Raised working in a small town Gambles Store,
I know these guys have Got it Together...whut u need -
with expertise and community spirit.
Bonuses abound:
- 75% off Xmas stuff after the holiday, including TREES, lites,.
- friendly Customer Service - staff are former Carpenters; folksy, missing thumbs and such. Able to see what u need. One helped me pick out some good $3.99 reading glasses that I've worn all day w/o losing em.
They'll cut glass to fit your windows or art frames, and do other skill-intensive hand-eye jobs for you - CHEAP. Just go. Maybe bring some Brownies? An Expert might lurk where you are looking, so look around, or seek help at the large Service counter, at the back of the store.
- Sign up to get alert emails. Search deals online first, if you like. I actually Read and Shop from stuff they send in the mail. Featured deals are way cheap. Newsletters contain 10-50% off coupons.
- Sign-up for your True Value Rewards Card - to get even better discount coupons in the mail. I just got $10 off - to use on stuff I was gonna buy anyway - for my Birthday. Coupons keep coming as soon as one is used...so you can always afford to drop in again for something you need.
http://truevalue.com/content/TVRewards/default.aspx
- My favorite products now are cases of Bear Bricks. 2-4 make a great fire; lasts for hours. Whole case: $4. Get a box of Pine Mountain Fire Starter and break off a couple small pieces to get a fire started easily.
Movie nites: I try Pine Mountain fire logs. Burn 1 for an easy, attractive 3 hr fire. (Java Logs sometimes on Sale at Freddies)
- HUGE Parking lot, and the #12 bus is right at the street.
- Subway Sandwiches next door beef up your stamina if you have a long list and want to read a lot of labels first, have keys made, ect
- Close by: Coffee Kiosk, B of Am ATM, Big-Time Wrestling a few blocks West; and very good Cafe/Restaraunt choices next door and across the street: get fab BBQ at Tupelo Joe's (I LOVE their Pulled Pork Sandwiches, sides and sauces), great Pho just SW, Bills Steaks, Breakfast places, 2 German, and 2 Mexican...all within 2 blocks!
Since January, many formerly smoky bars on Sandy now woo...all clustered in the stretch near Parkrose TVH. Some of the old style Bars have great Pool and Darts spaces, & cheap breakfast. (Have Sandy Ave smokers will migrate to the Parkrose Hardware Parking Lot?)
IMO, it's not just for locals.
Like St Johns, endless discounts, humor and area Cafes are enuf reason to make Parkrose/Sandy a destination. Sandy/Parkrose already has WAY more going on already than Alberta did before some of us got active in the 1990's.
What Neighbors know: if a bargain item is out of stock - it may be avail. over near Gateway - at the other True Value on/about Glisan/Halsey.
Also visit the Gateway Liquor Store. Vodkas lined up on my Bar are from there. (Sorry friends, Affodable Funiture is CLOSING soon)
I shopped 3x recently at the Antique Mall on Stark - just east of 82nd Ave - it is so worthy! A hooked rug and oriental chest insisted on coming home with me. I was powerless before these deals. Some items in the 75% off room still beckon a return...with new deals added each visit, they Know I'll be back.
Both Sandy/Parkrose - and Halsey/Gateway streets have good Thrift Shops, by the way...so make your list of locks, paint, and needed tools, and bring in that broken window for a fix.
From Drywall Mud to Fireplace Logs, I've found it what I need.
When I'm hauling it home,
the car people can just get out of my way!
I sometimes pull a wagon downhill and back
to haul stuff home from P.T.V.H.
Feels like being a kid again, and I like it.
Since sidewalks are still scarce on our side streets,
I use the walk-right-in-the middle of the road skills
learned in King neighborhood
before investor-activists in our community
helped residents make Alberta Street Kool.
Come check out the conveniences that keep people living in close-in Gateway - Parkrose - Argay Terrace for so many years once they move here. Our neighborhoods are hidden gems, ready for some stylin newbies to come add Panache. Do! Just don't change the old-fashioned aspects of mid-Sandy too much. Where else would a 200 Classic Car Rally & Street Festival fit so well in summer, or anytime?
While a couple downtown parking places became people spaces for just a few hours last summer, Parkrose/Sandy did it over a whole weekend. Gateway Farmers Market moved over to Sandy for the Fest. One wishes they'd stay, maybe even year 'round, adding kiosks for other good read more