Three girls, three OLCs, and one full mini-van

Sandwich oh Sandwich how we love thee. Both the place and the lunch item.

JC's sister Laura joined us for the July Sandwich antique market, which was somewhat more populated than it was in June.

Fueled by every kind of breakfast meat known to man, we set out early (& thirsty) for the country. The corn was high, the barns were white and the sky was blue.





A banner day at Sandwich this was. Last season I saw a 1940s Coca-Cola billboard but passed it up. Almost immediately I saw the sign again, along with another '40s Coke sign featuring a lady bowler. Which to choose? I couldn't of course, and much to my luck, the guy had broken the glass on the bowling sign that day so he gave me a discount. Also he made several creepy comments, but hey, I loved the signs.


The three of us bought so much stuff we almost did not fit it all into Laura's minivan. I believe a chair was purchased (uphosltered, in need of re-upholstering, liked by both the Js but not L), a metal cooler for a bday gift, and a vintage dress for me, among others.

Elkhorn, the best there is

A little late this post. A few weeks ago we headed north to Wisconsin for the mother of all fleas, Elkhorn.

Amount spent: $61
Amount found on ground: $5
Items obtained: 8 (a humidor, a citrus juicer, a glass ice bucket, 2 turn of the century mason jars, a glass cigar jar [it was a cigar motif], a small jadeite bowl and a vintage scale).
Sunburns: 2 Massive near 3rd degree burns were sustained on the back of JC's neck and the backs (only) of my legs. How one accomplishes this without walking backwards all day remains unclear.
No. of comments on JC's flamingoes: 17

Where Elkhorn kills the competition:
a) bathrooms -- clean, indoors, actual flushing toilets. charmin to go not required.
b) brats -- yummy and the line is never long. see sandwich july 2009 for comparison.
c) bpavement -- (the 'b' is not in fact silent. i really wanted the alliteration.) the grounds at elkhorn are paved which makes for most excellent OLC manuevering and hauling ass back to either a) or b) and/or the Potts ice cream sign vendor.

Sadly i seem to have misplaced my photos of the event so this post will need to be updated. Stay tuned.