shrine to the prophet of americana

So my oldest memory is going up a half-flight of stoop steps into a shop with a striped awning and a long glass deli counter...

So my oldest memory is going up a half-flight of stoop steps into a shop with a striped awning and a long glass deli counter running perpendicular to the street and looking at a box sporting the Ralston-Purina checkerboard logo, and according to my parents that’s a real experience I had in Hilton Head, SC when I was 3