Sometimes we come across unusual street names as we’re packing orders. (No, I’m not going to mention any. You might live on one and think that there is absolutely nothing unusual at all 
about it.) We have fun seeing where everyone lives and seeing if your street name “goes with” your city and state. Some do, and some …. well, you just have to wonder. We have street names here at Loopy Central, too, complete with signs so that in-person shoppers can find the section they’re looking for. Here we have Lace Lane, Roving Row, Worsted Way, and Pattern Place. Not only do the in-store shoppers use them, but they are useful to us, too. Before we expanded last summer, you pretty 
much knew where anyone was at any given time, because …. well, they were right there. Now, it’s not uncommon to hear someone say, “I’ll be back in Roving Row if you need me” because Roving Row is all the way back there by the Wall of Cascade. And that’s a far bit away from the front room. You’re welcome to come play in the streets here any time!
I tried a new crockpot recipe this week (adapted from a Betty Crocker slow cooker recipe) and it smelled great when I walked in the door after my day at Loopy. Better yet, it tastes wonderful, too. I love crockpot recipes at all times of the year, but it’s especially nice in the summer when you really don’t want to heat up the whole kitchen. (I could not get a good photo of this to save my life. I took 12 and this was the “best” one. Sad, isn’t it? Sorry for the blur. But it does taste good!)
Hoisin Pork Roast
3 lbs. pork roast
1 medium onion, sliced
1 cup Hoisin sauce
2/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 tsp. ground ginger (or 2 Tbl. grated gingerroot)
4 tsp. sesame oil
fresh cilantro leaves, if desired
Place roast in slow cooker. Cover with onion slices. Mix remaining ingredients except cilantro, and pour over roast and onions.
Cover and cook on low heat for 8-10 hours or until done.
Remove roast to serving platter. Skim fat from surface of juices in cooker. Serve ribs with sauce and sprinkle with cilantro.
Have a great weekend and I’ll be back with you on Monday. In the meantime, do you have any unusual street or city names that you have come across?
Sheri soridiculouslyHOTandHUMIDhereinSt.Louisrightnow
No unusual street names, but seeing the pictures of your shop makes me realize that I need to get there in person sometime. I’m so close (metro east) but yet so far away. And I know you have limited in-person shopping hours, so it’d have to be an afternoon off for me. Those are rare. However, I would love to come browse your street names sometime! Perhaps, one afternoon, I’ll develop a “migraine” and have to go home immediately! And then detour to your location before going home and lying down to nurse the headache (or lying down rolling in my new yarn and debating on what to cast on first! I have no restraint).
Ahhh! Hot and sticky in Davenport, Iowa too! Your recipe looks like one I’ll have to try, minus the cilantro that is. Being a map lover, I really enjoy the way you’ve “mapped out” Loopy Central. Perfect! When I lived in San Diego 35 years ago, I remember coming across a street named Haveteur Way. I didn’t live any where near that street, but the name’s stuck with me all these years!
Here in Billings, MT, one of the main thoroughfares is named Monad after some railroad mogul that founded the town. But to my son and me it conjures up other associations which make us laugh every time we drive it.
PA is chock-full of strange town names. Paradise, Bird in Hand, Blue Ball, Virginville, and my personal fave, Intercourse. 🙂 My home state also boasts many Biblical names, like Emmaus, Nazareth, Bethlehem…. We have unusual Indian town names, too, which many people struggle to pronounce: Tamaqua, Conshohocken, etc. One town was even re-named from Mauch Chunk (sp?) to Jim Thorpe. I miss my home state!
I believe Seattle has moved east and is now located in RI because it seems like all it does is rain – which they have forecast till Thursday now – oh joy! Here we have a lot of Indian names for streets which makes for fun for the tourists and visitors who do try and it isn’t always easy – even for some of us sort of locals. Examples Quonochontaug, Misquamicut, Usquepaug for some on the catchier ones.
Loopy Central looks awsome. What a lovely place it must be to work, so cheerful and well organized. You did a fantastic job. Almost three years now for TLE! Time really does fly. Have a great weekend. Hugs
I grew up on the corner of Doxtator. I always thought that was a weird one. My mom thinks my current county, Sangamon, is one of the funniest names she’s ever heard, but most of our streets are pretty normal here.
