Midwest retail

For whatever reason, yesterday as we were driving through Wisconsin and Iowa, a lot of retail signs caught my fancy. Because, I mean, who could turn down eating at "Beef & Etc."?


And, let's just cut to the chase about what brings white people into Mexican restaurants:


The most impressive range of services was available at this laundromat in La Crosse:


And what could improve a meal like "pleasoning"


We went looking for creemees on the road in Iowa, and found their strangely colorful cousin, the "Flavor Burst," in Elkader:


And finally, I just couldn't resist taking a picture of this huge plastic strawberry in Strawberry Point (IA):