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Halloween is Creeping up on us!

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Halloween is just a few weeks away! Can you believe how fast time flies? Wow! Vintages is your one-stop place for Halloween decorations and creepy accents and to treat yourself to something special. Come on into the shop or check our online selection .   Magnets and Blackboards let you customize your greetings From haunted houses to frightened dolls to Halloween accents... Flying skulls and jack-o-lanterns... Black Halloween trees and ornaments... Hand made puppets... ... and glittery masks

New Category for Sports Collectibles in Our Online Shop

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We have created a new category in our online shop focused on Sports Collectibles . We will carry vintage sports related collectibles and souvenirs like jewelry, medals, photos, letters, programs and such. We do not plan on carrying fan shop items, sports trading cards or made for collecting souvenirs. We have Nine Different Categories ... and will add more if needed Look for items like these below. Old Baseball Tag or Fob ($45) 1985 SF 49ers Brass Tag Schedule ($36) Vintage Silver Golf Brooch ($49) 1939 Santa Cruz Open Swim Champions Medal ($12.95) Placer Relays 1980s Medal ($12.95) Dominic Denucci Photo Christmas Card Autographed 1964 ($12) SCU v Oklahoma Football Program (Sold) Wrestlers Photos (This one is sold) Wrestling Photos (This one is sold) Wrestling & Boxing Magazines (This one is sold) 1911 Real Photo Post Card Football ($10) The items we will offer are normally one-of-a-kind, unique or have some spec...

Doors, Doors ... and more Doors!

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Doors always fascinate me. Some are ornate, others plain. Works of art, some of them are. In New England red doors are welcoming. What's behind a door? Sometimes a room, sometimes a driveway, sometimes more doors! Remember the old honky-tonk tune Green Door ? Midnight, one more night without sleepin' Watchin', till the morning comes creepin' Green door, what's that secret you're keepin'? There's an old piano and they play it hot behind the green door Don't know what they're doin' but they laugh a lot behind the green door Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's behind the green door Marvin Moore, Bob Davie (C) Alley Music Corp. When we were in Paris several years ago, I remembered finding so many wonderful doors along the boulevards, down the avenues and hidden in alleys. So this time, I took photos of many of the doors we saw. Some are fantastic. Others colorful. Some downright mystifying. This ve...

Paris Parks and Diversions

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Paris is a wonderful walking city. Yes, the museums are fantastic, the shopping great and the people watching absolutely terrific, but the way to see the many faces of Paris is to take the metro to a place of interest, walk the neighborhood for hours and return to your room when "enough is enough" via the closest metro station. Then back out for dinner! At least that's our daily game plan when visiting great cities. One of the great and famous Paris Cafes - Les Deux Magots When your feet are tired or it starts to rain, just duck into a local cafe and have a cup of coffee (or tea or chocolate) or maybe one of the delicious Parisian lemonades ... Citron pressé is a popular, refreshing drink served in French cafes . It's homemade lemonade at its finest ... a glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice, a bowl of sugar, a carafe of cold water and a maybe few ice cubes. Sprinkle some sugar into the lemon juice, stir, add water to taste. Lemonade just like in Paris...