$5 bowler is the best bowler
I’m spending the last few days of my 20’s going to rock shows and
eating candy bars. Anything else I’m missing?
The Blue Wires at O’Briens.
Getting ready for my candy bar 30th birthday sugar blowout.
I just was in Urban Outfitters (to make fun of their stuff),
and
walked out of there with a $5 bowler (for my brother),
and several $2
books. The last time I went in there to make fun of the store I
noticed that they had a very nice hipster book collection. Lots of
Chuck Palanuik and really nice paperback copies of To Kill a
Mockingbird. Anyway, all those books are now on clearance. Also a
great Moleskin book of Boston stuff (which appears to be similar to
the NFT [Not for Tourists] guide that Jason and I swear by. So, if you
have an Urban Outfitters around, and you like the hipster genre of
books, it may be worth your time.
so maybe i should be embarassed to say this…but i love urban outfitters. i shop there all the time. so i guess i’m a loser.
but u did get a sweet hat.
xo!
Aw honey, I hate them because they trick me – their stuff just like my thrift-store style (to wit: rad) but more expensive.
I can’t wrap my brain around Urban Outfitters, some of their stuff – like the totally-distressed-but-brand-new clothing or the formalized leather-cased version of the college drinking game “A**hole” seem to go against all that is truly cool about the originals that they are so desperately trying to capitalize on – HOWEVER, where else in the world can you find an 18″ red velvet colored Jesus statute that doubles as a piggy bank?!?! Nowhere. I wind up in there at least a couple times a year to see what little gem I can dig up. Soy – are you the one I was shopping with when we uncovered the panties that said “Je te montrerai le mien, si tu me montreras le tien” ??? I still wish those had come in my size.
Awesome photo BTW.
I just used Google Translate on that one: “I’ll show your mine if you show me yours”.
I worked there for a week when I first moved to Chicago. I have never worked so hard in my life nor have I ever been treated like more shit for my labor. All day: unpack, move, reshelve, up & down stairs, do not ever interact with customers, ever, 5 min’s for a break. It was the lowest paying most disrespectful job I have ever had. There was a girl who I thought was a real hard ass hipster (she intimidated the shit out of me) who threw a massive arm full of clothes on the floor one day and shouted “I am not your fucking mule” through out the store, and walked out. She was my hero. I just quietly left on a Friday and never went back. I have never really felt good about shopping in there sense then, but I did go in once with a puppy I was fostering from paws who had diarrhea, and made a mess of their floors, I did not feel bad. I will only buy things that are crazy cheap there, because it all falls apart in 4 months anyway!