Natchitoches, LA Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile Store – Thanks Flickr Pal Army.Arch!

Natchitoches LA Kaffie Frederick General Mercantile Store Exterior Army Arch

It’s always heartening to know that I’m not the only one out there photographing cool old places,  as you can see from this week’s Retro Roadmap Roving Reporter Recommendations! Lately I’ve seen some inspiring shots from Flickr pal Army.Arch, who kindly granted permission for me to reproduce his photos here, like this wonderfully evocative image

Thanks To Social Media We Visited The LaPlace Frostop in LaPlace, LA #thankyou @Twitter!

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In the early days of RetroRoadmap’s Twitter account I was looking for cool and vintage places that might be using Twitter to promote their business. There were hardly any but when I saw  the vintage root beer sign of the LaPlace Frostop’s Twitter icon I followed them immediately and we’ve exchanged friendly messages ever since.

Revolving Root Beer Mug Roadside Wonder at La Place Frostop

If you want to hear my Boston accent make an unscheduled appearance on RetroRoadmap listen to my attempt at extemporaneous narration as you watch this video of the wonderful rotating rootbeeer mug on Route 61 in La Place Louisiana. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkR7YqEgC3g] Or turn off the volume and just watch it go ’round.   I’ll have more

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