Dig This Treasure!

When I expressed interest in buying this liquor cabinet, the look on Sarah’s face was priceless. So it’s a little gaudy, but that is why it is the best liquor cabinet of all time.

The price tag on this puppy was $200 which is crazy because no one could tell if it was even an antique. For all we knew, it was purchased at Pier One like last week. That said, I loved it and wanted it. I eventually haggled down to $150.

The inside of the case has carved slots for bottles. Luckily, this estate sale was selling some various alcohol products from the 60s and 70s. The Chartreuse has some stuff floating in the bottom of it, so I think it might be undrinkable. Zach and I did crack open some port wine from the 60s (marked on the bottle as already aged 30 years) at his recent 30th birthday party. It tasted like the 1930s, which means, delicious.

-Erin

Update from Sarah: Erin failed to mention that this was one of the houses that, if I had a time travelling machine (again, I hate time travel, so this is saying a lot), I would go back and photographically document its contents–it was decorated as if Liberace himself lived there. No joke. Also, this person LOVED opera, and so does Zach, so I refused to let Erin put the liquor cabinet in my car, because I wanted to make her go back the next day so that Zach had a chance to check out the goods. I think they ended up going back and Zach nearly had a panic attack because the house was so overcrowded with opera-and-gaud-loving vultures. Also noteworthy–at this sale, I picked up four small oxidized metal statues of cats playing musical instruments (those could double as a Thing that Freaks Your Husband Out) and a copy of In Defense of Food. Apparently, Liberace is health conscious.