8 May 2006 - Monday
The Great Longview Marketing Tour
Amidst the chaos of preparing for a wedding and a graduation, a few of my college friends and I found time last week to accomplish something we had wanted to do for years. Gallagher, Martinez, Wheeler, and I piled into a car and set out on the Great Longview Marketing Tour, documenting the quirky advertising we had noticed during our stay in East Texas. We'd been driving by these signs week after week for four years; we decided we had to share them with the world before we lost the chance forever.
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Haute cuisine.
A well-diversified company.
The scare quotes are a nice touch.
Shouldn't that be "SUB HCRUHC"?
I'm not entirely sure why I've always found this so funny.
Patent Pending.
Red-Letter Edition.
Xis-thirty.
We try not to speculate on the scope of "adult activity."
We always refer to this place as Coffin-on-a-Stick.
I didn't know the real name until last week.
I have never, ever seen any evidence that business is conducted here.
But the sign is always lit at night.
Get it?
In fact, this is a car wash.
But are gift cards only avali for Tue .ladies?
This sign frightens me.
Hey, Longview has some big bugs.
Particularly creative massage methods.
Owned and operated by Miss Easy.
Good ol' Neal.
A particularly comprehensive city orinance.
Nothing worse than unreliable music or tobacco products.
Just after I took this picture, two of my professors emerged from the building.
We figure they want to buy new faces for their current employees.
After I took the photo, a black lowrider pickup pulled out and drove by slowly, the burly driver staring hard at us.
Who wouldn't trust these people to paint a car?
Everything you need to drive for hours.
And, for the dénouement, we arrived back at the LeTourneau campus:
I still can't get over the fact that they're naming this the Belcher Performance Center.
Farewell, Longview. It's been fun.
| Posted by Wilson at 15:18 Central | TrackBack| Report submitted to the Life Desk
Yeah: hair, nails and car detailing with a tire business on the side. I've got a picture of it somewhere.
The thoughts of Vengeful Cynic on 9 May 2006 - 9:31 Central+ + + + +
We also missed "B.J.'s Quickie Foods" on our run, and didn't have time to go back and get the picture when we thought of it later.
The thoughts of Wilson on 9 May 2006 - 9:42 Central+ + + + +
Simply priceless!
And I noticed the "Coffin on a Stick" is conveniently located next to an "All You Can Eat Buffet." :-D
The thoughts of maman d'Ardith on 9 May 2006 - 9:45 Central+ + + + +
BEST BLOG POST EVER!!!! You finally did what I've wanted to do for years.
Oh, here, please do add this lovely sign to your collection:
FOR SALE
"or whatever"
Here's the photo.
I am certain I have a photo of the hail, nails, auto detailing, and used tire business somewhere.
Chong's Beauty Supply. Can't beat that. Oh, wait, EDR's Honky Tonk.
Oh, Longview, why are you so quirky?
The thoughts of eliot on 9 May 2006 - 20:27 Central+ + + + +
I happen to have several of B.J.'s Quickie, if you'd like them.
The thoughts of Shem on 9 November 2006 - 19:52 Central+ + + + +
If you've got any of them online, the link would go great here. I'm particularly fond of that sign.
The thoughts of Wilson on 9 November 2006 - 22:33 Central+ + + + +
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The combination of Music and Cigarettes has always intrigued me.
You missed the gem on Estes and 281- the combination beauty shop and auto detailer and something else that I can't recall right now.
The thoughts of Dunny on 8 May 2006 - 22:25 Central+ + + + +