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I did not have much time to prepare for a trip out west but I reacted very quickly when the opportunity arose. I took decisive action to grab the moment and picked up the phone instead of using email, which I prefer. I don’t know when or if I’ll ever be back but I am […]
I was perfectly happy to check Nevada off my list with my visit to Record City. But that night I wanted to have a few drinks and selected the Huntridge Tavern at my watering hole. After a couple fairly wild bus rides I found my way and what do you know – there was a […]
This was maybe the most run down Savers I’ve been to, at least from the outside. In a shady darkened parking lot, their neighbor had moved out. Not sure who Savers got this building from, it is huge and the exterior looks like hell. I’ve also never seen that slogan ‘The Thrift Department Store” before […]
I visited Rhode Island a while back on a personal getaway with my dad. I actually had business plans to travel to Seekonk which is just across the border from Providence. This was great because I knew I’d be able to check Massachusetts off my list. But flights to Boston were much cheaper than Providence […]
Had a hell ride down in Hazelwood just outside of STL. I was staying in St. Peter which is about 10-15 miles away if memory serves. I spent about 14.5 hours working and driving on day #2 but day #1 was just a 5 hour jaunt down to my destination. This of course left room […]
Very sad news which I luckily caught in time to make one last trip to a shop that has been particularly kind to me. It was pretty remarkable to have a legit thrift store in my hood and I’m proud to say I took good advantage of it. I documented more than a couple trips […]
Knocking Rhode Island off my list feels like a legitimate accomplishment. Perhaps it is irrational, while strangely logical in my warped brain, that the smallest state would be the last state I would visit. I got into town in the afternoon with plans to leave the next day via train for New Haven. I only […]
This Savers has eluded me for a few years, it is just too far out of the way to force me to get up there and I don’t get that way for work often enough. Finally made time on a lazy Sunday in my mom’s borrowed car as I housesit for them while they […]
Had a whirlwind early week headed out east to run through Portsmouth New Hampshire. I flew from Chicago to Philly on an early flight where I laid over on the final leg to Manchester. I could have flown direct with United (my preferred carrier) but they wanted double the price which was well outside the […]
This was SUPPOSED to be a post about the All-Night Flea Market, and how it was my third year going, and how exciting it was and all the great stuff I picked up. But it is not, because the flea market was a bust. I got some intel a couple hours before we were set […]