Category Archives for Weekend Outing
After a year long hiatus…I’m back! I’m currently in New Orleans with some friends for a bachelorette shindig and today we explored Magazine Street, which is packed with awesome vintage, antique and thrift stores. We spent quite a bit of … Continue reading →
23. March 2013 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Clothing, Featured Stores, Jewelry, Style Flashback, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: dresses, jewelry, new orleans, thrift, tshirts, vintage, vintage dresses |
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*This is a continuation of posts from my trip to the Pacific Northwest. Don’t worry, I will be blogging about Boston again soon! If you’re in Seattle and you love antiques, don’t miss out on the Seattle Antiques Market. It … Continue reading →
17. March 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Featured Stores, Flea Market, Housewares, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: 19th, 20th, 35mm, 50s, 60s, antiques, books, cameras, century, furniture, LIFE magazines, LPs, old, pacific northwest, paintings, photographs, records, seattle, seattle antiques market, thrift stores, thrifting, vintage, washington |
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Disco Vision Vintage specializes in old-school video games (Nintendo/Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis/Atari etc), Polaroid cameras, records, vintage clothing and footwear, and general vintage electronica. His selection of leather boots and records is what drew me to his booth, but there are plenty more deals for … Continue reading →
02. March 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Flea Market, Weekend Outing |
Tags: antique, boston, disco vision vintage, leather, LP, nintendo, records, Sega Genesis, super nintendo, used, video games, vintage, vinyl |
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Swift and Faire’s booth is located right next to Vintage Finesse at the SoWa Vintage Market. They carry Men’s and Women’s apparel and accessories from the 40s-90s. They also carry a nice selection of vintage furs and are available to work with … Continue reading →
01. March 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Flea Market, Weekend Outing |
Tags: 40s, 60s, 80s, boots, boston, clothing, fur, jackets, jewelry, leather, shoes, SoWa Vintage market, swift and faire, used, vintage |
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Vintage Finesse sells a variety of nostalgic items, including antique lamps, book ends, furniture, glassware, clothing, silver and prints. But what drew me to the booth was their cameras. As you may know already, I’m a little obsessed with old … Continue reading →
29. February 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Flea Market, Weekend Outing |
Tags: antiques, boston, cameras, lamps, minolta, old, SoWa Vintage market, sunday, used, vintage, vintage finesse, weekend |
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Gypsy was probably my favorite clothing vendor at the SoWa Vintage Market. In my opinion, they had the nicest selection of women’s clothing, shoes and accessories–especially from the decades I tend to gravitate toward. Yesterday, Fall/Winter items were 40% off. … Continue reading →
27. February 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Clothing, Daily Posts, Flea Market, Jewelry, Weekend Outing |
Tags: 50s, 60s, 70s, antique, boston, boutique, clothing, dresses, Find Gypsy, Gypsy, hats, house parties, jewelry, ma, mens, providence, rhode island, shoes, SoWa, SoWa Vintage market, used clothing, vintage, women's |
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There are plenty of amazing finds under $50 at the SoWa Vintage Market! If you haven’t been, I highly recommend you go. It is a great Sunday outing, no matter what the weather! The indoor market is located in Boston’s South … Continue reading →
26. February 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Daily Posts, Weekend Outing |
Tags: antique, boston, clothing, cowboy boots, cowgirl boots, harrison avenue, hats, indoor market, jewelry, knick knacks, leather, luggage, maps, mens, purses, scarves, south end, SoWa Vintage market, sunday, things to do, vintage, women's |
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It’s Sunday and you know what that means! SoWa Vintage Market is open from 10am to 4pm today in Boston’s South End. I will be going with a friend and plan to do a blog post after about our finds! Here … Continue reading →
26. February 2012 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Flea Market, Weekend Outing |
Tags: antiques, boston, fashion, jewelry, market, outing, south end, SoWa, sunday, urban, vintage |
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The Boylston Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain has a thrift store the first Saturday of every month and guess what today is! I am unclear about what time they close (I think 3 p.m.) but I know they open at … Continue reading →
05. November 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Clothing, Daily Posts, Housewares, Weekend Outing |
Tags: boylston congregational church, church, church thrift store, clothing, housewares, jamaica plain, outing, saturday, shopping, stony brook, T, things to do on a saturday in boston, thrift, used, vintage |
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Olde Dutch Cottage Candy is not exactly a candy store. The South End establishment is more like going through the basement of a man who has hoarded random things–baskets, pennants, jewelry, books, records, pillows, silverware, lamps, cookie jars, globes, stuffed … Continue reading →
23. October 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Featured Stores, Housewares, Jewelry, Vinyl in Boston, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: albums, antique stores, back bay, beans in a can, books, boston, candy, jewelry, ma, marilyn monroe, memorabilia, olde dutch cottage candy, photos, records, shopping, south end, thrift stores, tremont street, vinyl |
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I want to preface this article by saying that most of the items in the store are not under $50 (the “beans in a can” standard), however I feel that any thrifter values beautiful and unique clothing and will save … Continue reading →
18. October 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Clothing, Daily Posts, Featured Stores, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: artifaktori, beacon hill, beans in a can, boston, boutique, charles street, coats, condition, cowboy boots, cowgirl boots, davis square, dresses, high quality, mint, quality, somerville, sunglasses, vintage, winter |
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Bean Rating I finally made it over to Urban Renewals located here on Brighton Avenue in Allston. Although the store is huge and fairly well organized, I was slightly dissapointed in their selection. Alot of the things for sale are … Continue reading →
17. October 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Bean Rating, Clothing, Daily Posts, Featured Stores, Housewares, Vinyl in Boston, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: allston, antique, bean rating, beans in a can, blankets, boston, brighton, cheap, childrens, city, clothing, dishes, family, Glassware, housewares, location, LPs, ma, records, review, shoes, thrift, ur, urban renewals, used, vintage |
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Today, I went down to Goodwill and Boomerangs on Centre Street in JP to find some cheap costumes for a birthday photo booth I am setting up tomorrow for my backyard party. First, I went to Goodwill and was shocked … Continue reading →
14. October 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Bean Rating, Featured Stores, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: boomerangs, booth, boston, budget, centre st, centre street, cheap, costumes, dress-up, fun, goodwill, halloween, ideas, interesting, jamaica plain, last-minute, photo, where to buy halloween costumes in boston |
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Every item in the basement at Urban Outfitters in Harvard Square is 50% off right now. It is pretty picked over, but there are alot of size medium and large items for girls left. There are also alot of hats … Continue reading →
09. October 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Clothing, Daily Posts, Featured Stores, Sales, Weekend Outing |
Tags: beans in a can, blog, budget, cambridge, discounted, fall clothes, fashion, half off, harvard square, hipster, ma, new clothing, sales, shopping, UO, urban outfitters, urban outfitters in boston |
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Matt (the vinyl-fanatic for beans in a can) found some great vinyl yesterday at Planet Records in Harvard Square. He picked up a Louis Armstrong, Professor Long Hair, The Traveling Wilburys, and Slim and Slam albums. Definitely check this place … Continue reading →
09. October 2011 by elaine aka bean
Categories: Bean Rating, Daily Posts, DIY, Featured Stores, Vinyl in Boston, Weekday Outing, Weekend Outing |
Tags: boston, cambridge, cheap, deals, harvard square, jazz, LP, LPs, ma, music, old, records, stores, used, vintage, vinyl, where to buy vinyl in boston |
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