Yesterday morning I headed out on a mission with a friend to acquire a Hyde Park radio.  Hyde Park beer was made here in St. Louis and from ...

Many Summer holidays of my youth were spent at Silver Dollar City in Branson , Missouri.  If you're not familiar, this theme park is lo...

I was at an estate sale on the hunt for a banjo (more on that later), when I came across a box of Halloween decorations.  Most were fairly n...

A number of years ago (I'm starting to lose track), I was at the estate sale of a family friend.  Actually, it was the estate sale of hi...

Back in the days people actually let salesman come into their homes (coincidentally also when you could trust salesmen to come into your hom...

I went to an estate sale this weekend.  I've never been a big fan of estate sales, for reasons I've espoused previously.  But recent...

When I was little, my sister and I would have sleepovers with my oldest sister.  Due to the age difference, she was more like an aunt to us....