{"id":410,"date":"2011-07-21T15:54:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2011-09-02T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:35:55","slug":"the-whoopee-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"The Whoopee Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no shortage of\u00a0antique stores in and around El Paso. \u00a0By far the largest and most unique has to be the Whoppee Bowl. \u00a0If you do any driving between El Paso and Las Cruces you can&#8217;t miss it, its right off the Vinton exit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ie=UTF8&amp;q=whoopee+bowl+el+paso&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=whoopee+bowl&amp;hnear=0x86e73f8bc5fe3b69:0xe39184e3ab9d0222,El+Paso,+TX&amp;hl=en&amp;view=map&amp;cid=962387966691619309&amp;t=h&amp;ll=31.966103,-106.581573&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;output=embed\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ie=UTF8&amp;q=whoopee+bowl+el+paso&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=whoopee+bowl&amp;hnear=0x86e73f8bc5fe3b69:0xe39184e3ab9d0222,El+Paso,+TX&amp;hl=en&amp;view=map&amp;cid=962387966691619309&amp;t=h&amp;ll=31.966103,-106.581573&amp;spn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;source=embed\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/juanoxido\/5961798395\/in\/set-72157627125475279\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"The Whoopee Bowl\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6012\/5961798395_e47fb9faaf_m.jpg\" alt=\"The Whoopee Bowl\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">The Whoopee Bowl<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>During my last pass I noticed that they had a large airplane in their yard, very similar the the planes I had spotted\u00a0in <a title=\"Fabens, Texas has a big cock!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/?p=338\" target=\"_blank\">Fabens<\/a>. \u00a0Today&#8217;s work load was kind of lite so I drove out there to take a look. \u00a0In addition to the plane there was a large white rooster, a exact copy of the green one at the lumbar yard. \u00a0A curious\u00a0coincidence or the relics of some long gone chicken chain, who knows?<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"dl\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/juanoxido\/5962158218\/in\/set-72157627125475279\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Danger!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6138\/5962158218_a932caf799_m.jpg\" alt=\"Danger!\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Danger!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"dl2\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 170px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/juanoxido\/5961637349\/in\/set-72157627125475279\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"White Rooster\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6014\/5961637349_d297f4d10b_m.jpg\" alt=\"White Rooster\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">White Rooster<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The\u00a0building\u00a0is 11,000 square foot building of <em><del>hoarding<\/del><\/em>\u00a0collecting bliss.\u00a0The owners are in the process of adding a second level to the inside to be able to display more of the wares from the 35 of dealers who rent space there. \u00a0Cash registers, wooden statues, old wood stoves, you name it its here. Navigating\u00a0through the isles was tricky. I had to be extra\u00a0careful\u00a0to not smack my camera on some\u00a0precariously placed antique while walking around.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 510px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/juanoxido\/5961665925\/in\/set-72157627125475279\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"A Pickers Dream\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6021\/5961665925_a332a0fd6c.jpg\" alt=\"A Pickers Dream\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">A Pickers Dream<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>One thing that jumps right out at you is the very large Nazi flag hanging from the center. \u00a0I would think that to be a bit of a\u00a0liability, possibly alienating some potential customers but hey what do I know?<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 170px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/juanoxido\/5961689297\/in\/set-72157627125475279\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"Inglorious Indeed\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6138\/5961689297_72acdd61ef_m.jpg\" alt=\"Inglorious Indeed\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Inglorious Indeed<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>I could have spent a few more hours here happily snapping pictures but lunch was up and it was time to return to the less dusty confines of my office. \u00a0I&#8217;ll have to go back but for now you can see what I shot here: <a title=\"The Whoopee Bowl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/juanoxido\/sets\/72157627125475279\/with\/5961710325\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Whoopee Bowl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no shortage of\u00a0antique stores in and around El Paso. \u00a0By far the largest and most unique has to be the Whoppee Bowl. \u00a0If you do any driving between El Paso and Las Cruces you can&#8217;t miss it, its right off the Vinton exit: View Larger Map The Whoopee Bowl During my last pass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[41,10,40],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-antiques","tag-el-paso","tag-whoopee-bowl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1MdZY-6C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rust2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}