Sober Selfies #7 (shirts required please)

MagicMama · January 30, 2021, 1:37pm

3 am wake up call, jasmine tea, journaling, and puppy snuggles. I see a nap in my future.

TMAC · January 30, 2021, 1:49pm

I meant to say, all I can think about when I imagine driving north is passing by the Kowloon! Actually that whole stretch of Rte 1, really, but the Kowloon is a north shore icon. I think the Hilltop Steakhouse cactus sign is still there, too, even though the restaurant closed like 10 years ago or more? I’m never up that way, but it was there last time I drove through about 2 years back.

JonyGarcia · January 30, 2021, 2:05pm

Thanks Jana!

Dragonflygirl82 · January 30, 2021, 2:16pm

Hehehe smart woman! Ya they are pricey but well worth it!

RosaCanDo · January 30, 2021, 2:18pm

I love your t-shirt! And I don’t know why because I don’t really like bananas!

Dragonflygirl82 · January 30, 2021, 2:19pm

Yes the cactus is still there… also the big orange dinosaur. Kowloons is definitely a staple of route 1. I recently heard they have sold the business and will be closing. It’s going to be so strange once it’s gone. Many memories spent there… plus the crab rangoons are to die for.

RosaCanDo · January 30, 2021, 2:20pm

Woooooo! Love the shirt!

TMAC · January 30, 2021, 2:30pm

We had our own Hilltop cactus on the south shore in Braintree, but it got taken down ages ago. At least a decade, but I’d estimate closer to 15 yrs now.

I read that too, but apparently it was misconstrued. The children of the family indicated they won’t be taking it over when the time comes, but it will be open until the parents retire I guess. No imminent plans to sell or close. Something like that, I think. Although an investor would be smart to buy it up and continue the business, they make a killing.

I’ve actually never been myself, just drove past it a few times but I really know it from when it was a constant staple on The Phantom Gourmet in the early days! Along with Fuddruckers.

MagicMama · January 30, 2021, 2:54pm

Amazing how a little caffeine and some makeup can transform someone from dead tired to awake looking… Off to a AA meeting, have a great Sat or Sunday depending on where you are at.

MrsOdh · January 30, 2021, 5:37pm

Thank you, it’s from H&M I had to have it. Bananas is my absolute favorite fruit, probably because that’s like the only fruit I can eat without getting some kind of allergic reaction I love bananabread, candy with banana flavor and so on as well. Family has turned it to an inside joke, every celebration I get something banana related. One year I got old Fyffes (banana company) commercial posters framed, they’re on my living room wall now. For Christmas this year I got locally produced banana marmalade.