A Nice Stroll through Downtown

It was an incredibly beautiful day today...around 60 degrees and sunny without a cloud in the sky. Winter, eh? Anyways, I had a couple of errands to run around town and figured I'd stay out for a while and walk around and enjoy the weather.

As I was walking around downtown, I found a lot of really cool things about Atchison I'd never seen or experienced before. First, one of the reasons for my journey, I needed to get a zipper fixed on a coat so I found the only tailor in town, a nice little Asian lady named "Chubby." Who knew? And she said she'd fix my jacket for twenty five bucks, a far cry from the forty I was going to be charged back at home in St. Louis!

After visiting Chubby, I 'took a stroll.' While I was walking, I really noticed how beautiful the downtown area is and how underused it seems to be. The thoughts of apartment housing and a vibrant night life came to mind...I think we could actually make downtown Atchison into something much more special than it already is. No immediate ideas right now, just seeing visions of grandeur.

So I stopped in to Ball Brothers, a nice little old time drug store with a restaurant. Who would have guessed that I could get a delicious Cookies n' Cream milkshake and a Cheese Tenderloin sandwich for a little over five bucks?!? The ladies working were so cordial and I had a blast "shootin the breeze" with them. I soon made my way to the local library to pick up some tax forms, but also ended up getting a library card and renting a couple of documentaries. Free movie rentals! Just think of all the money I've spent renting movies from netflix and Movie Gallery when I could have been getting them for free at the library!

Anyways, I greatly enjoyed Atchison today and was proud to say that I'm a member of the community and wanted to share a little bit of my day with everyone. Hopefully this finds you all doing well and enjoying the beautiful weather. Have a wonderful day!

---Justin