spindle spider dot comOn my way to Val’s Halla Records, I stumbled upon this high end thrift store, also on Harrison just a couple blocks east. I was relieved and excited to find a large record bin about 10′ inside the front door! That goddamn George Benson album follows me everywhere, I almost bought it at Fish and […]
I typically like to think of myself as someone that is pretty tolerant of cold weather, I deal with it on a regular basis and I think my threshold is higher than most. It’s been a really bad […]
Going to take the Milwaukee west Metra line to Western Ave, then walk to California/Lake and jump on the Green Line. Two stores in Oak Park and a third in Forest Park, at which point I can jump on the # Harlem bus, head back up to Grand and either hoof it back west home, […]
Standard day for the majority of society as I know is as follows: go to work, punch out, go home, beat/yell at your wife, eat some kind of slop, fall asleep watching tv. No […]
Around Christmas, my long time grocery store (Dominick’s) closed, along with all the others in Illinois. This has been a slight inconvienence as it is a greater distance to the next store. However, it was a good catalyst to get me to shop at a smaller and better store, rather than be lazy and just […]
A five minute ride to the train station turned into a 45 minute jaunt all the way home when conversation got too involved to notice that I should exit the car and get onto the platform. No matter – it gave me a chance to follow up on a tip I got that this thrift […]