Well, last weekend's head-to-head bowling challenge was successful and a friggin blast. But 3 days of bowling left me all tuckered out - I had to hand off the bowling duties to Mollie Sunday afternoon.
Starting Wednesday and on through Sunday another in-store bowling challenge is happening.
This time instead of me and Mollie defending the honor of the store, y'all get to play for a specified high score: 5000 points in a single game is the lofty goal.
Rack up 5000 or more points on the score-wheels and get yourself some fancy prize worthy of the effort.
As always, play is free.
limit 1 prize per person.
3 games per person per day (more if you ask nicely and if the place isn't that busy at the time).
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
bastard
freekin "Chi-O-Kay" (not sure how to spell his name correctly)
Dude won by ONE point on "BONUS LANE" scoring.
Bonus Lane scoring is 800 points for a Strike on the side that's lit, 400 for the off side and 200 for all Spares.
You don't win by a single point on this game. You spank 'em hard or get spanked hard.
One point... closest game of the day. freekin awesome.
That is - the closest game until a half hour later:
GODAMIT. a tie.
tomorrow (Sunday) we continue the Bowling Challenge
Dude won by ONE point on "BONUS LANE" scoring.
Bonus Lane scoring is 800 points for a Strike on the side that's lit, 400 for the off side and 200 for all Spares.
You don't win by a single point on this game. You spank 'em hard or get spanked hard.
One point... closest game of the day. freekin awesome.
That is - the closest game until a half hour later:
GODAMIT. a tie.
tomorrow (Sunday) we continue the Bowling Challenge
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Dr. Zaius Alpha Ape Bowling Challenge
Most of the time I like to make shit up at the last minute.
The Dr. Zaius Alpha Ape Bowling Challenge is the latest of my Lucy Ricardo/Ethel Mertz-style harebrained schemes.
See the way it works is: come into the store tomorrow (Friday Jan 14) and challenge me to a round of bowling * on the machine here. If you beat me, you'll win a prize. What prize? I don't know. I'll figure that out when the time comes.
Why are we doing this? Because I'm bored that's why.
Business hours are 11am to 7pm. Plus we're dicken around after hours - the Challenge continues until we leave for the night.
Perhaps one of these fine things will be yours:
a "Sweet Mama" calendar
A wooden choking hazard
a cute little vintage Pigeon lighter (fully functional)
a Bowling Dude keychain
An antique Ronson Whirlwind lighter
...or whatever the hell else I decide to give away
* - limit one round of bowling per customer (unless I get all riled up and want to play you more.)
The Dr. Zaius Alpha Ape Bowling Challenge is the latest of my Lucy Ricardo/Ethel Mertz-style harebrained schemes.
See the way it works is: come into the store tomorrow (Friday Jan 14) and challenge me to a round of bowling * on the machine here. If you beat me, you'll win a prize. What prize? I don't know. I'll figure that out when the time comes.
Why are we doing this? Because I'm bored that's why.
Business hours are 11am to 7pm. Plus we're dicken around after hours - the Challenge continues until we leave for the night.
Perhaps one of these fine things will be yours:
a "Sweet Mama" calendar
A wooden choking hazard
a cute little vintage Pigeon lighter (fully functional)
a Bowling Dude keychain
An antique Ronson Whirlwind lighter
...or whatever the hell else I decide to give away
* - limit one round of bowling per customer (unless I get all riled up and want to play you more.)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
new store hours... holiday hours for November
Starting next week, we'll be switching our store schedule to:
Everyone keeps buying the cool old stuff.
Also we'll be closed on Thanksgiving week (Monday thru Thursday) opening again on Friday with our "Shlomo and Malka's Big Long Black Friday Sale".
Follow the twitter feeds of @EBMERC and/or @andfriend for further info.
Wednesday thru Sunday, 11am - 7pmWe are now closed on both Monday and Tuesday which frees up time for us to go out and hunt for more stuff to replace the other old stuff that people keep buying.
Everyone keeps buying the cool old stuff.
Also we'll be closed on Thanksgiving week (Monday thru Thursday) opening again on Friday with our "Shlomo and Malka's Big Long Black Friday Sale".
Follow the twitter feeds of @EBMERC and/or @andfriend for further info.
Friday, October 29, 2010
vintage-ectomy
Mollie brought back a LOAD of vintage clothes the other day.
She said it was for the store, but when she began to try EVERYTHING on I started wondering. She was all like "wow, most of these fit me REALLY well!"
mm hm.
Anyway. Most of the stuff is making its way into the growing clothing area of the store. I added an extra bar to rack up the new stuff.
click for larger pic
She said it was for the store, but when she began to try EVERYTHING on I started wondering. She was all like "wow, most of these fit me REALLY well!"
mm hm.
Anyway. Most of the stuff is making its way into the growing clothing area of the store. I added an extra bar to rack up the new stuff.
click for larger pic
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
craptacular
If my dad was around to see the craptastic stuff I build now, he would shake his head in mild confusion and disgust.
