The Giant Food store, now located in it’s own building in Bailey’s Crossroads, used to be on the other side of the street where the big Chinese restaurant is. Before it was a Chinese restaurant, it was a “supper club” called The Place Where Louie Dwells, which, as a kid, always seemed a little creepy to me. I think I equated “supper club” with a place where people had orgies. Ah, the 70s…
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I shouldn’t have had that big ol’ cup of coffee an hour ago.
It’s a good thing I don’t handwrite this blog.
January 20, 2004
Little things make me happy
I’m very grateful to companies like Banquet, who still put little compartments in TV dinners – so that the gross peas don’t mingle with the mashed potatoes.
May 8, 2003
The Circle of Life
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September 18, 2005
Where was “The Place Where Louie Dwells”? Is the Chinese restaurant still there?
It was on Jefferson Street in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. I think the Chinese place is still there, but I haven’t been there in a few years since I moved to California…