I didn't know Rockford had SEVEN "health spas." Interesting little-known fact: the Tokyo Oriental Spa on Broadway is/was located across the street from the site of my father's first gas station, and kiddie (kitty? which is it? anyone?)-corner across the street from the Pump Handle Inn, site of a neighbor's extramarital hooplah with a proud extension of the World's Oldest Profession. Dad and I - along with just about everyone else in Rockford - used to speculate, whenever passing by the Tokyo Oriental Spa, that they offered "a little something extra" with their massages. Sidebar: My dad later moved his business down the street, for purely business reasons, although I like to suspect it may have had something to do with the fact that the new location was two doors down from a liquor store and across the street from a donut shop. "Two chocolate long-john-ding-dongs, no filling. And whatever trips yer trigger, there, squirrel. Here - take Lincoln with ya."
Looks like my old friend Eddie is still alive and working toward that overdose... Seriously, it is really sad when I read a headline like this and immediately am drawn to it because there's a good chance I know the perpetrator. Truly fucking sad.
Not that I'm condoning this behavior (I used to be a delivery driver), but, ya know, I can remember when living in that town made me occasionally want to do things like this, too.
But, hey! They're actually adding jobs!
Posted by stephanie at April 19, 2005 11:01 AMAhhhh. Perusing the RRStar this morning, I see..... Plus, how dumb (or just lazy) are the Rockford Police to just now realize what was going on in the Tokyo Oriental Spa? Like that stuff really only dates back to 1998? Yeeeaaah.
:-)
Posted by: Tracey at April 19, 2005 11:30 AM