Ah yes, your typical bombed out St. V’s, a spot I checked out during my brief stay in lovely Livonia. This is the 25th post tagged for St. Vincent so I guess I’ve been to damn near that many. But yet after all these years, not much has changed. And that is fine with me. […]
Year: 2017
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Goodwill [Livonia MI]
Maybe I was due for some good fortune. I wasn’t off to a good start when I saw all the vinyl stacked bookshelf style but I craned my neck and checked them out as best as I could. But in the final grouping I spied with my little eye a CTI classic (as my eye was, […]
I’ve already outlined how exhausting my day was going to Ric’s (albeit very rewarding). But before I decided to pull the trigger on going way out to Port Credit, as I weighed the pros and cons in that shopping mall, knowing that there was a St. Vincent just down the street definitely helped to influence […]
My trip to Ric’s started with a real tourist type ‘fail’. I looked at the map and saw a Sunrise Records within a radius I estimated was about $10 via Uber. So I hauled over there but as I got close I saw that the area just didn’t look conducive to a record store, or […]
I have finally been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to take this blog international! I had 4 nights spent in Mississauga while I worked in nearby Brampton. My first stop here at Value Village was a pleasant accident. I was told we would be working somewhere between 11am-11pm everyday so I wanted to 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 […]
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Goodwill [Woodhaven MI]
Got to make a trip up to Detroit, an area I have almost never traveled to in my decade plus of jetsetting around the midwest and beyond. We were working out in the middle of nowhere, about 30 min south of Detroit and we were staying in Woodhaven. Was able to sneak away and check […]
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Chicago Punk Windfall
The Bollweevils / Ripcordz – North America Loud Punk Series I saw the Bollweevils live a few times at the Fireside Bowl back in the 90s. Some of those times were when they were playing with another band that I liked, I was never an outright fan though they are good and a classic Chicago punk band that has […]
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Estate Sale, Bensenville
I believe this is something called ‘work life balance’ that entails not working yourself until your mental and physical health suffers, not attempting to do the work of more than one person, working off hours voluntarily, etc… I think this is part of a science fiction novel or something because it is laughable to think […]
I’ve had a bad habit of neglecting the Plainfield Goodwill while I have showered the Avon Goodwill with attention during my numerous visits over the past couple years. It wasn’t intentional – the Avon store is right next to my hotel and I honestly forgot there was another one just a couple miles away. I’d […]