Paula P’s Corner Store

I admit I have a problem.
I love these
small, beachy, corner stores.
And Paula’s is about as small
and beachy as it gets.
It’s not just small, it’s reallllly small. In fact I bet you have a bathroom in your house larger than the whole store. Damn, my cats have a litter box bigger than this place. It’s actually part of a larger building that has a pizza place next to it. The pizza smells nice but I’ve never been in that side. Just the tiny store.
Paula’s is located right on Sconticut Rd which is surrounded by water so it is very beachy. Everybody who goes down there is heading toward the water or sand. Nothing else down there. No snooty attitudes here; I can walk in after yaking, wearing a wetsuit, covered in sand and with seaweed hanging out of my ears and no one will care. In fact they are always very friendly in that casual, laid back, beachy way. Questions about how the water was, did I see any large sharks, and what I did. Never intrusive, just friendly.
Paula’s is the first place you run into after returning from South Island or from biking around Sconticut Point so it is the place where I stop to get something to drink. I am usually parched but Paula has her priorities right. Even though it’s an extrememly tiny place, Paula’s has lots of cold things to drink, including a cooler filled with ice cold beer. After a long, hot day you can get something very cold, and possibly somewhat intoxicating and sit on the porch and watch the other beachy people. Not a bad way to end the day.
It’s a very small, itty bitty, teensy teeny store. Only lots of cold liquids and some junk food. It’s sandy, sticky, kind of smelly and about the size of a kitties litter box. But it is a great place that defines what summer should be.