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| Rattlesnake summit, Ridgecrest, North Carolina (near Black Mountain, NC) |
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| Brevard, North Carolina, about 40 minutes south of Ashville. Interestingly, Brevard, NC was named the "3rd Coolest Small Town In America" by Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine (September 2010 issue) |
I first stopped off at Rocky's Ice Cream Shoppe.
Rocky's is certainly an authentic 1950s Soda Fountain and Diner, the kind you might see in the movies. The restaurant is connected to a gift shop called "Old Bullwinkel's". Inside Rocky's were photos inside of Elvis, Marilyn, JFK, and Roy and Dale.
There used to be some "Woolworth" stores in Chicago years ago; I remember the sandwich shops that used to be in them. This reminded me of those days.
I thought about getting a chocolate malt, but what I really wanted was a scoop of Superman ice cream. Have you ever had Superman? It's just plain vanilla ice cream, but it has a buttery/nutty flavor and it's colored Blue, Yellow, and Red. This has been my favorite ice cream since I was a kid when I first had some on Mackinac Island, Michigan in 1985.
It's so hard to find; whenever I come across some I have to get a scoop or two.
Then when it melts it turns purple. Ha ha ha.
Next door is a nice little bakery and the bread in the window looks like the kind Aunt Bee might make.
Here I stumbled across a radio studio of WSQL with a DJ spinning gospel bluegrass tunes in the window; don't see that everyday. There was an old fashioned "CBS" microphone in the window, and you could hear the broadcast as you walked by the storefront.
Here is the town's little movie theater, the "Co-Ed Cinema". Nice to see veteran star Robert Duvall's name at the top of the marquee. I hear that's a pretty good movie, too.
Very Mayberry-esque downtown, evident by the "Mayberry's Soup and Sandwiches" eatery....
...and the O.P. Taylor's Toy store!!
Thanks for sharing your vacation photos. We stopped in Ashville, NC once on our way down to Florida for a picnic lunch. Wish we had known about Brevard. We could have stopped there. It looks like a nice little town.
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I like the older movies best. I just am not interested in what they're putting out lately.
Our son is in musical theater and he is performing in a show right now called "Mack and Mabel". The show is about Mack Sennett, the silent movie maker back in the 1920's and Mabel Normand, the actress. Good stage show if you've never seen it before.
Thanks for recommendation; not heard of this musical so will look out for it.
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