Not all McDonald’s locations look the same. Some exteriors of this fast food mega giant are unique to there location. Some of these unique styles are gone and some are not. Here are some examples that not all McDonald’s locations are the same! (Side note in no way is this blog post sponsor by McDonald’s)

Roswell. New Mexico:

This McDonald’s is the only saucer shaped store front in the world. New Mexico is better as the Extraterrestrial state. It literal looks like you are about to enter the coolest spaceship that serves fries!

Chicago, Illinois- This McDonald’s had a rock and roll theme until 2017. It was one of the more iconic McDonalds and also produced one of the highest volume of customers

This McDonald’s had it own museum (the subject: McDonald’s of course!) and items owned by Chuck Berry, Elvis and other prominent rock & roll music icons. 

In the last couple of years they remodel this location to bring a more futuristic aesthetic environment:

Eureka Springs, Arkansas:

 This is one of my favorite locations in terms of the style. This style was chosen for it’s location to replica some of the Victorian architecture that the town has.  It reminds me of a doll house I used to play with at a neighbor’s house. This is the only pink trim McDonald’s with porcelain china in it’s windows that I know of. 

Orlando, Florida:

This is a McDonald I went to a couple of times when I was younger when my family and I would go to DisneyWorld. This McDonalds stood out in my head and I am sad that the exterior is gone. But I will have fond memories of going there and seeing the great tile art. 

I also remember ordering a pineapple pie from this particular location. Does anyone remember that desert?

Dallas, Texas: 

I remember visiting this one a lot when my family and I went on vacation. I tend to like the McDonald’s that have more of their iconic characters or what they are known for food wise. Plus the other half of this McDonald’s was a HAPPY MEAL!! This one 100% McDonald’s Americana filled with Ralph Lauren wallpaper and an awesome playground! 

Dallas, Texas:

This McDonald’s is also located in Dallas, Texas  across from the Dallas Zoo, and it is fully theme inside and out of ANIMALS!!! Some of the animals are posing eating some fries and burgers. Here is a YouTube video of a more in depth look of the exterior and  interior of this impressive location: 

New Hyde Park, New York:

This McDonald’s is dubbed the “McMansion of New York”. But it is actually called “The Denton House. This house was built in 1795 and when McDonald’s bought the property in 1985, they had every intention of tearing the house down to build a  standard location. However the townspeople of New Hyde Park intervene to keep the house standing. The townspeople and McDonald’s met in the middle and renovated the outside of the house and fix the inside for the restaurant.

There are so many other unique locations I might do a part two of this blog in a future post. Has anyone ever visited these locations or another unique one? Comment below!!

Until next time!!!

Hello everyone!!!

I decided to make a special blog post ten special Instagram accounts that I follow. With a lot of people being more and more in self-containment and bunker  mode for a while I thought to present a list of ten accounts that is worth a follow.

In no particular order:

@totallygourment

I found this Instagram account a couple of months ago when I was scrolling through pictures of vegetables.

I enjoy the sense of humor that this feed brings me and perhaps one day I made a face out of an apple and post it. But in the meantime I have this feed to get me constant inspiration.

@craigbartlett

Craig Bartlett Instagram’s feed brings back some fantastic cartoon memories and when I am having a tough day. He is one of my go to feeds to cheer me up!

@scifi_art

For the last decade or so I have been an avid fan of everything retro sci fi art. I believe that it takes a creative mind to depict a point of view of what the future holds. Scifi_art curated the most eye pleasing Instagram account. So if you are a fan of sci fi and art then this is a must follow account! Martin also creates music and the link is below to check it out!

All India Radio Band

@jonny_question

IG account Jonny_question’s feed constantly reminds me of all of the shows that I used to watch and sometime I need to revisit. Jonny always celebrates birthdays and anniversaries of actors, actresses, characters and shows.  What an amazing feed!

@frankopitt

Frank does these super creative Lego scenes. So many of my favorite movies he recreates them in a well captured mise en scene. I am always so excited to see what he makes next!

@poptrashmuseum

@poptrashmuseum (run by Eric) is a wonderful Instagram feed of everything retro of the less prominent but equally awesome milestones in pop culture.

They also have a website with interesting articles that is worth browsing and also a newsletter that I just signed up to. The link to the website is below:

Pop Trash Museum

@hifructosemag

I love art and there are so many brilliant artists featured on this feed. Hi Fructose Magazine has always been a staple in my social media feed for longer than I can remember.

