It was handsome at the auction, oh, but when we got it home…*
by chuckofish
Sorry for the late Saturday post, but I was off antiquing with son #2. Yesterday, he, his lovely lady, and I spent a wonderful afternoon poking around the Syracuse Antique Exchange — four floors full of antiques!
This was the real deal and I hope to get back there before too long.
Next, we ventured to Dalton’s American Decorative Arts,which specializes in Stickley Mission-style furniture and Art Deco pottery and prints — very high end and well beyond our means.
I’m not a huge fan of that period and style, but some of the prints were gorgeous.
Later, once we had recovered from all that walking and looking, we dined at Apizza Regionale, where we enjoyed two incredibly delicious pizzas: the daily special that had olives, goat cheese, capers, and roasted pistachios, and this one, with Yukon gold potatoes, caramelized onion, aged Gouda and rosemary.
Yum!
Here are the happy diners:
The next day, Chris and I ventured to the vast Madison-Boukville antique fair, which, frankly, I found impossibly large. The fair covers the entire town, spilling into every available space. There are tents and booths up and down main street and filling fourteen fields. According to the web site, there are over 2000 vendors. Unfortunately, few of them seem to sell antiques and overall, it felt more like a massive garage sale than anything else. To be fair, we probably only saw a quarter of the booths, so maybe we just didn’t find the antiques. We did have a lot fun wandering around.
“My feet are killing me!”
Expecting to haggle, the sellers priced things very high. I don’t haggle, but since I didn’t see anything I wanted to buy, that wasn’t a problem. We did encounter some exotic items, though. Take this crocodile, for example.
The photographer is a bit off-kilter here — the croc was too scary.
We gave up after a couple of hours — there was simply too much to see, and not enough of it seemed worth seeing, but I’m really glad I went. Our running commentary was great fun, and we also enjoyed stunning vistas and lovely weather on the long drive home.
Taken from the moving car.
We are now safely home, and I think I’ve satisfied my antiquing urge for now. This trip was a fitting end to a busy summer, but now it’s time to get down to work again.
Here we go…
*The Tragically Hip, “Pigeon Camera”
I flew to Smith College from flyover country, so all I had were two duffel bags filled with clothes. I think I brought a clock
Good times.
What a difference from her tiny studio on the Upper West Side! Most of her stuff won’t arrive from NYC for a couple of weeks, but she’ll have plenty to do settling in and luxuriating in all the space, not to mention the lovely pool.
which was not that inspiring and/or funny despite the voices of a lot of well-known actors. 👎
Check it out if you feel so inclined.
Happy belated birthday to Snoopy whose birthday was yesterday. Perhaps you will recall that this was revealed in a comic strip on 8/10/1968. I did not remember that, even though I was a huge fan of Peanuts back in the day.
Perfect. You gotta love those Madeline murals, right?
By the way, on this day in 1821 President James Monroe issued a proclamation which concluded with the words: “The admission of the said State of Missouri into this Union is declared to be complete.” Behind that declaration lay years of struggle and a series of complicated maneuvers designed to maintain the delicate balance of power between the free states and those which permitted slavery.
Last week when daughter #1 was home for a few days and we were sitting out in the Florida room on an unseasonably cool evening, we saw a huge owl swoop down and fly through our yard. He perched on the neighbor’s basketball hoop and we sat and watched him.
This is how my mind works.
dual personalities 