. It's very frothy, very refreshing, and very nostalgic.
Well, a day or so after I received my birthday card, Bob Howard's posted on its Facebook page that the annual "free egg cream" day would take place on Saturday February 9.
It was a bit chaotic in the store. Customers were treated to free egg creams, gummy bears, pretzel rods, and popcorn served from an old fashioned vending machine — the young woman serving the popcorn kept feeding dimes into the machine. I picked out a lot of nostalgia ina candy wrapper — a Sugar Daddy pop, Bonomo Turkish Taffy, Charms, rock candy. When I paid for my candy, the owner added a few additional items — gummy butterflies, a Mallowmar, a candy necklace, and Necco conversation hearts. And for my birthday, a wooden triangle game. It felt like I’d knocked five decades off my age.
It can when the postcard looks like this:
Bob Howard's General Store is a retro candy store. They sell toys and "old candy", i.e., items that were common in the 1950's and 1960's, but are difficult to find these days.
Drew has been a loyal customer for years, but I went to Bob Howard's for the first time last February. You can read my post here. I wound up with an assortment of candy that included Mallomars, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Bonomo Turkish Taffy, a candy necklace, Good & Fruity, Bottlecaps ...
Our visit last year coinsided with "free egg cream day." An egg cream is a beverage that was once popular in the candy stores and lunchonettes of New York City. It's made by mixing Fox's U-Bet Syrup (no other chocolate syrup will do) with cold milk and seltzer. It's very frothy, very refreshing, and very nostalgic.
Well, a day or so after I received my birthday card, Bob Howard's posted on its Facebook page that the annual "free egg cream" day would take place on Saturday February 9.
It was a bit chaotic in the store. Customers were treated to free egg creams, gummy bears, pretzel rods, and popcorn served from an old fashioned vending machine — the young woman serving the popcorn kept feeding dimes into the machine. I picked out a lot of nostalgia ina candy wrapper — a Sugar Daddy pop, Bonomo Turkish Taffy, Charms, rock candy. When I paid for my candy, the owner added a few additional items — gummy butterflies, a Mallowmar, a candy necklace, and Necco conversation hearts. And for my birthday, a wooden triangle game. It felt like I’d knocked five decades off my age.
Read about "egg creams" in novels--one of them might have been "Portnoy's Complaint." They sound wonderful. I'm nostalgic about something I'll probably never have.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect birthday celebration.
ReplyDeleteLooks like items from my childhood.
ReplyDeleteI recall going to mom and pot store and they had these mini wiener candy about two inches and flavor was cinnamon and I believe they were two cents each.