Window Shopping

Dovetail, a vintage boutique on Chicago Avenue, always has the most innovative and adorable window displays--currently they have an homage to Alice & Wonderland, including these wonderful stuffed toad stools and clock. Looks like they might be getting some competition soon from Seek Vintage, a shop that's set to open soon (bringing the total of vintage shops on Chicago Avenue to four!).

P.O.S.H.

I mentioned the store, P.O.S.H., in an earlier post and how it was always closed when I walked by... well today on the way to Trader Joes after work it was open! While it's a small store, it's packed floor to ceiling with vintage & vintage inspired home goods from the U.S. and abroad (France! Belgium!).

They have lots more available online, the store is just a small sampling of what they have-- hotel silverware, diner coffee mugs & dishware and one-of-a-kind trinkets found in Paris flea markets by the store's owner.

While I was enamored with the European goods, I ended up making an All-American purchase, a white coffee mug emblazoned with a blue anchor, part of a deadstock supply found in an East Coast china warehouse. It was originally manufactured for the U.S. Navy probably back in the '60s.

Chicagoland Junking

Sorry for the blurriness of these photos... the iphone does not like low light conditions! Today I met up with fellow vintage blogger, Lara, who lives down in Frankfurt, IL which is about an hour ride south on the Metra. She took me to lots of little antique shops, where we both felt a little overwhelmed by all the goodies we saw! It was hard not to spend a lot of $$, I ended up taking photos of things I liked to try and stop myself from buying so much (a pretty good strategy actually). Lots more photos of the meetup will be up at my other blog, thriftaholic, soon!

Sunshine & Coffee

Lots of photos today as it was sunny again (after two days of gloom) and I decided to do my favorite thing-- walk the mile up Damen to Wicker Park, have lunch, do a bit of thrift shopping & then read at a cafe/coffee shop.

There's still snow on the ground but it's slowing melting away as the temperatures have been in the mid 30s this week.

Five of the images were taken at Lovely, a bake shop on Milwaukee just off the blue line El stop. It serves the best cookies (my favorite is the peanut butter & chocolate chip) and has a really cozy atmosphere that incorporates a lot of vintage elements (like the blue egg beater, typewriter and electric fans!).