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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 14h

Last day before heading home and last library too. Of course this is the mother of all libraries for anyone who needs to do research involving city directories. I try to get up here twice a year. It helps that there's a Portillo's here…

Allen County Public library. Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Driving through cornfields on Highway 41 this afternoon, I was feeling (but not dressed) like Cary Grant. I would've been very nervous if a cropduster had flown overhead.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Another day, another library.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I had four priorities for Springfield. This was at least three of them.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Route 66 Experience at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

And how does Mark Twain factor into all this? I made a detour through Hannibal, Missouri, and the whole episode happened in front of his childhood home. 3/3

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I headed back to my car, where I had Neosporin and large Band-Aids in the trunk. I did my triage and then closed the trunk. With my car keys inside it. So I had to find a friendly locksmith to come save my life. 2/3

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So the story I teased earlier: I was taking a picture of an incredible jewelry store façade. I tripped when I stepped off the curb, fell onto the pavement, and made a bloody mess of my knee. Interestingly enough, my phone happened to snap a picture of the pavement just as I landed. 1/3

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I've actually taken tons of photos in Kansas City over the past few days. It's much more fertile ground for supermarket relics than St. Louis. May be a bit before I get them posted though. But here's some dusky neon for your Sunday night.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I only regret that I had no train to catch.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Apparently it's a good day for old Safeway signs…

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Troost Ave, KCMO. The fact that someone actually rehung a historically accurate Safeway sign on this old Safeway (in the past year or two, apparently) fills me with glee.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

File under "Encounters I didn't have in Kentucky and don't really want to read about in Missouri"

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Centennial A&P, Manchester Rd, Brentwood (or vicinity) MO.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Another day, another library. And this one had Diet Dr Pepper!

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The giant Amoco sign that ate St. Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kroger (I assume again), Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

National (I assume), Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Antique mall that used to be a greenhouse Kroger? I'm there! Treason Ferry Rd, St Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

City Hall was looking especially haunted last night.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Managed to spend just two bucks at the antique store...

Two promotional buttons from Dierbergs supermarkets

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Presumably National, Morgan Ford Road, St. Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Want to make a lot of friends? Wear a Piggly Wiggly T-shirt to a history museum.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Montgomery Ward, Belleville IL. It's a carbon copy (though slightly smaller) of the one in my hometown.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Another day, another library.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A stroll down Delmar Boulevard in University City.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that I'll be skipping the breakfast buffet at the hotel tomorrow...

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Schnucks, South Broadway, St Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kroger, South Jefferson Av., St. Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Almost certainly a National but I'll confirm that when I have a chance. Saint Charles Rock Rd., St. Louis.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This arch will never always be bigger than Trump's. Which may explain a lot.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another day, another library...

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jeffersonville IN. Same vintage and also still selling groceries.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Probably should've eaten breakfast here but I didn't have time. And the neon would have been less impressive in the daytime.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This one is one of my favorites (I've visited before). It opened as an A&P in 1939 and somehow managed to hang on until 1982, when the current occupant took over. It's on Taylor Blvd in Louisville across from Churchill Downs, and it's basically kept the neighborhood from becoming a food desert.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In case you were wondering what a Krispy Kreme is SUPPOSED to look like...

Krispy Kreme with neon sign, Louisville KY

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When in [the general vicinity of] Cincinnati...

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In one of my many native habitats...

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In honor of College Radio Day, please enjoy this picture of the back of my head from more years ago than I am willing to admit.

Two turntables and a (not visible) microphone

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom.

University mascot who bears a striking resemblance to Marvin the Martian.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been driving by this building my whole life and almost every day for the past 10 years or so. The cleaners finally closed recently and I'm afraid it's not going to be there much longer. It's a fairly unremarkable building but I'll miss it.

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Groceteria @groceteria.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I assume this morning's fog (which doesn't photograph very well) is designed to coordinate with my brain fog from getting less than four hours of sleep last night.

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