New business, not yet on yelp for some reason. Also, no website. But in the interest of full…read morerepresentation, here's my hipshot, gut reaction to this shop which I recently dropped by having nothing better to do. and in this town, that condition seems to be about the norm for everybody living here. so i'll review it as things unknown about simply should be known about. I'm sure it's true. herewith then is an intro, with more details plus pictures to be added as i overcome my writer's block.
but before i get into the important details of what's inside this antique shop, perhaps a bit of background is in order. no, not MY background, go figure that out for yourself. i'm talking about why people seem to want to buy stuff that other people have decided isn't worth keeping. limited experience, there are 4 venues where you can acquire things that others have previously used, beginning with the lowest first. well, actually there are 5 ways, the lowest of the low being outright theft. nothing more to say on this as it's inappropriate in a yelp review for several reasons, one being theft doesn't generate revenue
come to think on it, the next venue also generates no revenue: so-called dumpster diving. back in the day dumpsters often contained items of value but today, dumpsters are basically full of garbage and rarely worth perusing, unless an individual is truly, and i mean down and out in paris and london truly, hungry. a more interesting source for used, free items, at least in very large cities and especially manhattan, are items left on sidewalks, free for the taking. no harm, no foul with this but it helps to live in or near areas where the demographics are decidedly upscale. if the neighbors are downscale they generally can't buy things of quality, so why would you want their throw-aways? when i lived in nyc my girlfriend at the time was quite adept at finding great sidewalk items to furnish our loft, the most luxurious ever being a full-size polar bear rug.
the middle venue consists of the true warehouses of other peoples' things, the same place where you go with that stuff you discard when your garage bulges with boxes of yesterday. you not only get rid of that stuff, you also receive a receipt for "tax deductible donations" woohoo!. but there's a special benefit, not always understood today, that dates back to when there were lots of us in that phase of life when you're moving around year to year, maybe a coast to coast relocation. you aren't yet ready to settle down and buy your household from snazzy IKEA, and maybe never will be. in such case, it's totally unnecessary to pack up all kinds of things when you're ready to go. just take everything down highway 61, meaning your local goodwill store. don't worry about replacement because wherever you go, that same stuff will be in goodwill stores there, too. how cool is that?
oh, yeah, almost forgot... garage and estate sales. you know the drill.
all this comes down to the most interesting venue of all, antique stores and their close relation, pawn shops. antique shops like "happy hoarders..." are esoteric, weird assemblages of items that suit the proprietor's sense of what the local market is looking for. nothing functional, surely, the stuff here is so random you couldn't possibly go looking for anything specific. and if you want a fender stratocaster cheap, you'll find a dozen in pawn, but not here. still, if you're driving down bonham street wondering which way to go, etc... you might not find a strat but you're likely gonna want something here, you just don't know it until you walk in the door.
