There is this weird little shopping center I like to visit sometimes. It looks, I swear to God like the 1960's. It's not a neo-retro-cool place, it's real and old and a little gritty. There's even an Arthur Murray Dance Studio in it! Who knew Arthur Murray was still around?
There are probably about a dozen different little stores and shops. There's a locally owned, old as sh!t hardware and sports store. There's a liquidation shop with some of the most random stuff you'd ever want to see. It has some very nice antique pieces, furniture, frames, and jewelry. Then, just to keep it weird, they have literally barrels full of junk, shelves filled with old records and 8-tracks if you can believe it, car parts, clothes, nick-knacks, and so on. I have lost hours in that store just ogling at stuff. I've bought a few things too.
There is an old family owned Mexican Carniceria, who happen to sell the best cheese tamalies I've ever eaten.
And to top it all off, there is a bowling alley across the way. Not a whole lot has changed there, not for a long time. Next time I stop I'll take some pictures.
By the way, I discovered this place when a friend took me there for a Chinese dinner, at King's Buffet.