Old World

Last night I had dinner with my family and we were discussing "the olden days". We were reminiscing about how things have changed over the decades and how certain experiences are gone forever. We started to discuss the old fashioned candy store. Every neighborhood had one. It was usually run by "Mom and Pop". You could purchase food and all types of candies. Some even had small toys. The owners were usually immigrants of Jewish, Italian or German descent. Now the candy store has become the convenience store and is owned by immigrants of Asian descent. They carry similar items but do carry with them the same feeling. We then started to discuss candies and realized that we have not seen the Nestles candy bars in years. They were either milk chocolate or milk chocolate with crunch. The wrappers were either blue and white or red and white. For some reason it felt sad to not be able to go into a candy store and buy one.