If you have been reading along the past two weeks, you've heard me yakking for days about my "play" epiphany.

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If you haven't been reading along in the past two weeks, I had a "play" epiphany, and you can hear me yak about it <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/06/12/day-252-soul-explosion/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.  :-D

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Having been newly epiphanized, I scheduled a play date for Day 266.  I asked my friend, Brian aka Bry, to meet me at the corner of Central and Camelback in downtown Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.  Located at this corner:  <strong><a href="http://www.stinkweeds.com" target="_blank">Stinkweeds</a></strong> (indie record store -- CDs and vinyl),<strong><a href="http://www.smeeks.com/" target="_blank"> smeeks</a></strong> (candy and toys from GenXer childhoods and beyond), and <strong><a href="http://www.francesvintage.com/" target="_blank">frances </a></strong>(my new fav store that I mentioned a few weeks ago when I purchased <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/06/06/day-247-the-ring-did-mean-a-thing/" target="_blank">The Ring</a></strong>).

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Disappearing for the afternoon on a nostalgic trip down memory <del>lane</del> corner does wonders for the soul and the funny bone.

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And since (as you know), there must always be food involved in my excursions, Bry and I drove around the <del>lane</del> corner to <strong><a href="http://dollarjoe.com/marycoyle/index.html" target="_blank">Mary Coyle Ol' Fashion Ice Cream Parlor</a></strong>, Home of the $60 Sundae.  If you think I'm making this up, click the photo bottom and center.

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Since there was only two of us, we opted for individual sundaes.

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Have you hung out in any places of nostalgic whimsy lately?

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Did you open any fart cans?  Play with the etch-a-sketch?  Purchase any sparklers for the 4th of July?

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