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We gonna rock onto (Electric Avenue)

July 23rd, 2010 at Fri, 23rd, 2010 at 12:23 pm by heidiskrzypek

Oh, man, I love that song. Eddy Grant. Mental note for iPod playlist.

Do you see the new sign?

Tube Art truck cometh; Tube Art truck taketh away. Et voila, a sleek, new eletronic Thriftway sign rises in the place of its olde timey marquee. And I don’t dislike it at all. It’s tastefully done, as lighted electric billboards go. It gets my attention in a good way. Snoqualmie cones were a quarter off yesterday. See, it even had recall for me! Success already, Thriftway. I always got the willies watching the willowy employees hiking the ladder to switch out messaging. 

So here we are, entering a new era of Vashon Hwy electronic signage.  We shall see who follows!

Island mom and wife. Gainfully employed Seattle copywriter. Vashon forager. Emerging swimmer. Fan of dancehall reggae, good cooking, shallow reality TV shows, and public radio.

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