2003-05-13 8:36 p.m.
Things I'll Miss About My Soon-To-Be-Ex-Neighborhood: The Corner Store
Woohoo! I'm buying a house!
Not this minute, sadly, but I'm in the process of getting preapproved, and the mortage broker I'm working with assures me that it's totally doable.
Woohoo! I'm buying a house!
Again, sadly, it won't be in my current neighborhood, since the only thing I could afford here is a fugly '60s condo -- and since I'm anxious to be rid of my fugly '60s apartment, the condo option is a no-go. I won't miss the apartment a bit, but I will miss the neighborhood, and I will especially miss the corner store.
The corner store is an odd little hole-in-the-wall that is perfectly suited to filling the needs of a very ethnically- and economically-diverse clientele. Here's just a sample of what you can find there:
- Staples such as soup, beans, lunchmeat, frozen vegetables and dairy products
- Every kind of booze known to man, including a fine array of both real and fortified wines, malt liquor, hard alcohol of both high quality and the "easy pour spout" variety, and the local buppie microbrew ("imported from the soul"). Everybody loves drinking!
- "Et Tu Caesar" salad kit, with croutons, caesar dressing and "bacon flavored bits"
- Deodorant trees for your car
- Kraft Comida Maccarones con Queso. In any language, it's el quesosisimo!
- 100% natural, soy-based meal replacement mix
- At least six different brands of hot sauce
- At least six different brands of energy drinks (a la Red Bull)
- Microwaveable TV dinners
- Yuppie couscous mix