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Seasonal Images
The Iced Whale ornament waited patiently for the Christmas tree, comforted by the whiff of the salty scent of the Atlantic that wafts to The Electrician‘s home. In protest to a premature holiday kick-off, he waited well-past Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber-Monday to adorn the tree. Aaaah, a Poinsettia in front of a frosted window. The gorgeous red and green leaves [...]
I ♡ Vintage Bathing Suits
While most of the amazing picked clothes I have had through the years have been regrettably turned over, I have kept most of my vintage bathing suits. They live in a drawer that I rarely open. But when I do, it’s like opening up a trunk of wonderfulness. I wind up trying them all on, deciding which [...]
Vegan Experiment: Water-stained
This is my new desk. I saw it from across the room at the Unique Thrift in Levittown and was smitten. But, crafted with care, it was sturdy and large and too much for me to handle on my own. Luckily, upon my return next week, prompted by a nagging desire for attaining it, there [...]
Eastern Island Retreat
I spent the week at an island retreat. Not an exotic island by any means. I have lived on this geographic island for 97% of my life [fraction to decimal conversion: 32/33 = 0.96969697], the latter 9 in Brooklyn proper, its western tip. But with a warm and cozy home to station at, time and [...]
Thing #6
1/1/11 #1: Volunteering. Now that I have successfully decompressed from years of working and going to school in the evening, I have time to kill, time that often is wasted after work staring at various glowing screens. To make better use of this pool of minutes in 2011 I will incorporate a weekly volunteer position. [...]
Are Ya Ready Boots? …Vegan Cowboy Boots
My quest for vegan cowboy boots started a few years back. In those years, I have worn this pair (see left) to the ground… while keeping my eye on thrift store offerings. After all, it was at a thrift store in Greenville, South Carolina where I found them: in my size, not overly-ornate and 100% [...]
Interstate 70 to State Number 8
I prefer to shop in musky, dank barns; I like the effort and reward of the hunt. A rack of all of the same thing is very unappealing to me. This is why I have thrift shopped since I was old enough to make my own money. Unfortunately the state of thrifting for apparel these [...]
Thriftshopping… In My Closet, Part II
8. Buttons to Push Buttons. When I was a kid there was one phone in the in the house and it was in the kitchen. This phone had a ring so powerful you’d hear it from the basement, the attic and in any of the 4 top floor bedrooms. With four youngins in the household, [...]
Thriftshopping… In My Closet, Part I
Yesterday I cleaned out my storage closet. Re-discovering my lost treasures was so exciting. It was like I was at an estate sale of a woman with my exact taste and penchant for kitsch. Below is a list of some of my favorite unearthed treasures and the chain of thoughts they provoke. 1. Sunday gloves [...]
Spring Cleaning Tidbits, Part II (Photo version)
The Valentina exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. I’ve always found fashion to be the most trivial of the arts… but then again I’ve been wearing the same clothes and shoes for at least ten years. Had I been amongst New York’s high society in the 1940′s, I may of worn [...]
The Path to Salvation: The Salvation Army
Denver, CO I am an avid thrifthunter. Apparently it was decided in the stars, as noted in Starsky and Cox’s Sextrology {Thee most spot-on description of the Libra woman I ever did read, including such accurate details as my shoe size}. I’ve traveled coast-to-coast collecting knick-knacks and thing-a-mybobs, often expeditioning solely for a thrift prospect. [...]
