New shop on College Ave

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

I hope I haven't missed a post raving about it, already, but has anyone been into the neat little shop that just opened near Deli-icious and the chinese place on College Ave, yet? They look like they have some amazingly unique crafts and doodads!

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[ron_newman]

What's it called, and when did it open?

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I don't know its name and it opened less than a week ago.

[ron_newman]

This one?

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

I knew I must have missed something! I'm curious to hear what folks think, now that it's open for business.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

"Information-free" . . . Wow, yeah. You know, I would have expected a street address. Or directions ("Walk up College towards Powderhouse"). Or something. *boggle*

[kevin-church.livejournal.com]

I may have to stop by with my business card.
Wow.

[nungnung.livejournal.com]

It's Andrew Ridgeley. The other guy from Wham. Oh, excuse me...Wham! ;)

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

OOOH, I could use some doodads.

Oh, wait, no. I need Thingamabobs. dang.

I have like twenty of those

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

I already have gadgets and gizmos aplenty, but I could use some whosits and whatsits.

Re: I have like twenty of those

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

You want thingamabobs? They've got twenty!

Re: I have like twenty of those

[raysimoto.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've got whosits and whatsits GALORE.

But who cares? No big deal. I want MOOOOOOORE!!!

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

I only just noticed it today as I was walking by, and went in out of curiosity, looked around, and talked to the owner. I think she's all about loving funky stuff and likes the idea of sharing her finds and seeing them off to good homes. We had a dialog that went something like this:

Me (pointing to a particular item of her store furniture):

I don't suppose this is for sale

Her:

No. You're like the third person to ask about that.

Me:

Well, it's cool. And it would be useful.

Her:

A lot of people seem to want things that are useful...

It seems to have come as a genuine surprise to her that people would be more interested in the useful-and-decorative than the purely decorative, and she mentioned that one of her (apparently very few so far) sales had been of a stool she was using as a display table. She seemed willing to roll with it, and said she's planning to focus more on usefulness in her buying. I think if she can find the right mix of stuff, the shop has the potential to be a nice addition to the Square's ecosystem.

[ladytatiana.livejournal.com]

oh yay! i'm off tomorrow and live a block away. gonna go check it out for sure (and maybe even post a review afterward ;)

[teko.livejournal.com]

I stopped in yesterday to check the place out; it's a curious mix of funky antiques, vintage clothes, and newly-made art that looks like warped antiques (such as lighting fixtures made of Tupperware).

She said that she's going to be stocking more vintage t-shirts and men's vintage clothes -- or at least t-shirts with vintage iron-ons applied to them. She's just starting out and very open to suggestions.

New doo dad shop on College Ave.

[shortandhappier.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll drop by this week. Hope she has some of the useful stuff in by now.

New shop on College ave

[artifaktori.livejournal.com]

Hi, my name is Amy. I own the shop on College ave. Thanks for your interest! Come by and introduce yourself so I can put the personalities with the comments. Glad to join the community. See you around.