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OMG, OMG, OMG (just took a closer look at the photos again).............. remember I was telling you guys about this restaurant on Hastings Street that served the best Chow Fun on the planet? It was called the Phoenix Restaurant, so I thought. Cot dam, it was the name of the hotel above it. The food there was greasy as fuck and cockroaches added to the decor. Can anyone make out the name (chinese) on the round red sign? I don't know why, but I never stepped into the Ovaltine. Too "White," I guess............. the food, that is. And......... the parking in front. Imagine having to parallel park those vehicles that most likely didn't have power steering into tight spaces? No C-Lai's back then, gulolol. Plus, bumpers were actually bumpers.


LOL, the American.......... back in those days drinking establishments had to have a separate entrance for Men and Ladies. Something to do with keeping unattached men from unattached women. The Men's side was for men only, while the Ladies side was for women with husbands, escorts, and boyfriends. One of the reasons was to keep prostitutes out and to keep VD (STI) in check (during the war). This was a provincial law, not to be confused with the practice in other countries and in history (colonial).

And the LUX............ went there many times with my friends to watch Rock Hudson movies. My sister had a crush on that guy. She (we were in elementary school at the time) would pay for my friends and me to go watch them. Movies were like 25 cents back then.

The girls in snack bar.............. nuff said. Heinz soup for 35 cents......... waaaay too expensive. You can get Campbell's soup nowadays for 50 cents or less on sale. Mind you, they're not the same size or the concentrated type.