He never understood my attempts to elevate kludginess to art. Though he was the king of kludge who I inherited the trait from.
Here, a bag o' stuff mixed with glue is slow drying on the bowling game. Soon to become a crapulent sort of "architectural lighting" fixture.
Outdid myself on this crapalicous pegboard wall merchandiser. I've successfully lowered the bar once more. Next to it is a 10 cent dispenser of "Art" and Fortunes.
Bobbi and Carlos brought this cable spool to us a while back. Today it got turned into a craptabulous clothing rack with waterfall bar. It actually looks good, so I might have failed here. Its about to be filled with clothing stuff.
This is a beautiful, classic and well-built showcase. Obviously I had nothing to do with its construction. I'm not sure what Mollie, Emma and Kim will put inside.
He never understood my attempts to elevate kludginess to art. Though he was the king of kludge who I inherited the trait from.
Here, a bag o' stuff mixed with glue is slow drying on the bowling game. Soon to become a crapulent sort of "architectural lighting" fixture.
Outdid myself on this crapalicous pegboard wall merchandiser. I've successfully lowered the bar once more. Next to it is a 10 cent dispenser of "Art" and Fortunes.
Bobbi and Carlos brought this cable spool to us a while back. Today it got turned into a craptabulous clothing rack with waterfall bar. It actually looks good, so I might have failed here. Its about to be filled with clothing stuff.
This is a beautiful, classic and well-built showcase. Obviously I had nothing to do with its construction. I'm not sure what Mollie, Emma and Kim will put inside.
Friday, October 22, 2010
i got yer freekin "META" right here, Chuckles
A stack o' tracks: 8-track tapes
some good stuff in the bunch
Kim was tasked with fixing the dude.
soooo... the 70's 8-track player at the front of the store plays out the 80's boombox at the back of the space. You know you friggin like it.
she gave him a Tom Cruise-ish head and hair. Its Cruise-like and Cusack-esque
some good stuff in the bunch
Kim was tasked with fixing the dude.
soooo... the 70's 8-track player at the front of the store plays out the 80's boombox at the back of the space. You know you friggin like it.
she gave him a Tom Cruise-ish head and hair. Its Cruise-like and Cusack-esque
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
it's nice to have talent around
cuz god knows I gots none.
Not only did Kim set the black/white theme inside with the big back-wall mural, she did the whole window display too.
and today she did up the sandwich board with some pastels.
We loves us the cheap paper sign thing here at Everbrite. I been scrawling hacky crap since day one with my craptastic "Thompkins" comics, but Jenna actually used care and attention to make a cool puffy lettered sign.
They're all... like... skilled and stuff.
- andfriend
Not only did Kim set the black/white theme inside with the big back-wall mural, she did the whole window display too.
and today she did up the sandwich board with some pastels.
We loves us the cheap paper sign thing here at Everbrite. I been scrawling hacky crap since day one with my craptastic "Thompkins" comics, but Jenna actually used care and attention to make a cool puffy lettered sign.
They're all... like... skilled and stuff.
- andfriend
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
what a difference a word makes
I've seen in a few stories this week a bit of accidental disinformation propagating through the media-space.
The word "only" was mistakenly inserted briefly into an online article and then re-echoed elsewhere about Mollie Dash jewelry being available previously only on Old Hollywood's website.
The actual facts: Mollie's jewelry has been available at Sodafine in Williamsburg. Sodafine, in fact, has carried Mollie's stuff longer than everyone else.
Also stocked at DEMA in San Francisco, and Path Lifestyle Store in Austin Texas.
Online-only availability at SupermarketHQ.com, Green Rainbow Shop and molliedash.com.
Old Hollywood also stocks Mollie's jewelry at both their Greenpoint store and their Manhattan shop in the Limelight Marketplace on 6th Avenue.
Of course she has a small selection in her own brick n' mortar store in Red Hook as of now (our grand opening week.)
All these stores have a personal unique vibe, each one well worth a visit.
srsly. i'm not just sayin' that.
The word "only" was mistakenly inserted briefly into an online article and then re-echoed elsewhere about Mollie Dash jewelry being available previously only on Old Hollywood's website.
The actual facts: Mollie's jewelry has been available at Sodafine in Williamsburg. Sodafine, in fact, has carried Mollie's stuff longer than everyone else.
Also stocked at DEMA in San Francisco, and Path Lifestyle Store in Austin Texas.
Online-only availability at SupermarketHQ.com, Green Rainbow Shop and molliedash.com.
Old Hollywood also stocks Mollie's jewelry at both their Greenpoint store and their Manhattan shop in the Limelight Marketplace on 6th Avenue.
Of course she has a small selection in her own brick n' mortar store in Red Hook as of now (our grand opening week.)
All these stores have a personal unique vibe, each one well worth a visit.
srsly. i'm not just sayin' that.
of men and manly things... men doing Man Things
in preparation for building out a "Man Stuff" section of the store, I have become obsessed with this awesome old magazine:
i love Google Books.
i love Google Books.
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