THE GROCERY STORE EVERYONE LAUGHS AT (BECAUSE REALLY WITH A NAME LIKE THAT, WHAT KIND OF STUFF DO YOU EXPECT TO BE GETTING) THE PRODUCTS OF PIGGLY WIGGLY ARE A STAPLE OF LIFE IN BLACK RIVER FALLS.

WITH ITS ARRAY OF BROKEN BENCHES AND OVERGROWN VEGETATION, ROBBINS PARK ISN'T ALL THAT SPECIAL. BUT IT DOES HOWEVER PROVIDE AS THE CENTRAL SHADY SPOT IN DOWNTOWN BLACK RIVER FALLS THANKS TO THE SEVERAL TREES PLANTED ORIGINALLY BY THE TOWN'S FORMER MAYOR, OF WHOM THE PARK IS NAMED AFTER. THE PARK ITSELF ISN'T VERY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSHES TO HIDE IN FOR COUPLES SEEKING PRIVACY, AND A SMALL CREEK FOR THOSE EXTRA HOT DAYS.

THE BEST (AND ONLY) BAR IN TOWN, ZIGGY'S IS HOME TO THE MOST POPULAR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA--THE STARDUST. THE BRIGHT NEON SIGN ANNOUNCES THAT THEY'RE OPEN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY. TWENTY-THREE OF WHICH ARE HAPPY HOUR. FROM FIVE TO SIX IN THE MORNING, DRINKS COST FIVE TIMES THE NORM, IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE EVERYONE GO TO WORK.

DENNY'S IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN IHOP. OR SO THE PEOPLE OF BLACK RIVER FALLS DECLARED WHEN THEY DECIDED NOT TO EAT AT THE IHOP, OR EVEN THE LOCAL DINER, BOTH OF WHICH HAD TO CLOSE, LEAVING DENNY'S A MONOPOLY ON THE TOWN'S LATE NIGHT COFFEE NEEDS.

LA VIE DE NUIT IS THE PLACE TO GO TO PARTY OR MEET PEOPLE. AS THE TOWN'S NIGHT CLUB, IT'S THE HOT SPOT FOR DANCING AND DRUG TRADE.

THE ICON OF CANADIAN COFFEE, IT'S THE HOBBY OF MOST OF THE WEALTHIEST KIDS IN TOWN TO LAUGH AT THE EMPLOYEES, IN THEIR UGLY BROWN UNIFORMS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY REEK OF ESPRESSO BEANS NO MATTER HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE THEY LAST WORKED.

EVERY TOWN ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT NEEDS THE HAVEN TO WHITE TRASH AND RICH MAN ALIKE. JUST LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH, BLACK RIVER FALLS HAS A WALMART WHERE THE TEENAGE KIDS AND OLD FOLKS EARN PENNIES PER HOUR IN TOWN AND EVEN LESS OVER IN CHINA.

THE OFFICIAL SHOPPING MECCA OF BLACK RIVER FALLS, FLETCHER IS BEYOND THE LESSER EXTENT OF WEST EDMONTON MALL, BUT IT DOES HAVE SEVERAL OF THE BASIC STORES AND RESTAURANTS REQUIRED FOR THE TOWN TO FUNCTION, OR AT LEAST THOSE THAT ARE NOT SCATTERED THROUGHOUT. CLOSE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE SCHOOLS, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FREQUENTING HERE ARE STUDENTS WHICH, IN ALL FAIRNESS, EXPLAIN THE LEGAL OFFICES AND SECURITY HEADQUARTERS UPSTAIRS.

SECTOR 51, THE POLICE STATION, IS A JOKE AMONG THE POPULATION OF BLACK RIVER FALLS. THEY CAN BE PAID OFF FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND THEY ARE, ON A REGULAR BASIS. NOBODY REALLY GETS IN TROUBLE, SO THE SECTOR 51 OFFICERS SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME...EATING DONUTS

HOTEL JUNCTION IS HOME TO THE TWO NON-PERMANENT RESIDENCE FACILITIES IN TOWN--A NICE MARRIOTT AND A CHEAP HOTEL WHERE THE BLACK SHEEP POOR RELATIVES GET SHUNTED TO.

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