July 09, 2007

Watermelon Days at Nugget


Our local grocery store, The Nugget, has always mounted interesting seasonal displays. Tonight, I spotted this bed of a pickup truck heaped high with watermelons. I wish I knew where they get their antiques. The beer, for example, is displayed inside a really old icebox, and their soaps in an old footed porcelain bathtub.


We give the store lots of business, because we feel they offer the freshest produce as well as an eclectic selection of common and regional items, including fresh papayas and pineapples from Hawaii (at $5 per fruit). The staff is known for its friendly customer service, and regular shoppers are rewarded with discount coupons a couple times a year and with a free poinsettia plant at Christmastime.

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