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The car wash in my hometown. When I was a kid I LOVED watching the cars go through. It was my late grandfather’s favorite wash spot.

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This sauce means more to me than any of you will ever know or understand.

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Most frequented liquor stores from my upbringing:

1. The Green Shack (jerky and candy... oh, and plane tickets!)

2. Jug & Jigger (more jerky and scratch offs)

3. Terry’s (tequila lollipops with the worm inside and always a bag of Hot Cheetos)

4. Valencia Market (they had all their p•rno mags just out in the open for all to see. Starbursts, 3Muskateers bars, and so much Arizona tea was purchased here. It was right across from the park behind my high school.)

5. La Bodega (so much wine)

6. P&J Liquor (pork cracklins and scratch offs)

7. Saver’s Market ( this one hits hard!! The owners were Mona and John. They were Korean, friends of my grandmother (who is also Korean.) It was right down the block from us. My uncle used to work there. We used to get giant pickles and my mom would get pickled pigs feet (🤢)

8. Jimmie’s Market (this one was in Muscoy! Bomb burritos, bomb pork rinds, and check cashing)

9. Clark’s Swing-In Market (this was by the skate park! Used to stop there waiting to pick my dad up from work)

10. Highland Market (2-liters and cheap plastic toys)

Honorable Mentions: Top Cat and C & H Driftwood Drive-Thru Dairy

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Noyes’, the little bakery we used to get my birthday cakes at and the occasional blonde brownie.

The historical bakery opened up October 4, 1924, by a then 36-year-old Wells H. Noyes during a time when San Bernardino city was experiencing a boom. Dick Noyes, son of founder Wells H. Noyes stated that his father, “bought a $5 oven he saw in someone’s backyard, built his own counter and used a muffin tin as a cash register,” when it all started. Other longtime resident Joe Doyle claimed to have recalled Noyes on the curb during the Great Depression, vending his baked goods from stacked orange crates.

I’m thrilled to see it’s still around! They’ll be celebrating their 97th year of business this October.

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Found this gem wedged between several other forgettable commercials in the Summer 2003 issue of “On Video.” I forgot that we made a very young looking @dshimizu do this ad. He was the new guy on the team so of course he said yes. Thank you Daniel. SB was just over a year old and we didn’t even have the “SB” logo yet. Pretty sure Whitey shot this ... dig the industrial track. Where is my mind? #SBarchives @thesecrettape (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmutTAgFD7K/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8g3c7u09qg3x