Antique

There’s something about browsing an antique shop that brings a sense of wonder and excitement. Maybe it’s the thrill of the hunt, or the reward of an unexpected find, like durable furniture made to withstand generations, or a dress from afar hanging near the travel-worn suitcase that brought it home…

One’s hanging wonderfully focuses the mind. One’s hangover wonderfully un-focuses it. Such is my morning, the symbolic first day of summer. It’s not a bad hangover, but the minor headache and grogginess make deep work impractical, so I find myself looking at a new thing in my library: an antique…

You must have heard tales of luxury liquids but do you know how much is the world’s most expensive whiskey worth? There are many types of expensive whiskies whose price can shock you. Yes, it’s true. …

Jam or Jelly Anyone? Today my husband found a Certo pectin vintage brown glass bottle from the 1930–40s in a culvert. I found it intriguing because both ways point up. You are supposed to use half the bottle to the up line of the arrows embossed in the glass (one dose) and then use from the down line for the rest. In short, this bottle has two servings of Pectin. How did people more than 90 years ago come up with this one? I asked myself. It never had a paper label because the instructions are embossed on the glass.

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I bought a typewriter at an estate sale. I was found the cheap typewriter I could test writing with. I want to find out what I would use a manual typewriter for. I like to write in different ways and this looked like it might be the answer. $5, $10…

I love vintage accessories! So it’s been an amazingly fun day with my favorite antique show in town for the weekend. Also, it’s just great to take my mom and wander around for a couple of hours. So that’s what we did today. And I found some treasures! The best…

Downtowns feel intact and well-maintained, but also weirdly empty. — Come explore artistic flair, intriguing history, and cats sipping White Russians in saloons in this latest batch of towns — all stumbled upon during my stint as a Lyft driver! Marysville, CA (Yuba County) Back in 1857, Marysville was a prospering city — one of the largest in California, due to its proximity to…

Antiquing could be a lucrative way to earn you some extra money… Anyone that knows my mom knows she loves a good yard sale. She and her friend, Sister Carrie, go shopping almost every Saturday in the spring and summer. But what they don’t do is search those yard sales…