I would like to point out that Ann Arbor, MI, has 1st through 5th Street, AND 4th and 5th Avenue (but no 1st through 3rd Avenue). Everyone finds that pretty confusing.
I think Chattanooga has streets named after all of the Ivy League colleges, which I think is really funny… ie. Dartmouth, Harvard, etc. It’s in the “up-and-coming” neighborhood, too. But I think my favorite is Tremont (pronounced tree-mont)- it has a TON of trees so I guess it fits!
The oddest one I have come across is Tippacanoe road, and I have lived in quite a few states to compare. Tippacanoe road is a well known stretch in both Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Thanks for the crockpot recipe! I can Always use those.
I used to live in Hemet, CA. There is a neighborhood there with the following street names: Whichaway, Thisaway, and Thataway. I think that developer had a sense of humor!
Here in South Georgia there is a town called “Hopulikit”…thought it was an Indian word the first time I saw it and then it came to me ” hope-you-like-it”! Ha!
Hot & humid in Des Moines too! My favorite street name that I lived on was “Strawberry Way.” Of course I had to plants strawberries:-) That was a suburb of STL. There are so many subdivisions in greater STL that have their own little street names. Many of them have themes pertaining to the name of the subdivision.
I live in the country about the same distance from Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus, OH. There is a road that we take on our way to Dayton named Hiney Road. I chuckle everytime we turn onto it!!
The main artery streets in Tulsa are named after cities in the United States. It is very nicely organized and once you know that any street named after a city east of the Mississippi is found east of the Arkansas River (in Tulsa) and any street named after a city west of the Mississippi is found west of the Arkansas River…it makes navigating Tulsa much easier. I moved to the OKC area from Tulsa in 2000. So imagine my surprise when I’d hear about an accident on such n such highway right off XXX Road. lol XXX to me means either alcohol or porn. Hmmm…maybe I need to ask a lifelong OKC’er how that road got the name. There is probably a great story behind it. I also blink twice when I see Tulsa Street in OKC. lol Two days ago I was laughing to myself about a client we have here at work who is based in San Diego but their street name is very Cape Cod’ish…..lol
I want to come play in the streets. Doesn’t look that will happen anytime soon, but one day………. Have a great weekend!!
have a great weekend and stay cool. I’m going to cast on my Girasole tonight (Fridays will be Girasole nights). Tomorrow is my first weaving lesson.
Well, there is a street name up north of us in Peeples Valley, which we have to take to get to the cabin – Unknown Mexican Way. The first time I saw it I almost fell out of the truck. It’s about 1.5 hours north of Phoenix – up in the middle of nowhere.
The receipe sounds great – I love slow cooking!!! We’ll have to try it out this week.
Kate
We have a road called Cheese Spring, which I could never fathom…here in my town we also have numerous roads (the aforementioned included) that just change names half way through for no apparent reason…very confusing since they are often long and windy as well!
I like the Loopy street names! Here in my little town of Manassas Park, VA, there is the older side of town and the newer side of town – 1950s and 1990s! On the new side of town is one section with first-name streets, Michael, Stephanie, etc., including a Jan and a Steve (my husband’s name). On our side of town, the funniest thing is Mace Street, Mace Circle and Mace Court, all connected.
Two streets behind me is Kitchener Dr.! It didn’t mean a thing until I started knitting socks 4 years ago. 🙂
Molly’s post reminded me that here in Northern Virginia generally, street names and highway names can change almost anywhere – you continue on the road, but its name may change multiple times! Some of that is due to new length added to the existing road, or crossing a county line or some such.
Also, my street is Kent Drive. It used to start at the main drag, Manassas Drive, loop around and cross Manassas Drive several blocks down, and then stop some way past that. When they put in the original firehouse/police station, they plonked it down right on one side of the loop. So now there are 2 disconnected streets named Kent Drive, each of which starts at Manassas Drive. Those directions are always fun! (‘I went to Kent Drive, and your number doesn’t exist.’ ‘That’s because you aren’t on the RIGHT Kent Drive. Come back out to Manassas Drive, turn ….’)
