September 26, 202698 road miles from homeAll four of us50s cloudy, on-and-off downpoursOrder 262Food court $1.63Hot dog yes21 photographs
A hot dog walked into New Rochelle and ordered one. $1.50 with a water, eaten in costume. Kirkland Signature hoodies and dress shirts. Rich needed one for work so he bought one. He wishes he bought two.
The board at New Rochelle: Twisted Churro, $1.49. Here with a limited time sticker.The food court receipt. Tap it to read every line.
Order 262 at 2:25pm: one hot dog with a water, $1.50 plus $0.13 of New York’s 8.375%.
In the warehouse, $32.94 across 2 items. Dot’s chipotle pretzels and a Kirkland white shirt.
The highlights
Worth the trip? Yes, for the hot dog in the hot dog costume, but also for the white Kirkland Signature dress shirt Rich hasn’t seen in years. And the gas. New Rochelle was the only stop of the three with gas pumps.
Walking in: Carter, Mathew as a hot dog, and Rich.Mathew, as a hot dog, in front of the hot dog freezer. Kirkland beef dinner franks, $18.99.Carter, behind a bag of Dot’s Pretzels. A bag of the chipotle honey ones became a snack on the ride home back to Connecticut.Nutty and Fruity Dubai chocolate bars, a pound for $12.49. Is Dubai chocolate still a thing?A Samsung Galaxy Watch8, $239.97 with an asterisk, the same as West Springfield on September 18. It was in the jewelry case.
Kirkland Signature comfort dress shirts, $21.99. A white one came home with Rich.Carter and the Dot’s Pretzels. The chipotle honey ones.Filling up at New Rochelle, the only one of the three stops with gas.Jets, Giants and Rangers, all on one table.The walk-in produce cooler, red beacons on top.Mathew ordering his one hot dog, in costume.
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Leaving Port Chester (Stop #9) on our way to New Rochelle (Stop #10). West to 287 and south to 95: White Plains and New York City.8.3 miles to go, on US-1 into New Rochelle. We’re about to hit double digits.New Rochelle, #241. Tenth warehouse, second in New York, under a gray sky. We were lucky because it was pouring 10 minutes earlier.Unreal dark chocolate variety pack, $15.49.A diamond cross pendant in the case, $1,499.99. Rich is on the hunt for a simple silver or white gold cross. He’s only found diamonds or yellow gold.Giants caps and the rest of the NFL team headwear, $13.99. We are in New York after all. No Jets hats to be found.Rangers hoodies, $39.99 and $43.99. They had Jets, Giants, and Rangers tops too.An Omnibreeze tower fan, $29.97 with an asterisk.Axil electronic earmuffs, $79.97 with an asterisk.Plastic sheeting from floor to ceiling over part of the back wall. The bakery is undergoing renovations. Will they finally offer hot dog buns to fit with the hot dogs in the freezer section?Lolailo sangria in a wine tote, three bottles for $39.99. If it wasn’t 50 degrees and stormy, this would be great for a fall picnic.The number of people that stopped to allow us to take this photo was impressive. Something about a kid, in a Costco, in a hot dog costume, in front of the hot dog sign, that warms people’s hearts.Mathew at the kiosk, ordering the one hot dog.Mathew, in a hot dog, with his hot dog, realizing he prefers his hot dogs with ketchup only.Walking out: Mathew with the costume on, carrying a hot dog from the food court. Carter ready to head to stop #11.
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