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The Vintage Bazaar: Black Friday Edition

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 .

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Style is not Emasculating. Exhibit 5

Four well-dressed men holding beer bottles

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Am I right or am I right

Much needed autumn weather + Samuel Adams Oktoberfest Beer + Power tools = Finishing my living room makes for a pretty damn good Saturday

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Meet Manly Vintage Face to Face

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.


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Manly Vintage Farm Vacation Checklist

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.

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The Franklin Family Farm

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.

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Ask the Readers – A Schlitzy Blog Poll

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!

What is the greatest movie of all time?

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UPDATE!!!: Listing is up

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One hundred good reasons to go to the Vintage Bazaar

Etsy shop closes up tonight. Time to start packing.

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