CELERY STALK RESTAURANT

West Springfield, MA - I've been past this restaurant many times but I never stopped. I finally stopped to take these photos but it was closed. I had it in my head that this was a vegetarian restaurant but as you can see from the menu it is a Sandwich, Soup, and Salad restaurant...with and without meat. I would like to go inside one of these days, I bet it has real character.


For those of you outside of this area, a grinder is a submarine sandwich, a hero, or a Hoagie; depending where you are from. I have no idea why we call it that.


I just love this sign, I really like the little guy in the truck. I wonder how many years it has been in the window?

THE FRIENDLY BARBER SHOP

West Springfield, MA - I was walking around West Springfield looking for some interesting things to photograph and I saw this barber shop. It looks like it was there for years and other buildings were built around it. I just wonder what they mean by traditional and modern haircutting? With or without gel? That reminds me of a story. When I was in college I had the 70's long hair, well more of a bush than long. My parents were coming to visit me so I decided to get a haircut. My father always cut my hair so this was the first time I had been to a barber. The barber asked if I wanted it styled? Not knowing any better I said OK. Remember this was the 70's so I ended up with polyester hair, it was crisp. Well that did not last long, I never liked gel or spray. My thinking is if I need any of those things to keep my hair in place the barber did a bad job.

HOME MADE SIGN

West Springfield, MA - Someone put this sign in the back of their car with a nice sentiment.