
You probably don't remember, but after the second Bazaar at the Congress Theater, I wrote this:
The J-Dog and I are pretty much pros at this now, but there are a couple things we're gonna do different next time.
1. Bigger is better. Lets just say, we're sick of selling items, we want to sell rooms. Rooms baby! So maybe this WILL become a cute couple interior design blog. harharhar.
The last Bazaar, Jayson and I left the theater that night vowing to never get a small vendor space again. We wanted the furniture, the room for styling and presentation, the dizzying highs! The crushing lows! We want it all.
Well our dreams have been answered! Manly Vintage is one of the five sellers that will be keeping it real at the next Vintage Bazaar in a Logan Square store front. A FLIPPING STORE FRONT!!! Info here here and here.
Jayson and I are gonna have some killer sleepovers as we set up and stage beforehand in my basement. Oh it's gonna be manly alright.
It's gonna be zoppity .

Categories: Uncategorized.
Tags: Backgarage, beer, Chicago, home decor, sweet vintage goods, The Vintage Bazaar
By Morgan —
October 26, 2010 at 8:09 am Categories: Style is not Emasculating.
Tags: beer, mustache, pipe tobacco
By Morgan —
October 9, 2010 at 11:11 am Much needed autumn weather + Samuel Adams Oktoberfest Beer + Power tools = Finishing my living room makes for a pretty damn good Saturday
Categories: Moment of Manly Zen.
Tags: beer, DIY
By Morgan —
October 2, 2010 at 4:29 pm The two hot dudes from Manly Vintage will be pushing vintage goods this Saturday at the Heaven Gallery in Wicker Park...wait a minute...THAT'S US! Come on by and buy some antique razors, throw some high fives, and step outside with us for a smoke.

We're gonna be trying some crazy new ideas this time around, our first vintage market experience at the Vintage Bazaar was somewhat of a serious systems malfunction, so we're doing things different, LIKE HAVING PRICE TAGS! I'm also setting up at home beforehand so I don't have full boxes of crap underneath the tables, and I will eat breakfast and have coffee before I head out Saturday. Did I say crap? I meant recycled treasures. ha.

When: Sat July 3rd, noon-6 p.m.
Where: Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave., b/t Damen Ave. & Honore St. Info online at vintageheavenchicago.blogspot.com.
What: Our booth will consist of mostly pre-1960s, barware, home decor, some depression glass, lamps, razors, and household items.

Categories: Uncategorized.
Tags: 2 dollars, antique, ashtray, barware, beer, booze, Chicago, cigarettes, creepy, home decor, juice glasses, lamps, mid century, midcentury, primitive, retro, sweet vintage goods
By Morgan —
July 1, 2010 at 8:39 pm 
Checklist
1. Two wives
2. Seven Children
3. Couple cases of beer
4. Ammo for the 38. Special
5. ...........ahhh, I can't think of anything else. oh, duh, fireworks!
6. yep, we're good. Let's go!
We're off to Indiana y'all; we will return with trunks full of vintage goodies, cheap Indiana cigarettes, and a heck of a lot less bullets.
Categories: Moment of Manly Zen, Uncategorized.
Tags: american civil war, antique, beer, booze, cigarettes, family, farm, kids
By Morgan —
June 25, 2010 at 6:45 am The second annual Gagne/Franklin trip to the farm is fast approaching, I had thought I shared some pictures before, but it turns out just one, in this post.
I can't wait for all the small town antique shops, shooting bottles with the .38 Special, watching the kids catch lightning bugs, and building massive bonfires. Well here are some more photos, I was obsessing over learning Photoshop vintage effect at the time.


Oh, and a quick recap about the farm: been in Jayson’s family since 1863, nothing on the property dates later than the 1960s (except the foosball table), literally filled to the brim with antiques circa 1860s-1930s, two barns, one chicken coop, back country awesomeness.




Categories: Uncategorized.
Tags: antiques, beer, bugs, family, farm, fire, guns, kids, photoshop, roadtrip, vintage
By Morgan —
April 27, 2010 at 12:57 pm 
Jayson and I had just got off the phone discussing trying to push the blog into something useful for our readers and not just Etsy shop nonsense when this wonderful idea popped into my head: lets have the readers pick my next item title.
What a more perfect item and LOL funny then this vintage Schlitz beer pitcher. Let the voting BEGIN!

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UPDATE!!!: Listing is up
Categories: Ask the Readers.
Tags: barware, beer, booze, etsy, retro, Schlitz, sweet vintage goods, vintage
By Morgan —
March 4, 2010 at 9:00 am Etsy shop closes up tonight. Time to start packing.

Categories: Moment of Manly Zen.
Tags: antique, barware, beer, booze, Chicago, etsy, mid century, midcentury, retro, sweet vintage goods, thevintagebazaar
By Morgan —
February 22, 2010 at 5:37 pm