Nell’s Five and Dime in Columbia Kentucky when I was a kid. It smelled of bubble gum, candy and rubber from toys. The cash register was by the front door and those entry boards were worn down so that the nail heads were a bit proud of the wood and bright and shiny. I wish that I could go back and smell that place. It was obligatory to go there and buy pea shooters before local parades. The smell of that place was everything magical for a kid.
