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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. [...]
Once you go Midwest, you never go back.
———————– Public Service Announcement:Like Alaska tries to reel in the ladies for its many eligible bachelors, New York City needs men. Not gay men (In Jerry‘s voice: not that there’s anything wrong with that). Not effeminate men. Men who worry about accessorizing, hair care products and ironic facial hair patterns need not apply. We already [...]
P-E-O-R-I-A, Peoria
What would possess one to visit a city during a heat wave that shot temps to 110 degrees? The largest thrift store in North America would! Braving the underestimated “dry heat” of Arizona, I browsed the majority of Goodwill-Peoria’s 92,000 square feet of thrift delights and captured the closure of checking it off my list [...]
Buffalo Soldier
Being the significant other of a JetBlue employee, I am awarded his flight benefits. Without the variable of being able to afford airfare, spontaneous excursions will be a-plenty this summer as I continue to struggle with settling into normal life here, otherwise know as work. For our first air venture together, we chose Buffalo. Not [...]
Chatuchak Weekend Market
According to Wiki, Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend market is the largest market in the world. That certainly seemed to be the case. I only perused a small portion of its 15,000 stalls and was completely overwhelmed. It is estimated that between 2-300,000 people visit the market each day. If you wanted to buy a mogwai, this [...]
Karen Zamboni’s Day Off
I woke up this past Monday morning realizing, in the frenzy of a rather bizarre Sunday night, that I had forgotten to return my car rental. I’d be responsible for an additional day’s rate regardless of whether I returned it 10 minutes or 10 hours after this realization. A quick check of the weather sealed [...]
Recently Recovered…
Garbage day has recently delivered me some thrilling finds. First, this stunning black velvet kitty painting which was presented to me by a mysterious scavenger who spoke in broken English. After see my eyes light up as he lifted the painting up from the surrounding debris to get a better look, he handed it to [...]
