Hooters
Mar 23, 2008 So, after living here for what... 17 months? We finally decided to make it official, and get WV licenses. The problem is there's no place locally to just run down and stand in line and get it done, so we opted for the Charleston location because:
a) STARBUCKS!
b) It's cooler
c) STARBUCKS!
d) we were going that way, anyway
e) they're open on Saturdays
f) I think there's a Starbucks around there
Well. I Mapquested the address, but it didn't come up exactly. It did that thing where it gave me some options, and I just picked one. Because I obviously know where I'm going if I'm Mapquesting the directions.
Stupidly, I thought it wouldn't be that hard to find, and we decided to kind of wing it, and ask for directions if we needed.
Oh, we needed.
It wasn't where we thought, not even close, and we drove all over the stupid, damn city looking for the stupid, damn DMV. We drove up a ways, and back a ways, and then over the river, and then back to where we started. We got directions at three different places, and the directions from two people (guys) mentioned that it was past Hooters.
Hooters? Really? In Charleston? West Virginia? Seriously?
We decided to change our parameters, and look for Hooters instead of the DMV, because clearly that's what we were doing wrong in the first place. That, and trusting Mapquest. Two different sets of directions mentioned the place, so it had to be there somewhere.
We finally found Hooters. The orange owl sign was shining at us like a beacon across the city. Right past it we found the DMV. We are now card-carrying West Virginians, and celebrated with lots and lots of Starbucks.
Reader Comments (1)
Eesh. Did they make you take the road test? I've only ever had a driver's license in one state, so I wondered if they made you do that whole she-bang again when you moved somewhere new.