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!
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 —
I'd rank the raincoat at the top. It feels like such a substantial thing to buy for $1, and it's not even used! Bananas come next because that means one fruit for each limb on my body and strikes me as both elegant and convenient. I'd put those shorts at the bottom. They are painful just to look at. Imagine wearing them. But someone did!
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.
This is great! An honest AB. I wish I could see a fish photo!
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.
Thanks Emily!
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!
Thanks so much DCM. This is just the response that I'm hoping for! :)
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
OMG haha I did not notice the rawhide. Good eye!
Thanks for enjoyable newsletter. Next time see what you can buy for one bitcoin.
Ha—good idea! Have you ever tried spending Bitcoin? It's a lot harder than finding something to buy for a dollar.
Ack! The infamous donuts, despicably priced. Anything above $0.00 for those things is an affront
Haha I thought of you! I have a lead, btw, from Fathi the operator, on where those donuts come from. Hope to have more on this soon!
oh boy, the great donut cabal is going to be undone at last!
I’m insulted on behalf of Sheryl Sandberg! Well I never read “lean in” but I did laugh heartily that it is in this prestigious “only 1$“ 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!
I remember finding my own CD in the dollar bin at the record store so Sheryl and I have a lot in common!
I’d be curious about other peoples rankings.. 🤔
I'd rank the raincoat at the top. It feels like such a substantial thing to buy for $1, and it's not even used! Bananas come next because that means one fruit for each limb on my body and strikes me as both elegant and convenient. I'd put those shorts at the bottom. They are painful just to look at. Imagine wearing them. But someone did!
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.
There's been a lot of turnover these past few years but yeah, a lot is exactly the same.