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signs of life in dania beach
Did we mention no fishing of any kind? And no fun? (We use hyphens whenever and wherever we feel like it. And sometimes we like to make one word into two. All spelling conventions are arbitrary.)
signs of life in dania beach
Welcome to the beach! (As always, we have trouble here with spelling and apostrophes.)
signs of life in dania beach
Where spelling doesn't count.
no quarter
Inscrutable sign at Sushi Thai on the beach.
signs of life in dania beach
A sign at Publix. So this is what husbands do? Note the requisite local respect paid to misspelling, unless Juan here refers to the-wife-by-the-hour's feathers and not her pipes.
no exit
Why I couldn't leave the movie theater last night.
eat at joe's
Sign outside Joe's Corner Pub in Panama City where the chicken wings are fabulous, the tattooed woman playing pool knows the lyrics to every song on the juke box, and you can cut the smoke with a butter knife. What is Joe trying to tell us here?
you say refrigerator, i say . . .
Signs of life in Dania Beach. On our wonderful Publix bulletin board. Before the word refrigerator, there was the word refrigeratory, "an appliance used for cooling or freezing," as in: "The refrigeratory is working and no damage to the cargo is anticipated." Times, Sept. 10, 1906.
signs of life in dania beach
We can't spell here. From a sign on the Publix bulletin board.
signs of life in hollywood, fl
Seen in an alley off Federal south of the Circle. Sure he can't spell, but you know what he's talking about.
vigil store
The Vigil Store, Chimayo, NM, where we buy our chili powder and milagros.
st. blown apart
A sign in Holy Trinity Park, Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, New Mexico
signs of life in dania beach
Vacancy
formal wear
Melbourne, Florida
karaoke
Sign in the parking lot of Hollywood Liquors on Federal Highway.
furs
Sign in the French Quarter
why spelling counts
(thanks to Joe in Cheese)