Tuesday, January 15, 2008
CONEHEADS
Everybody has a favorite ice cream place, or at least memories of one.Growing up in Framingham, it was Wallace's, a place reminiscent of Shady Glen in Manchester or Mortensen's in Newington.
My longtime fave is Four Seas, on the Cape, in Centerville.
I bring this up because my brother just emailed me the obit of the man who owned it for 41 years. The poor guy went skiing and did a Sonny Bono.
I didn't know him, but my family and I have known his place for all of those 41 years and more.
It was always a treat to pile into the Chevy Belair wagon and go to Four Seas ("Don't drip on the seat!!!"), and it still is now.
Except for the prices, I suppose, not much has changed.
It's one of the few seasonal business left on the Cape. Come Labor Day, they're gone.
High school kids still work the counter, little kids run around the pine-ringed parking lot with their cones, parents still scream at their kids not to drip all over the car, and the lines out the door are long.
And that's the best testimonial I can offer. It's the only place I'm happy to stand in a long line and wait.
It's a shared experience, and it's worth every sticky drip on a nice summer night.
Posted at 9:44 PM by Gerry
1 Comments:
Memories of standing in line on a warm summer night, holding my Mom's hand at the beach while waiting for a "soft-serve," will always be treasured memories...forever. Thanks Gerry. Made me smile!!
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