I’m not sure if you’re like me, but I like to see people’s trips documented by the purchases they made along the way. Is it food they love to bring back home, or perhaps clothing and shoes, or maybe postcards or shirts with the names of the most memorable places they saw?
So while in D.C. we got to see the usual sights Ford’s Theater, the Magna Carta, and of course the art museum and they were all very wonderful, but I got to shop. I love to shop. I told Erin I wanted to go to the second hand stores in D.C.. I figured I could find some real treasures there. She warned me, though, that they are all pretty scrubby and I have to admit, they were. I did find some things.
So I could show you some pictures of the Capital, which you have all seen, but I thought it might be more fun to show you all the things I found, stuffed in my suitcase and still managed to come home 5lbs under the limit.
I found these little vintage cups at the secondhand store and was completely smitten. There are times I wish I was sophisticated and had only white on white, but the truth is I gravitate toward colors. I love them. So I bought these and think they will make lovely children's cups.
I'm particularly taken with this tomato color. Even the writing on the bottom that says "Perma Hue" is in a charming font that I like to look at.
I got this this artist's print at the secondhand store. Originally I thought it would be great in the boys' room but when Eric saw it he wanted it for his new office. So that is where it will be going.
This I found at an antique store while shopping with a friend. She said she had one and loved it, so I thought I had better get one too. It seemed such an odd whimsical piece.
As you can see it is a triptych that opens up to the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus flanked by two angels. It looks Russian Orthodox to me.
Those cups remind me of ones that your Mom and her siblings drank out of – they each had their own color. I got them )in the 60s) from the milkman – they had cottage cheese in them. I have no idea where they went,but then they had become rather dull with the color going away.
That etching is an AP- artist’s proof and the most valuable of all the prints. Definitely needs to go in Eric’s office!
I remember those aluminum cups. As kids, we each got our own color cup and that was the only one we drank out of.