Comments on: San Diego Day -1

By: Dave Land

Dave Land — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:45:48 +0000

Ah… That’s fine with me though. I try to avoid anything cooked in an “Old Factory.”

By: ed

ed — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:41:04 +0000

Dave— but not till AFTER the Con’s over: it’s due to be reopened in the Fall…

By: Dave Land

Dave Land — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:54:28 +0000

I heard the Spaghetti Factory was back…

By: Synsidar

Synsidar — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:20:39 +0000

Rexall’s is/was a franchised chain of drug stores.

There are still Rexall Drug stores; MapMuse said 130, but that’s probably an underestimate, since the ND stores weren’t listed. The Rexall Drug in McVille, ND was one of my main sources for Marvel comics back in the ’70s.

There are still variety stores, in the form of dollar stores.

SRS

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:02:42 +0000

Rexall’s is/was a franchised chain of drug stores. I remember them in Omaha… one had a soda fountain, and all had 1940s neon signage. They gave out S&H green stamps. I guess the New York equivalent would be Love Stores.

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a variety store graveyard…where the last copy of an item to be sold in a discount/variety/five-and-dime found its way there. Just follow the neon signs reading Woolco, Turnstyle, Woolworth’s…

By: mark coale

mark coale — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:29:39 +0000

as i mentioned in one of the other threads, the amount of froo froo restaurants that have sprung up (NOBU!) is amazing. A local friend was explaining to me while at the padres game that much of it has to do with the guy who owns the baseball team and how he owned much of this land down here and that’s why the park is here and the resturants and so on.

Is it wrong that I miss the Spaghetti Factory?

By: T.Cypress

T.Cypress — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:53:17 +0000

Have a GREAT time!! I’m looking forward to photos. Hope it’s not TOO crazy for you, and Hollywood hasn’t ruined it yet