Last week’s Old Photo Friday lamented the passing of the one-day-only lemonade stands once run by enterprising young urchins out to make a bit of summer coin.
Today, I stand corrected.
While on my way back from driving a carload of cardboard to our local recycling facility, I came across three boys standing at a neighborhood intersection selling powdered high fructose corn syrup mixed with water. For fifty cents, the concoction is served up in a nice styrofoam cup with three ice cubes.
I bought a round and then headed home where I dumped it after a few sips. Too sweet. Still, it’s nice to see that some of the summer traditions of my youth still exist, rare though they may be.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
I took the kids to the playground the other day. It’s about three long blocks east of us, but an easy trip, especially when they ride their scooters.
About 3/4 of the way down the street, a young girl was selling ‘Juleps’ for fifty cents.
She had her stand on the front porch of their house, with her daddy (I’m assuming) sitting on the swing a few feet away. She watched us hopefully as we scooted past her.
If the kids hadn’t been so far ahead of me, I would have stopped and bought one. Or two or three.
We went back the next day, and she wasn’t there.
Hopefully, she’ll open her stand again some day.
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Those little entrepreneurs in our subdivision charge $1.00 a Dixie cup – like the teeny tiny ones kids have in their bathrooms. Boy, have prices gone up! BTW – I emailed you some recipes in response to Los Brushes – please forward to your better half. Cheers.
I’m glad to hear that y’alls neighborhoods also have the occasional entrepreneur.
50 cent juleps sound pretty good, too.