They also run a website that has a store that sells their back mags, subscriptions and more. Link is below:

Hi-Fructose

@thehoodwitch

The Hood Witch instagram account provides me with that extra sense of confidence. If I feel tired or exhausted and need that extra boost I refer to her witch tips for that week or I read her posts to provide me to go that extra mile.

She also runs a website that has a store full of crystals and amazing items. There is also a blog that I often go to for the weekly horoscopes. Her website is below:

The Hoodwitch

@glazy_uk

This account provides me with my daily movie facts. I also how Andrew set up his feed and I continuously check out his feed to learn about things that I didn’t necessarily did not know or to join the conversations under the posts.

Now this is just a current list. Like myself I am always constantly astounded by the creative minds of many people and I might do a future blog post of the next round of ten IG accounts.

Until next time!!!

In a small town called Chihuahua, Mexico there is a wedding dress shop called La Popular that has an interesting story. There is a mannequin that they have been using since 1930. However that is not the the most interesting part of the story.

Their is a urban legend surrounding this particular mannequin. On March 25, 1930 this mannequin appeared wearing the latest wedding dress of the spring and summer collection. However it wasn’t what the mannequin was wearing made people do a double take when they walked past the main story window display. Rather it was the mannequin itself. Locals said that the mannequin really looked like Pascuala Esparza’s (who owned the shop) daughter who passed away during the same time frame as the mannequin started to be used as the main display in the front window.

According to the legend Pascuala’s daughter died from a severe bit from a black widow spider on her wedding day. Pascuala was so overcome by grief of the death of her daughter. That she supposedly had her daughter embalmed and kept her in the store as a mannequin.  People started to talk about how much the mannequin looked like her daughter. Also is that was not weird enough people started to notice the mannequin’s hands and skin looked too life like. She even had real hair and cuticles where the nails are.

Her facial features and every details of the entire mannequin seemed to go more towards the realistic ness of it being more human like then just a display to showcase wedding gowns.

Over the decades of the mannequin being displays there have been various reporting of the mannequin shifting positions at night by herself to her eyes watching you while you look at her.

I personally believe she is just a really detailed mannequin. Whoever made this particular mannequin went above and beyond in creating an extremely life like one. Plus I do not believe that the conditions of the wedding dress store fit the extreme requirements of preserving an human body.

However I think the store take pride of the local legend that surrounds the business. Yes, it probably  does creep out a lot of people that this particular mannequin looks extremely life like. However I feel like it add personal flavor to the town.

Has anyone heard about this or visited the wedding dress shop?

Comment below!

Source:

The Line up

Until Next time!!!

The movie of the day is Splash (1984) and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy and John Candy and directed by Ron Howard.

This is the first romantic movie I ever watched when I was growing up. It is about a man name Allen Bauer who had an interesting childhood experience while being on vacation at Cape Cod. Him and his family go on a boat to tour the area. Allen noticed something weird in the water so he jumps in (even forgetting that he cannot swim!) and upon closer inspection realizes he saw a mermaid.

Flash forward to him being an adult. Allen is in business with this brother who is played by John Candy in a fruit and vegetable business in New York City. One day on a drunken whim after his latest girlfriend dumped him. Allen takes a very expensive taxi ride to Cape Cod and ends up waking up on a beach. Very hung over and noticed a naked lady starring at him.

Both equally confused as to why the other is here. The naked lady (who is played by Daryl Hannah) kisses Allen and jumps into the water where she turns into a mermaid!!! I won’t spill the rest of the movie plot but it is available to watch on many streaming devices.

The first time I watched this movie. I was about ten years old. Mermaids was a popular subject with my friends and anything mermaid related was the hot topic!

Some interesting facts about the movie:

The fountain in the movie is on display at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Daryl Hannah had a fascination with the book the “Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Anderson and had been swimming mermaid style since she was eight years old.

Daryl Hannah’s fin was super heavy weighing 35 pounds and when the crew would break they would just lift her out with her costume and leave there because it would take her too long to reattach the fin.

Many actors turned down the role of Allen Bauer including Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and John Travolta.

Daryl Hannah is a strict vegetarian and did not want to eat a real lobster during the dinner scene. The crew decided to used the shell of a real lobster but filled it with a white tofu paste for her to use. However she cried after every take because of the fact they real lobster shells were used.

Steve Guttenberg auditioned for the lead role in this movie but obviously did not get it. However Ron Howard did cast him as the lead in his next movie (also a favorite of mine): Cocoon.