Views of the Neighborhood

~ John W. Howell

I had to make a run downtown yesterday, and as I was driving down the main street, I was struck by the number of sidewalk “sandwich board” signs there were. It also hit me that some them would make a pretty good post. So here is a sample of the signs that one can see in Port Aransas.

The first is for a restaurant. I have never eaten there, but the sign looks pretty inviting. It almost leads you to believe it is a free kitchen. (it’s not)

Moby Dicks

Then again maybe food is secondary.

Moby Dicks

This next one is curious

Henna Artist

Glad it is not Henna by a monkey. Also, notice the left leg of the sign. Clearly, the artist is not a carpenter.

Another curiosity

Ice cream

Is Tropical Ice Cream different from let’s say Antarctic Ice Cream? Maybe not as hard.

Now for the sin factor

Cigars

You can get it all here. (The lung doctor is up the street )

The next sign is a place where you can do pottery

Fire it.

I guess that is one way to sell the idea of working with a 1000 degree kiln

In Texas, we have a “Tax-Free” weekend where certain school supplies and clothes are state tax-free. The idea is to give parents a break on back to school items.

Tax Free

Unfortunately or fortunately silver jewelry is not on the list. (Nice try there retailer)

I like this one.

Sweet cheese

Has Eurythmics written all over it.

So that you don’t think all the signs are relatively culture-free here is one for our community theater.

Bye Bye Birdie

The final sign is in the “if you can’t beat them join them,” category.

Church sign

I hope you liked the sign tour.

48 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood”

      1. I think we’re all that way. We go elsewhere and never see the things at home. We decided to drag the camper to Craters of the Moon National Monument for that reason. We drive past, it looks cool, we never stop. Leave in a couple of weeks.

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  11. What a fun idea, John! Loved the signs. Even though they are text, I felt like I was seeing a lot of the island through them. LOL, love the cheese sign. I hope you’re having a sublime Sunday. Mega hugs!

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  13. Hi John,
    Yes, I did enjoy the sign tour. I knew that there are plenty and fanciful ones all over Port A. I don’ think we’ve ever eaten at Moby Dick’s. And we usually got our ice cream at a different place, too, I don’t really remember, though, where. I’m looking forward to our next time down there.
    Have a great week,
    Pit

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  16. Like the cheese one the best. I always laughed at a sign across from one of the high schools here – Tobacco, Beer, and Ham – all in one convenient location. Never really understood about the ham part.

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