Category Archives: Travel

Take this title literally, because we visited a ski slope way up a mountain and then took a spontaneous visit to an antique store at the bottom of the mountain this weekend. Since Eric was off of work this Saturday (yay!) we took advantage of having a whole weekend together and went off on a…

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Hey everyone! I’m back with another dish of my latest thrift store finds that I snapped up whilst I rummaged through some local shops. The other weekend was the last day that my beloved Estate Specialists was open (although I hear they may reopen under a new name in a new location. Hurray!). All the items…

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Any HGTV lovers out there? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Never mind, I guess you wouldn’t be interested. Oh wait. There are? Then perhaps you have caught an episode or two of Salvage Dawgs. It’s a show about a store called Black Dog Salvage run by these two good ole southern boys. They travel around to old…

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Last week I was reading the paper and an ad made my heart drop. It was a store closing ad for Estate Specialists, my FAVORITE thrift store/antique store/second-hand store/used decor store in town. It is a huge old warehouse-like building downtown that is home to so many amazing old finds. I have mentioned it a…

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I just can’t help  it. I got giddy on Sunday, and a little nervous, as I stood in line peering for a glance at blog superstars John and Sherry of Young House Love. But let me back up and give you the full story of my side of this little story. As you all know,…

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