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From Parañaque City, NCR

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From Australia

Of Alley Cats & Friends Like That

You know the old saying, "With friends like that, who needs enemies?" Well I've got friends like that. Actually, that's unkind -- I'm sure she didn't mean to do what she did... She sent me a sweet gift, a pick-me-up between friends; she l...

Purses (Part I)

Where would women be without a purse to hold the essentials like cash, keys, a drivers license and credit cards and the non-essentials like lipstick, a package of fruit snacks, old receipts, cinnamon Altoids, pens, iPod earbuds and Chuck E. Cheese...

Antique Armor Mesh Bags

Normally I avoid the girlie jewelry cases because I lack deep pockets and I fear having my heart broken. But this Saturday at the auction was different. Not only did I look, linger, and love, but I won a number of beautiful pieces, including sever...

A Guide To Antique Personal Possessions

Antique Personal Possessions by Silvia Druitt is a 1980 publication covering collectible personal items from 1860 to 1930. The book, measuring 10 X 7.5 inches, has just 128 pages (including small bibliography & index) and features illustra...

Queen of the Bargain Hunters: More of Lea's Treasures

My last blog detailed a 'chance meeting' with a fellow antiquer named Lea and some of her fabulous collections.  She showed me through her charming home and each nook and cranny revealed more eye-popping treats. Her kitchen had a lot of items fr...

The Care & Feeding Of Vintage Jewelry

I was born in the 60's & regularly going to & purchasing at rummage sales and flea markets in the 70's, so when the 80's hit, with all that flashy costume & rhinestone jewelry, I already had a large stash of pretty & unique vintage...

Garage Mining : Five Books I've Collected, For Some Reason

I have a lot of stuff in the garage. A lot. It's taken over a corner of the garage and begun to spread like kudzu into the area designated for the lawn mower and stepladders, threatening to annex the hard-fought territories of the rooftop vacation...

Collecting Female Uniforms: Vintage Aprons

Few things can rile a feminist more than images of repressed atomic 50's females. One icon of such repressed domesticity is the apron, with its literal ties that bind women forever to the most dreary work imaginable: cooking and cleaning. It's...

The Nightmare Before Christmas

So, I find myself with the coincidental honor of having quite a choice blogging day today, this day of Halloween. While the holiday has always been my favorite aesthetically, all black and orange and dead, I can't say I've attended any memorable f...

How To Recycle Your T-Shirts

I'm not a fancy guy. I don't play video games with my pinky pointed up, and I don't know which forks go on which side - and while I do enjoy a nice sushi dinner, a woman in a black dress and the jazz of Charles Mingus, most of my own daily wardrob...
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