HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Daily Treat

Vintage Collins Children’s Annual Daily Treats are sweet finds from our Treat Avenue Donation Center. Hungry for more collectibles?  Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! Find more rare reads at Amazon and AbeBooks.

Boomerang

By Reid Meadows I like to keep up with the news, but it seems as though the debt crisis in Europe sort of snuck up on us. We had been so focused on pulling ourselves out of the muck of the previous financial crisis here in the United States when suddenly, Greece turned into a [...]

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Albums

Nothing can put you in the holiday spirit like a favorite Christmas song. Much like the good china, our holiday albums stay tucked away for most of the year, safely protected from dust and signs of wear; and for just a few sweet weeks we pull them from our attic and enjoy the artists that [...]

Daily Treat

Don’t let nature do you!  Advice from the 1942 Leader’s guide from Girl Scouts of America. Daily Treats are sweet finds from our Treat Avenue Donation Center. Hungry for more collectibles?  Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! Find more rare reads at Amazon and AbeBooks.      

The Old Magic

By Byron Spooner I also grabbed the new Nick Lowe, The Old Magic, for old times’ sake and found the former new wave pop parodist and svengali/producer sounding like Buddy Holly in the middle age he never reached. This is a compliment, especially when one considers how the bright spirits of Holly and the Everly [...]

Christmas Movies

By Reid Meadows Last night I was flipping through the channels right before heading to bed and suddenly came across the The Santa Clause (1994), just about your most stereotypical Christmas flick. I coyly smiled to myself and figured I’d jog my memory until the next commercial break. Not the case. Two hours later, my [...]

Daily Treat

Parental advice. Daily Treats are sweet finds from our Treat Avenue Donation Center. Hungry for more collectibles?  Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! Find more rare reads at Amazon and AbeBooks.  

Winter

In San Francisco, it seems the only way to notice the arrival of winter is the Christmas Tree in Union Square. The difference between June and December is about 10 degrees and some extra rainy days. We rarely take off our sweater but almost never put on our parka. Besides a very light dusting in [...]