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Calistogaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

When I want to get away for a little R & R, the first place that comes to mind is Calistoga in the Napa Valley. Recently, I had some friends in town from So Cal and the three of us spent a lovely week-end up there. I thought I’d share my money-saving tips for how [...]

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Ten Thousand Easter Eggs

Where can you find 10,000 Easter eggs? At The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center on Lytton Springs Road on the day before Easter. Just like every year for the past 25 years, where the staff has been stuffing and hiding colorful candy-filled eggs for a massive Easter egg hunt as a way to give back [...]

Thrift Trip: Cloverdale {Part Two}

Wine Tasting in the Anderson Valley On a recommendation from our charming B & B innkeeper, Roxanne from Auberge on the Vineyard, we mapped out our route for wine tasting in the less commercial, rustic Anderson Valley. Maple Creek Winery http://www.maplecreekwine.com, just outside of Yorkville, was our first tasting of the day. It was [...]

Kate Middleton Shows She’s Not Afraid to Shop Second-Hand Stores

The whole world has just learned that the young Royals – well, at least one of them – is into thrifting! Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, apparently donned a vintage second-hand gray coat dress to the National Portrait Gallery. According to a report from the Huffington Post, Kate reportedly sent her assistant into purchase [...]

$3 Painting from Goodwill Store Sells For $190,000

I love this story! Just goes to show you – it pays to shop at thrift stores! By Christie Dedman — The Birmingham News ANDERSON, S.C. – An 81-year-old Anderson County man doesn’t mind sharing his amazing tale, but he doesn’t want to share his last name. The man, who’s going by only “Leroy,” said, “It’s the [...]

The Cutest Thing I Saw Today While Thrifting

I’m learning (the hard way) that I don’t have to buy everything I see that I love when I’m thrifting. This is something that has taken years of practice, mind you, but today was especially challenging when I laid my eyes upon the cutest vintage ceramic piggy planter at Thrift Town in the Mission. Do [...]