Fresh Fare

Who says vending machine food isn't healthy?

CLTV Reports:

Penny Press #9 - Charlotte, NC

 Penny Press #8 - -  Penny Press #7 - - Penny Press #6

 Penny Press #5  - - Penny Press #4
Penny Press #3  - - Penny Press #2 - - Penny Press #1

 Our recent trip to Charlotte, NC was yet another opportunity to smash a penny.  This smash happened at the Discovery Place kid's science museum.

The options included Einstein, some sharks (I think), the Charlotte skyline and a parrot:

Normally I'd go for something that specifically relates to the place where I smash but this time I went for the skyline.  I'm not sure if I'll see another penny smasher while I'm here so that should cover me for my whole Charlotte stay.

Health Scare

CNN Reports:

Penny Press #8 - Great Wolf Lodge

Penny Press #7 - - Penny Press #6 - - Penny Press #5
Penny Press #4
Penny Press #3  - - Penny Press #2 - - Penny Press #1

A weekend trip to the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, TXbrought about another penny smashing opportunity.  This one even has its own penny pinching mascot:

As far as design choices go, we have a couple of the GWL characters, a magic dragon and what looks like a grazing longhorn.  Maybe just as a Texas thing?

We went with Violet:

Vintage Vending at Mickey's

While we were in Minnesota we had to stop and eat at the world famous Mickey's Dining Car in St. Paul.  They've got a great greasy breakfast that we highly recommend.

Inside the vintage trappings of the Art Deco diner we found a few vintage treasures.  At the booth was a Seeburg Wall-O-Matic tabletop jukebox:

And right behind where we sat was an old Watling Scale Co. scale.  For two cents you can get what might be your accurate weight:

Penny Press #7 - Soudan Underground Mine

Penny Press #6 - - Penny Press #5 - - Penny Press #4
Penny Press #3  - - Penny Press #2 - - Penny Press #1

It's always a good idea to take some change with you when you travel.  You never know when a penny smashing opportunity will present itself.  A recent trip to Minnesota provided some squashed penny goodness.

This beauty was waiting for me at the Soudan Underground Mine State Park.  Even if you aren't looking for a new flattened penny, I still recommend stopping by and taking the tour.  

Options include a generic Minnesota State Park campfire, the mine elevator and a bat.  I went with the location specific elevator design:

 

Sausage Fest

I'm surprised that it took so long for society to produce a hot dog vending machine.  Sure, I only recently found out they exist, but apparently they are more common then you'd think.  Look at how many I found:

Found in Toronto via this blog with an insanely long name

via Whatever Dee Dee Wants

Found in New York via PopSugar

Found in Berlin via Head Injury Theater

via Delish.com