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Booming Back To Another Era

In early January, I wrote a blog post about my memories of a drive-in restaurant that went back to my days as a youth. The place featured the 19 cent beefy, you bought about three at a time and they were great to the palate of a sappy kid. You can see that blog post here.

I was at the barber shop the other day and the fellow cutting my hair asked if I had been to the new nostalgic drive-in that has recently opened in Ferndale -- a town a few miles north of Bellingham. I have not been to the new establishment, but this man proceeded to tell me how much fun it was.

The drive-in, called "The Sonic Drive-in" has a goal of creating nostagia by taking us back to an authentic 1950's/60's experience. That is apparent by the facade and it goes as far as wait-staff serving the cars while wearing old-fashion roller skates. We might title the Herald photo below as "oops."

Notice that these are not roller-blades, but skates with big wheels, hence we see a few accidents among this generation of kids. They were not raised with real roller skates. I am sure that the learning curve kicks in pretty quickly. Anyone who wants to learn more about this drive-in can find a number of photos and the whole story over at the Bellingham Herald.

Steven L. Smith

Bellingham WA Home Inspections

Posted Sunday Mar 01