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Brattleboro’s Quality Youth Department Project awarded us for being a youth friendly business! To quote BQYDP, we are a business that “is an inclusive and welcoming place towards young people from all backgrounds” and “has friendly staff that youth feel comfortable talking to”. We are...
It’s one of those shoulder seasons. Autumn coolness at night, summer heat in the afternoon. Lush green leaves mingling with reds and golds. Both of my wardrobes (tee-shirts and shorts, long sleeves and jeans) in use. I’m not willing to winterize and store the outdoor...
by Jennie Reichman, Shop Staff OK, show of hands: How many of you, dear readers, own a bathroom scale? And of those who do, how many have gotten on it in the last year? In my house, this evil contraption sits just inside the bathroom door,...
I have been watching the Harry Potter movies again. This is mostly because the internet has not been working at my house for the last week and a half (don’t get me started on the frustration of wrangling with the service provider) and the only...
From Jennie Reichman What were you doing last year at this time? Working from home? Picking your groceries up curbside? Struggling with securing unemployment benefits? Learning to bake with sourdough? It was such a mixed bag of experiences and emotions, ranging from fear to grief to...
[caption id="attachment_6599" align="alignright" width="234"] Aldo[/caption] From Jennie Reichman I had every intention to write about bathing suits this month. It's June, temperatures have been balmy, and Vermont’s lakes, ponds and rivers beckon with cool relief. Bathing suits are still on the docket, but I want to spend...
by Jennie Reichman Well, we survived the cruel month of April with its teasing lure of 70 degree days followed by an epic mud season followed by punishing snow and cold. Time to welcome the darling buds of May and the astonishing return of leaves to...
[caption id="attachment_6533" align="alignright" width="300"] Vintage pillow at the shop[/caption] by Jennie Reichman I recently had something stolen from my home. I won’t go into great detail here, but it was something I use every day, that I enjoy, and that was worth about $50. I have an...
[caption id="attachment_6247" align="alignright" width="300"] Jennie (l) and Karen (r) are smiling behind these masks![/caption] Our Manager Karen Zamojski was recently interviewed along with several other local thrift store managers in the Keene Sentinel, about the challenges and adaptations needed in response to Covid-19. Read it here:...
by Jennie Reichman It's that time of year when it is honestly a little hard to figure out what to write about. It seems to happen when we are past all the exciting holidays; have settled into winter and its routines, challenges and quiet pleasures; and...