i kicked something off my bucket list

i have a lot of things on my bucket list. on our honeymoon, i kicked "seeing wild horses" off the list and 90% of the other items are related to places I'd like to visit (Alaska, Belize, Italy, etc.) and things I want to do (go on a safari, hold a koala, thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, see a whale...)

however, this weekend in Cape May, i kicked something else off my bucket list.

i visited an old-fashioned soda fountain.

I get that this could seem pretty boring and maybe a little weird... but soda fountains are so symbolic in American history and pretty rare to come across these days. Not just any soda fountain, either. a legit in a drug store (or woolworth) soda fountain with men in wedge caps, singing and tossing ice cream in the air. (alright, maybe not that far...)
...I also love ice cream and firmly believe that I should have grown up in the 1950's. So you could get why I reallllllyyy wanted to try and find one of these. 

and here's how it went down:
...walking down a street in Cape May with my hubs and my inlaws when I see an old five and dime with the words "SODA FOUNTAIN." (O M G)..I walk in and there it was; right next to the silly putty and penny candy... my soda fountain.



the picture is a little grainy, since I took this with my blackberry.
didn't know if these gentleman would have appreciated having a photo shoot with me.


I have no idea how long I was in there for, analyzing every last item on the menu. Dreaming about sitting at the counter and ordering an egg cream.. or a cherry bomb.. or a raspberry lime rickey. the options are endless and if "Let the Good Times Roll" would have been playing, I probably would have never left.  

...but Bill eventually was standing next to me (laughing, of course) and said "I figured I'd find you in here. Do you want to get a treat?" ..I stupidly declined, because we hadn't had lunch yet. clearly, i have priorities. so sadly.. we left. but I have big plans to return to Margie D's Soda Fountain. Or maybe I'll go here in the meantime. who knows? i do know this....an egg cream is most definitely in my near future.