Last week we gave you a little tasty taste of our trip to Charlevoix, MI. When we left off, I was dead of heat stroke while Sarah and her family were perusing an antique shop in Petoskey. At some point though, I drank a slushie from an ice cream hut and then came fully back to life. Just in time to meet this dude:
We hit a few antique shops in Pellston, MI. They were all pretty neat and the prices seemed fair.
I’ll let Sarah share with you her finds, which I think included a really amazing Vernor’s cooler. I didn’t buy anything. This cooler could have come in handy the next day when we went back to Petoskey. We bought some beer to bring home for our husbands but then realized that it would have to sit in a hot car for hours while we shopped around. Sarah had already unloaded the cooler into the house, so we drove instead to a Walmart and bought one. Anyway, the beer was from Beards Brewery, which has a really nice logo, and these cool hats:
Also in Petosky, I bought a Zuni fetish. I’ve wanted one of these for a long time, and was happy to have this rabbit now in my possession.
Sarah found a fetish too, but it was this onion ring in the shape of a dinosaur:
The last day there, we went to Traverse City. While we were there, we hit up that huge antique mall from last year’s trip. This is where I found some of Zach’s lead soldiers I wrote about recently. This place is the best. Some of the prices are high, but it varies booth by booth.
I wanted this paper mache Easter rabbit, but Sarah vetoed it. I usually try to ignore her, but I texted Zach a photo and he was also disapproving.
I think they thought it was “scary.”
This Skookum doll was THE BEST. But he was $195. Whomp whomp.
$195 was out of my price range, but $40 sure wasn’t for this gnome head. And yet, I still didn’t buy it! I’m kicking myself for this. It would be great for Halloween.
Again, Sarah will fill you in on all her treasures. Until next time, Northern Michigan!
-Erin
Update from Sarah: I need some Crest White Strips.
While Erin was recovering from heat stroke, I was looking at this huge hand-painted Joan Walsh Anglund Christmas scene. Of course it was too giant to buy, but pretty cool anyway!
At this store, I bought a small crib quilt for a chair at home. I spent too much on it but that’s ok–it’s very nice and in excellent shape. And I love this color of yellow.
There were lots of cool things to look at at the bigger antique shop in Pellston. One of the first things I went through was this huge group of old portraits. I was of course looking for dead people but would have been cool with anything interesting. I came up empty handed.
I did find this funny picture of a baby, though.
There were also lots of books in the basement of this place.
I got excited, but they turned out to be pretty bad.
In the end, I only ended up with an ornament and a very cool Vernors cooler. As I’ve mentioned, I love Vernors.
It’s in excellent shape and was only $49, which I feel is very reasonable. I am not quite sure what I’m going to do with it, but I’ll figure it out one day (no eye rolls, Adam.)
The next day in Traverse City, I saw a lot of cool things, but didn’t buy much. Here are some of the funnier things I saw.
These little buddies love frenching.
Ok this isn’t funny–it’s cool. I absolutely loved this clock, but it was $75. So awesome, though.
In the end, most of the stuff was out of my price range, or something I felt I could find online for a bit cheaper. I just bought a small cast iron bear and two photographs. Still, lots of fun things to see! I would go back in a heartbeat.