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On my third trip to Kansas City I had a weekend of downtime to figure out fun plans and adventures to undertake. I consider my geography to be pretty good but it wasn’t until I glanced at the map Saturday night to realize that Nebraska was just a stones throw away! My mind whirled with […]
As I sped across the border into Tennessee, I spotted Candlelight on the way out. I know an antique mall when I see one and couldn’t believe my luck. Besides checking a new state off the list, I’d be able to hit another spot on the way back. Not surprised to see that just about […]
Nothing like a solid breakfast to service your hangover followed by perusing the junk at an antique mall next door! I have visited Oklahoma before but only in the capacity to check it off the list without enjoying it much. I had a plan to hit up a Starship Records but I got it pretty […]
Coming out west, it was exciting to know that I’d check two states off my map that I might never get the opportunity to again. Montana was easy – flying into Billings I found a few places and was able to check it off my list within about 20 minutes of my plane touching down. […]
It’s the places in your backyard that you miss the most easily sometimes. I was headed out to Niles and took a different route than usual, and went right by this place. I immediately checked the clock and quickly calculated what time I thought I might be headed back then checked if I could make […]
Man I love antique malls. I love having a nice afternoon to myself, after my work is done, when I am out in the middle of nowhere and an antique mall to dig through. It is relaxing and the kind of ‘smell the flowers’ activity we all need to take in for ourselves regularly, one […]
Just spittin’ distance from Goodwill I found a treat in the Meadowthorpe Antique Mall. And antique malls ALWAYS have vinyl. It may be overpriced – it may be junk, but vinyl nonetheless. And I’m no snob. There isn’t much out there that is more fun that wandering through an antique mall looking for records and […]
This place sold itself as a ‘flea market’ but by my definition it was an antique mall. We can argue about the actual goods and whether they qualify as ‘antiques’ or not but the biggest thing was that the items here were on consignment and a flea market to me has to involve interaction with […]
Got a call out of the blue to head down to Wilmington Illinois. Where is that? I had no idea either – I seriously figured it had to be down in central Illinois or beyond. Turns out, it’s just a little south of Joilet so only about an hour for me. So I drove down […]
Had my eye on this for a couple years, it is right at the Interstate 80 interchange but never had time to stop. Made time on this journey and it was worth it as we found a bunch of crates of 7″ right inside the front door. I did not buy anything at all for […]