Hey Anne! My best dollar find was a big wooden fish, about three feet long (wall decor) at a stoop sale, around the corner from my old apt in Carroll Gardens one summer maybe 18 years ago. There was a little price tag on the fish that read $1. No one was there, and there was a sign: "Too nice of a day to have a stoop sale. Went to the beach. Honor system - take what you want, put your money in the jar." There was indeed a jar there with a few dollars in it. I kept walking, then did a double take. I needed that fish! I put a dollar in the jar and that fish has been one of my most prized possessions ever since. I wonder if anyone stole the money jar. I hope not.
I still vividly remember coming up from Jay Street Metro stop and smelling that pizza spot at Willoughby and always getting one. Eating it inside and watching all the people coming in and thinking, "These are my people." Also the dollar coffee from the trailers, an essential part of my time in NY.
You make Mondays fun. From your quirky but everyday topics to your breezy yet informative writing style, you boost my mood and faith in humanity. Thank you!
Feb 28, 2022·edited Feb 28, 2022Liked by Anne Kadet
Always so much fun in these posts. Consistently great!!!
The "best" $1 item is the raincoat/poncho. That is the prize hidden under the lean-in board on the Midway when you think you won something for throwing a ball into a milkcan.
The "worst" $1 item is what looks like a possibly partially chewed rawhide next to the boots for sale by the man who was selling 86 items
I’m insulted on behalf of Sheryl Sandberg! Well I never read “lean in” but I did laugh heartily that it is in this prestigious “only 1$“ camp amongst Malta Goya, questionable yogurt, the raincoats, and perhaps blank/burned CDs from the gentleman selling things on the street.
If I was going to loosely rank the $1 items, I’d go
-The fancy looking shoes(that are suspiciously upside down)
-the 4 banana deal
-the pizza slice
-the coffee
-The hats on the creepy mannequin heads
And then for me, everything else is worth negative dollars —
This was great! I used to live on Joralemon, so it’s nice to know some of the places and people who were there at the turn of the millennium are still there.
Hey Anne! My best dollar find was a big wooden fish, about three feet long (wall decor) at a stoop sale, around the corner from my old apt in Carroll Gardens one summer maybe 18 years ago. There was a little price tag on the fish that read $1. No one was there, and there was a sign: "Too nice of a day to have a stoop sale. Went to the beach. Honor system - take what you want, put your money in the jar." There was indeed a jar there with a few dollars in it. I kept walking, then did a double take. I needed that fish! I put a dollar in the jar and that fish has been one of my most prized possessions ever since. I wonder if anyone stole the money jar. I hope not.
I still vividly remember coming up from Jay Street Metro stop and smelling that pizza spot at Willoughby and always getting one. Eating it inside and watching all the people coming in and thinking, "These are my people." Also the dollar coffee from the trailers, an essential part of my time in NY.
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Delightful as always. Kudos to Lesley K. for her themed trash finds.
You make Mondays fun. From your quirky but everyday topics to your breezy yet informative writing style, you boost my mood and faith in humanity. Thank you!
Always so much fun in these posts. Consistently great!!!
The "best" $1 item is the raincoat/poncho. That is the prize hidden under the lean-in board on the Midway when you think you won something for throwing a ball into a milkcan.
The "worst" $1 item is what looks like a possibly partially chewed rawhide next to the boots for sale by the man who was selling 86 items
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Ack! The infamous donuts, despicably priced. Anything above $0.00 for those things is an affront
I’m insulted on behalf of Sheryl Sandberg! Well I never read “lean in” but I did laugh heartily that it is in this prestigious “only 1$“ camp amongst Malta Goya, questionable yogurt, the raincoats, and perhaps blank/burned CDs from the gentleman selling things on the street.
If I was going to loosely rank the $1 items, I’d go
-The fancy looking shoes(that are suspiciously upside down)
-the 4 banana deal
-the pizza slice
-the coffee
-The hats on the creepy mannequin heads
And then for me, everything else is worth negative dollars —
Worse to have than to not. Sorry McNuggets!
This was great! I used to live on Joralemon, so it’s nice to know some of the places and people who were there at the turn of the millennium are still there.