tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post1937439948679889560..comments2024-03-27T05:18:44.187-04:00Comments on pORTcITYdAILYpHOTO: MarketBirdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634185585147630883noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-18396926390945002882013-03-08T06:56:28.190-05:002013-03-08T06:56:28.190-05:00I think you can till find a few of these small cor...I think you can till find a few of these small corner stores here, especially in the older, trendier neighbourhoods.PerthDailyPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077053209100022305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-89432360158497209572013-03-08T01:50:08.685-05:002013-03-08T01:50:08.685-05:00LOVE that... I'll bet they have good sausage.....LOVE that... I'll bet they have good sausage...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-24457645762843695472013-03-07T21:35:40.919-05:002013-03-07T21:35:40.919-05:00I wonder if the Carbone family is still around. We...I wonder if the Carbone family is still around. We have DiPitro's in SoPo, but it's not quite the same...Sketchbook Wanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-79648730076052583922013-03-06T22:33:21.911-05:002013-03-06T22:33:21.911-05:00I used to know someone with that name.I used to know someone with that name.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324315351283229508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-50453666249072520222013-03-06T21:52:08.109-05:002013-03-06T21:52:08.109-05:00Oh those sole proprietor stores -- great memories....Oh those sole proprietor stores -- great memories. A single old Italian lady ran the one in my neighborhood -- we called it Mary's store. Even carried credit if you needed it. Like the store photo! -- barbara Folkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-62348597046011659452013-03-06T19:53:53.189-05:002013-03-06T19:53:53.189-05:00Mmmm, I smell hot bread and ham and olive oil and ...Mmmm, I smell hot bread and ham and olive oil and . . .<br />Sharon Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297551991159941966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-53288911490953495482013-03-06T18:23:53.107-05:002013-03-06T18:23:53.107-05:00That is now my Desk Top background!That is now my Desk Top background!Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-82813298743344879582013-03-06T18:21:38.092-05:002013-03-06T18:21:38.092-05:00Universal and your own. Excellent post.....LOVE th...Universal and your own. Excellent post.....LOVE that pic of my past too<br /><br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> ~ > < } } ( ° > <3<br /> > < } } ( ° ><br />> < 3 3 3 ( ' > Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-77889396772894667652013-03-06T17:11:51.213-05:002013-03-06T17:11:51.213-05:00Bingo! I remember the freshly cut baloney. A scrum...Bingo! I remember the freshly cut baloney. A scrumptious smell in the brown paper wrapper.Birdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634185585147630883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-46019384336680961672013-03-06T16:09:51.840-05:002013-03-06T16:09:51.840-05:00When my sisters and I were little kids we had a co...When my sisters and I were little kids we had a corner store ritual. Our grandfather would take us almost every day to each get 5 cents worth of candy. We could get 5 penny pieces or we could get 1 five cent piece like a Hershey bar or Necco's. Imagine that, a Hershey bar for 5 cents. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-71597360174417507652013-03-06T16:09:30.765-05:002013-03-06T16:09:30.765-05:00I remember a corner store in Duluth, Minnesota. W...I remember a corner store in Duluth, Minnesota. We'd stop on our way to school and buy pieces of candy for 1 cent each. We'd also buy candy cigarettes. But they weren't as good as the real thing! ;)<br /><br />Lowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15305748075301453010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-11939572624545595642013-03-06T14:55:00.579-05:002013-03-06T14:55:00.579-05:00And the butcher cut the meat and wrapped it in pap...And the butcher cut the meat and wrapped it in paper for your mom , right?<br />VVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152464973355194995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-16562398841727552792013-03-06T11:44:42.149-05:002013-03-06T11:44:42.149-05:00our corner store had a great pop cooler that you s...our corner store had a great pop cooler that you slid open the top and then you found a whole tub of bottles sitting in water and ice. So cold and so wonderful on a summer day. Most of the old corner stores here have become residential.RedPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980471119229896414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-77330934169860025832013-03-06T10:57:14.027-05:002013-03-06T10:57:14.027-05:00I do remember corner markets but I lived in the bo...I do remember corner markets but I lived in the boonies so the corner was quite a way away!EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-34172212165668500832013-03-06T08:30:07.778-05:002013-03-06T08:30:07.778-05:00Colucci was the name of one of the most famous com...Colucci was the name of one of the most famous comic french artists , Michel Collucci, known as Coluche( died in 1986). Interesting to find that name in your neighborhood..Malysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08285965495493508425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-41357303167716361752013-03-06T07:58:54.201-05:002013-03-06T07:58:54.201-05:00The corner mom and pop store is alive and well in ...The corner mom and pop store is alive and well in México with a tienda or two in every neighborhood. Couldn't survive in that country without them. We lost something when these places slowly disappeared. I see them now and then in St. Paul in neighborhoods heavily populated by immigrants.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-68712386368781675122013-03-06T07:18:05.250-05:002013-03-06T07:18:05.250-05:00when we lived on the eastern prom i headed into co...when we lived on the eastern prom i headed into colucci's nearly every day. looks like you caught it on a snowy morning.brattcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382428477056833533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-88394031339481747822013-03-06T07:10:47.068-05:002013-03-06T07:10:47.068-05:00You're funny, Birdman. We had a family owned ...You're funny, Birdman. We had a family owned market near town, but it was a bit bigger than this. How on earth do you remember prices from so long ago? Your memory is amazing.SRQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10076279765970764962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-67374778247964464792013-03-06T06:37:03.297-05:002013-03-06T06:37:03.297-05:00A little eye candy, perhaps. A little eye candy, perhaps. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806671613875975371.post-38694166042927712192013-03-06T06:05:43.962-05:002013-03-06T06:05:43.962-05:00Candy, indeed.Candy, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com