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and shark’s teeth.
“We are still a shell shop, but we are also a
destination gift shop so we post our current sales
and new items,” Christine said. “We still get
people who want the Orange Blossom perfume
their grandmother wore and new customers
who want the absorbent car coasters with college
logos and breast cancer awareness ribbons.”
Christine, who is a stage four breast cancer
survivor, carries a line of cancer support items.
They have retained the friendly old-time character
of the shop. They even have commissioned
Santino, a young photographer, to rebuild the
history wall between the shop and Rick’s Diner
next door. Yet there’s been a nod to modern
times through the young pair’s influence… they
now have a Facebook page.
“We have customers that have been coming
for 25-30 years and we have local people that
still come every week like four ladies who come
on Sundays for breakfast at Rick’s and shop
here afterwards,” Christine said smiling. “We
know we will keep seeing them too because they
just won a free pound of taffy each month for a
year.”
Perhaps that is why business is so good these
days — people are just looking for a little piece
of Florida and a memory which makes them
smile again. Oh, and of course, they still stop
just to have their picture taken by the big conch
shell in front of the shop. E
CHRISTINA TASCON
Joanne, Laverne and Phil Millevolte return to share memories of bygone visits with Williams.
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