What) We're not sure how many commuters frequent Archie's, but when in town starting a road trip, we always outfit ourselves here. An oscillating Hula Girl for the dashboard, perhaps bright yellow lab jackets with "Virginia Power" stenciled across the back for field research, bags marked "CAUTION -- Radioactive Material" -- all essential for a memorable vacation. Then a handful of toxic candies, a bacon air freshener, and we're off.
For every manufactured-for-irony item, you'll still find a true pop culture cast-off. Who would intentionally create the awful looking, plastic Phone Boy? Was it made as a reward for children of '70s telecom employees? A hand-lettered sign next to a bin of these telephonic teenies reads: "Hallo! Halloo! Is anybody there?" Phone Boy set us back 75 cents. We passed on the $60 latex mummies. They'd have been fun in the back seat, but trouble at airport security. We can always order a few by mail. (1)
Where) 1300 North 45th Street I-5 exit 169, drive to 45th Street and turn west. On the northeast corner of North 45th Street and Stone Way North Free. Mon-Sat 10am - 7pm, Sun 11am - 6pm 1-206-297-0240
Why) I
started out on this trip with an 11 item Buckys list and this
is the only one that I actually visited. Half of my
misses were due to bad timing and the other half were because
Larry was in the car. For some reason, I have never told
him about Buckys or this website so I decided to try and keep
them a mystery while on this trip. I was successful but that
success came at a cost. 
... this ad asking me Why? Perhaps I should not have been wondering that when I backed my car into the post located directly behind it.
... these bacon mints for my father. My favourite purchase by far was ...