Here in Indiana we have state road with signs pointing to Peru and Mexico, all at the same interchange. Cracks me up everytime I see it!!
Thanks for the pork roast recipe. I was looking for something to make during the summer.
Muggy, rainy, and damp in the North East. Ahhhhh Street names. As a young girl my family had a summer house in an area called the point. Before getting to the point there was a street leading to Kingston Shores and the name of the street was leigh road. Well the girls from the point and the girls from Kingston Shores didn’t like each other (not enough boys to go around) and you know how vicious girls can be. Imagine my fathers surprise coming back from church one sunday morning with the whole family in tow when there in front of us was the street sign Kingston hores, Leigh Road. Someone had covered the S on the Shores. I thought my poor father would go off the road. My sister and I on the other hand laughed senselessly in the back seat. Oh to be able to stay out late enough to see that happen.
I used to live on Foolish Pleasure Rd. And being named Faith Love, I had a heck of a time calling companies to complain about anything — they would insist it was a prank call!
I’m not sure I can top Faith’s comment. I just spit Diet Pepsi all over my monitor on that one.
My husband grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York. The road that ran parallel to his was Boner Road. I laughed so hard at that one the first time I saw it because I still have the maturity level of a 12 year old.
The street we live on now is the name of a common type of wine. No one ever pronounces it correctly. Ever.
Hey Sheri, what the heck is hoisin sauce???
My all-time favorite is Hi-Luci Street. Every time I pass it, I think, “Luuuucy, I’m ho-ome!”
We used to live on Gungywamp Road in Groton, CT. And yes, you have my permission to laugh loudly and freely. =D Now we live on plain ol’ Fir street. Still get to crack up when folks address stuff to us on “Fur” street. =P~
Love seeing the store!
ENJOY your weekend!
I used to live near Wynot street, and I always had to say, “Because” as I walked by. It’s not really an unusual name, but it tickled my funny bone.
I love my tiny little crockpot, but it isn’t really big enough for a lot of dinner cooking. The temperatures haven’t been that high in my neighborhood, so the oven and stovetop are getting near daily usage.
I grew up in Saskatchewan Canada, where it’s like ‘GROUND ZERO’ for weird town names. There’s “Biggar” (who’s town motto is “New York is Big, but this is Biggar”), “Tiny” (population=6), “Craik” (who’s town motto it “the friendliest town built by a damn”), and “Climax” (I’m not making this up). Can you imagine telling someone you grew up in Climax Sask?
Not to mention that you pronounce Regina, (capital city of Saskatchewan) “REE-JINE-AH”- and yes, it does rhyme with that body part. I love saying it around non-Canadians, they always do a double take and say “what did you just say?” Lets just say the name pronunciation and it’s rhyming part is not lost on the less than mature. 🙂
My current neighborhood has some fun-sounding street names, like Upsal and Tulpehocken, but the one I like best is one out by where I take one of my cats for his monthly claw trim: Ann Street. My husband Josh’s favorite is “Joshua Road” — we’re still looking for streets named for our parents and for an Edgar or Hawthorne Street (for the cats).
Yo’ve completely got me with this latest recipe: pork, onions, rice wine vinegar AND Hoisin sauce are among my favorite savory ingredients. Plus ginger and sesame oil? I’m on my way over!
My favorite cousin (single and looking) lives on Manley Court. It cracks me up every time I send her something.
Love that crock pot recipe, Sheri. I’ve got to make that. Yum.
Hope you have a great weekend and sneak in lots of knitting time.
Years ago I lived several miles from a wide-spot-in-the-road type of town in Ohio called “Knockemstiff.” My dad didn’t believe me when he was there visiting so I had to drive him to the town and show him the sign.
Hi Sheri! I’ve been trying so hard to get by Loopy Central to say hi and do a little retail therapy. The boys just left for 7 days of sailing around the Bahamas with their scout troop and this weekend I’ll be at another swim meet. FPS!
I love the Hoisin Pork recipe too. We shred the left over pork and make quesadillas. I use queso cheese and a bit of cheyenne when making the quesalillas and they are yummy!
Have a great weekend. Stay cool!
