Hmmm....kind of backed myself into quite the corner tonight. I was actually thinking ahead a bit last night and started researching the original sticker I was planning on using before I went to bed. However the more I looked into it, the more I realized I needed to reach out to the people behind the sticker for more information. I ended up sending them a message on two of their social media platforms and really want to give them a couple of days to respond before I try to write about their sticker, messing with what little plan I had. There is also the fact that I'm heading back to my hometown tomorrow for the holiday weekend. We weren't going to be getting onto the road until fairly late into the evening, so I was originally planning on doing the last minute chores before we went out. But the brother that was causing the late departure found out that he would be getting out work earlier than he had thought, moving our schedule up significantly and again making me reconsider my task list. Of course being the horrible procrastinator that you know I am, I didn't start working on this post or any of the tasks I need to accomplish until much later than I should have. But sleep is for the weak, right?
So for tonight's post I decided to go with a restaurant door that's covered in beer stickers. I've actually been fascinated by this door for a while. I would often pass Caliente Pizza and Draft House on my walks home from working in the Strip District and their door would always catch my attention. It's not unusual for bars to decorate themselves with advertisements of the alcohol they serve but I have to admit I can't say I've seen that many places that will decorate their glass doors or handles with stickers. It certainly is one way to make sure your customers know what you have to offer though, especially since the gray box on the left side of the image is a case that holds the restaurant's menu. It also shows Caliente's dedication to supporting local and Pennsylvanian craft beers in general, since that's what most of the brands are. I ended up finally taking a photograph of their door a couple of months back and I thought it would be a wise idea to reach out to the restaurant about the stickers. Granted I usually reach out to the people and businesses who are actually behind the sticker but that would be lot of companies for one photograph. Also that wouldn't really answer my curiosity over Caliente's choices of sticker and placement. But shortly after I corrected the photo and added it to my collection of upcoming posts, I was walking down Liberty Avenue and noticed that they had removed all of their stickers from the door. Well I felt it would be a little silly sending them a message to ask about stickers that were no longer there and ended up scratching that idea. Granted I haven't been that direction for a while, so they might have just been switching out stickers to better reflect their current draft list, but that seems like a lot of effort. Ultimately it just goes to show that I need to get a little more on the ball and shorten my turn around time between capturing the image and writing about it. Who knows though, I might get a second chance to satisfy my curiosity eventually.
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Maggie Ondrey
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