I know, you were expecting something gritty, or maybe some math, after the last post. Too bad. You come here, you get what I serve.
From today's Strib:
Just in time for the holiday shopping season comes Sugar Sugar, which celebrates sweet teeth of all stripes. Baby boomers will get a kick out of owner Joni Wheeler's small but tempting array of long-forgotten goodies: Good News and Oh Henry! bars, Mallo Cups, French Chew taffy and Black Jack, Fruit Stripe and Clark's Teaberry chewing gum. Big glass jars are filled with a variety of alluring edibles, including a large licorice assortment.
Fantastic. I am a licorice addict.
... Aside from a vintage See's Candy poster, another lovely touch is the change-filled jar next to the cash register.
"That's the tax fund," said Wheeler, explaining that her burgeoning after-school crowd hasn't quite figured out that buying a dollar's worth of candy actually costs $1.08, which is why she encourages her grown-up customers to toss a little change into the "fund" and cover the 8-cent difference. Sweet, right?
Yes indeed -- this place sounds like a great addition to the neighborhood, and she's well placed for children walking to and from several neighborhood schools -- there's a Catholic school steps away, for one thing, and it's not far from a couple of public schools. I'm going to have to tell my kids to gather up some of their spare change and take them somewhere for a surprise.
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