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Lemonade Day 33: Seeking Vintage? Try Retro Row

When life gives you lemons, make Community Lemonade in Long Beach with me. Day 33 - I visited Long Beach's Retro Row.

. I'm taking the opportunity of this unplanned time off to connect with the many artists and creators in this wonderful city that I love. Come with me on my 100-day odyssey of art and creativity in Long Beach. I call it .

Retro Row is a cluster of stores on 4th Street, all with a vintage presentation and merchandise. The It's a great place to spend an afternoon, wandering from store to store.  Several of the stores specialize in retro ware and antiques.  You can browse through some vinyl, check out the antique furniture and dishes.  If you're looking for something authentic to add to your ensemble, this is a good place to look.

August 3rd was Day 33.  I visited the Feed Store on Long Beach's Retro Row.

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There's so much to say about Retro Row I'd planned on writing a single post about Retro Row today.  When I got there, I was reminded of just how much there is to see and do.

I visited The Feed Store.

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The Feed Store is the vintage retail outlet of non-profit Grateful Hearts.  Selected items from the donation warehouse are placed in the store for resale.

I'd first found the Feed Store when I was looking for gunny sacks for the sack races at the Pack 007 picnic.  I'd left it to the day before the picnic to find them.  There weren't any in the store itself, but the clerk was very accommodating, and went out of her way to find me authentic gunny sacks.  How?  After closing, she picked them up from another location and left them outside the store for me.  The sacks were great, and a steal at $2.00 each!  Each one was different, as they had come from different coffee suppliers.  During the races some beans spilled out.  The payment was to be made whenever I got the chance.  I went back in a week or two later.  No problem!  If you're looking for gunny sacks, they can usually get them within a day or two.  Best if you call ahead.

It's that kind of place.

We later were looking for blue knee high boots for Bujinkomix's Steam Funk Girl and found them there... in the right size.  It was a matter of being in the right place at the right time!

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Trish Tsoiasue writes as herself about creative and maker topics for and as Handmade Penguin for the Handmade Penguin Blog.

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