Well, it finally got to us.  The huge yellow cranes feeding dozens of dump trucks have rolled past the Tattered Suitcase and across 10th Street.  For over a year we have watched as it slowly headed our way.  We heard the wails of dispair from other shop owners and businesses as they saw their sales and activity drop to next to nothing (and sometimes to nothing).

On Thursday, April 29th, they closed 10th Street.  We had a record sales day.  Of course, there was a bit of a bonus due to a huge online sale of a rare book, but the instore volume was approximately 4 1/4 times normal.  Great sales were repeated on Friday.  Saturday was nearly double the norm.  And so on for the next week.  WIth the exception of one day when sales were dismal (about 18% of normal), we have been at or above normal sales levels every day.  Makes no sense at all.

If you are headed our way, you will need to skip Calder and come down McFadden or North.  We are just one block from 11th street, turn right and come right to our parking lot.  While there you can grab a bite at Rao's, watch the construction work (it is interesting) and come on in for a treasure or two.

There's lots of new stuff to see including a new batch of Yellow Box shoes and a couple of new Angels from local artist, Shirley Patxot's "Angel's Among Us" series.

Hardly a day goes by that at least one dealer if not five or six is bringing in new merchandise.  We always have something new to see.