Sambo's

[emily_swank]

I've been having this persistent memory of going out to breakfast with my mother when I was very young, most likely in the late 1970's. The memory only has so many facets, but it's strong. I can feel the sunlight pouring through the windows-it must have been a nice warm summer day and I can feel that the aroma of the restaurant was so

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[corenrind]

Have you ever encountered Lynda Barry's writing advice? I have been hearing a lot about it lately for various reasons. I don't know a lot about it besides that people really like it, but I know a major part of the exercises have to do with retrieving crisp details from remote memories like this. It might not be for you, but you made me think of it here. She has a book called What It Is that people do. I'm scared of writing advice, but, you're already doing the work so go for it.

Your Livejournal always makes me want to actually have seven pieces of toast, I hope that's ok.

[marys_second]

I remember Sambo's, too. I can't remember what city we were in or what base we were near but dad was in training and, when we would go visit him, we got to stop at Sambo's for breakfast. I remember the little Sambo character with the exaggerated features but I didn't catch on to how offensive it was until years later.

What sticks in my mind was mom and dad paying so much attention to each other they didn't care how much syrup we put on our pancakes. I still remember looking forward to all the syrup I could fit on the plate.

[ms_pooka]

are you sure there isn't a sambo's still tucked into a small oklahoma town? i don't think they'd care much. at least, not if they're willing to pair up things like catfish round up and an rv park.

[stillnominivan]

I went to a sambos once. I remember getting a paper tiger mask and eating jello. my dad took us there after telling us that he and mom were getting a divorce.
for a long time there was still one on the washington coast somewhere..

[lula_fortune]

My parents used to take me to Sambo's ALL the time. Man, I loved that place.