OMG, that Hoisin Pork sounds awesome!! My DH and I are rather fond of Vietnamese food and especially Hoisin sauce, so I will be trying that recipe for sure. Plus, I love the ease of crock pot cooking too.
I work in Direct Mail so I see strange street and people names quite often — my all-time favorite is “The Harry Wolfe Family.” That one still makes me giggle. Now, why would a parent name a child “Harry” or “Harold” if their last name was Wolfe??
The law office I work in is on Twohig Avenue — the “h” is silent so it is pronounced “2-ig”.
Before we had the internet and I ordered from catalogs by telephone we were living in the Texas panhandle town of Pampa. Ordering on the phone was a little arduous: I had to spell my last name (h-e-r-r-m-a-n-n), the street we lived on (b-e-e-c-h) and the city name (p-as in Paul-a-m-p-a).
I love the crockpot all times of the year, too. I’ve even tried making my baked potatoes in it, but have reverted back to the microwave for those. My most frequent crockpot creations are beef stroganoff and mushroom meatballs.
Have a great weekend!
Lou told of Harry Wolfe…………..we had a man here in South Dakota who’s name was Harry Legg. lol lol lol
Working as a nurse, my worklife is steeped in abbreviations. I always pass this one lane that is called MAE lane. I’m sure it’s named after some nice lady, but all I see is MAE = moves all extremitites. It drives me crazy all the time! 🙂
Here’s to a good weekend, and one where I’m not working, but will have at least 8 hours of knitting time in the car.
When I lived in Long Island, NY there was one that always made me smile…. Bread & Cheese Hollow Road in the town of Northport, NY. It’s all tucked away in the woods, but one of the main roads through this town. The houses on it are all huge & gorgeous… but I think I like the name most of all =)
Have a good weekend
I live on Java Way, which is right near Mocha Way and Latte Way in the Coffee Creek Cottages section of my neighborhood. 🙂
FWIW, I have several cups of French roast made in a French press every morning. 🙂
“We used to live on Gungywamp Road in Groton, CT. And yes, you have my permission to laugh loudly and freely.”
If I remember correctly, Gungywmp road was in base housing, wasn’t it?
The west side of Jacksonville Fl has Noroad. I’m not sure whether it is Noroad St or Noroad Rd.
I lived on Menoher Blvd growing up. The street name is pronounch Ma-knock-er or sometimes Men-knock-er.
I’ll have to give the pot roast recipe to one of my sons. They do all of the cooking. It sounds delicious.
OMG, it’s AWFUL here outside Chicago! I took the dog out last night for his final potty around 10:30 and thought someone had moved my house to Savannah!
I run across strange street names all the time, too, but can’t remember any. Though I will surely pass them on to you if I remember them later….
Your poor pork roast pictures! Before I read the whole thing, I looked at it and thought they were apple turnovers! 🙂 But the recipe sounds great! I do my basic pork roast in the crockpot all the time. I’ll have to give this one a whirl! Have a great weekend, everyone!
Well, we do have a Spinning Wheel Court which I really need to photograph.
There’s a street on the other side of the village named “Lonesome Rd” and every time I drive by I think “Gee, that just sounds sad.”
Thanks for the slowcooker (or slow cooker? one word or two?) recipe! Looks yummy!
Enjoy the weekend!
I have a not so odd street name but rather a street I want to live on because it makes me smile, Happy Lane!
Funny names, our milk man growing up in the outskirts of Butte, Montana was named Richard Head. I am not kidding. As a kid, I didn’t get it but now I do… 😉
No interesting street names but I think it’s funny/odd that all four places I’ve lived since being married, the street address all have had four digits and start with 12. (sometimes they get tangled up in my brain, too!!) 1201, 1245, 1209, and 1225!!
I live on a numbered street, so I know you’re not talking about me! It’s boring, but I love it because it’s short and I don’t have to spell it out for anybody!
My children had a teacher in school named Anne Lane—and not to far away from the school was a street named Anne Lane
In the same town there were also three streets named New Road, and none of them intersected or came close to one another
I live on Dafrack—everyone asks what is a Dafrack, dafrack if I know I haven’t got a clue!!
I always thought my in-laws had an odd street name “gun club road” (to my knowledge there is no gun club). And I get a lot of comments about being Cline on Pine.