Monday, February 14, 2011

Etowah


Saturday afternoon my family & I (mom, dad, bro & sis) drove to the small town of Etowah, TN in hopes of finding discount shelves for my brother's gargantuan DVD collection. Apparently Etowah is the small town hodge-podge discount store mecca featuring returned, damaged, overstocked, expired items and products. Each store, a variety of sites/smells ranging from dusty baby wipes to old vitamins and sounds of cardboard tearing, plastic shuffling, people chattering while static-filled songs of drinking and heartbreak play in the background. Aisle after aisle of random junk piled in bins with no particular order. Cosmetics, cereals and snacks in flattened or torn boxes and bags....wow.....it was overwhelming. If you have severe A.D.D. I don't recommend shopping in good ol' Etowah. I personally made the mistake of buying toothpaste that expired in 2009 (does toothpaste go bad?). It was the Crest Advanced stuff too, you know the kind with maximum fluoride....darn, what a waste....oh and one more Etowah shopping tip, bring hand sanitizer (unless you enjoy that thrift store funk hand coating)


The town itself had a certain charm though, a quaint Mayberry feel to it. Can't say I'd enjoy living there but I do appreciate any town still thriving on "ma & pa" businesses. I definitely want to return with my camera. Until then I'll post pics I grabbed from the interwebs.

One last slice of Etowah joy to share involves Scotties Diner, Etowah's beloved greasy spoon. The restaurant's slogan, "Have You Eat Yet?", is largely written across the building sign...ha! I'm thankful my sister pointed this out or I would have missed it.

7 comments:

  1. What this love somebody well today stuff? Today is the best day for revenge ever!!!

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  2. Yeah, you'd better watch your back around 3pm.....and what's that have to do with Etowah?

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  3. Nothing to do with Etowah. I have never blogged before so fine have your revenge.

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  4. I used to go here to buy polaroid film packs !!! I haven't been in a couple years, but thanks for the reminder.

    There's also a crazy place up in Oneida that sells expired stuff like deodorant, toothpaste, ibuprofin, etc ... for $1 an item.

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  5. Hmmm not sure I know that place....always drive through Huntsville on the way to/from Big South Fork...love stopping at Flonnie's Drive-In, mmmm so healthy....I miss polaroid cameras.

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  6. No way - I live 10 minutes from Etowah now.. we go shopping there often - cheapest place in the world to buy errr..ahem.. feminine products. Among other things. There is also a Mennonite farmers market up the road from there just a bit. It's about the most fun you can have around here!

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  7. I saw some Mennonites going down the street in their wagon. There were two "Little House On The Prairie" chicks sitting in the back cramming Doritos! haha

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