Category Archives: collections

24
Jul

Pau Hana, Mi Pilialoha

I was having a birthday. So I planned a party. The party itself wasn’t a huge undertaking, but my plan to finally, after seven years of talking about it, finally make my basement into a tiki bar/lounge in time for … Continue reading →

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1
Jul

CLOSEOUT SALE: HOUSEWARES

I’m retiring some items in the Vintage Home category this weekend so if you’ve had your eye on any Melmac or the lovely Franciscan Ware divided serving dish in the Larkspur pattern shown above, now would be the time to … Continue reading →

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2
Jun

Estate Sailing

Get it? Sailing? Sale-ing? Yeah, okay. I’m hot and sticky and grimy and perhaps my humor isn’t its sharpest right now. But anyway. You know, I really should have bought that pair of 2-tiered end tables I saw today. $20 … Continue reading →

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13
Dec

NEW Eyeglasses!

For someone who wears her contact lenses as much as possible, I sure do spend a lot of time in eyeglasses. Sometimes because my eye is having an inexplicable physical “reaction” to wearing lenses, and sometimes because eyeglasses can be … Continue reading →

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22
May

Well, Yellow There!

Friend and fellow Twitter-er Betty Red asked today, “Why is so hard to find cute, yellow retro lingerie!?” My first thought was that yellow can be a difficult color to match against your skin tone and as such is often … Continue reading →