Monthly Archives: September 2007
Rainy day sales
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This weekend my mom and aunt came down from Bellingham, WA to hit some sales with me. It was crappy on Friday night, so I knew that some folks would cancel due to rain. Then Jenny called to say that … Continue reading
The yard sale catch and release program
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There was a nice mention of our blog in the comments of this post about online yard sale maps from Metroblogging Portland. (We haven’t tried any of these newfangled mapping dealybobs yet. I keep thinking we should, but I guess … Continue reading
Saturday’s scores — edible and otherwise
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Meghan summed up our Saturday pretty well in the last post, but I wanted to chime in and talk about some of the cool stuff I got. From that one amazing sale in the mostly-empty house I scored three pairs … Continue reading
Southside sales
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Karl had invited Jenny and I to come to sales across town in his neighborhood on Saturday. I was feeling pretty iffy about going, since I had plans to have an end of summer party on Saturday night. But the … Continue reading
Man oh (Olympic) Manor
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There is a cool neighborhood near us called Olympic Manor, which is filled with incredible ’50s modern houses and, more to the point, has an annual yard sale day. Every time we’d drive by Meghan would ask me, “When’s Olympic … Continue reading
Labor Day weekend: not the best weekend for sales, but …
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Through our extensive years of yard-saling we have determined that the Saturdays of holiday weekends (Memorial Day/Labor Day) generally don’t have a ton of sales. Furthermore, the sales that are there are often lame. But did this keep us from … Continue reading
