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|January 29, 2013 09:27 AM EST
RESTON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/29/13 -- Smartronix, a pioneer in designing and implementing enterprise-class cloud computing solutions for both public and private sectors, announced today the launch of the Intelligent Cloud Hub (ICH) for AWS. This solution is a complete managed service offering that enables customers to run advanced enterprise workloads reliably and securely across multiple infrastructure environments. By connecting a customer's on-premise datacenter through the ICH, Smartronix is providing a dynamic cloud environment directly connected to AWS' immensely scalable and robust Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). The ICH includes a cloud brokering capability and services portal, integrated service and security management, and trusted connections to AWS. Customers can provision and manage compute power, add new services, or extend on-premise environments into AWS, resulting in lower transition and operational costs. Centralized billing, provisioning, and service management provides a single view across an entire managed ecosystem, giving clear visibility into security, service health, and service utilization.
"Real physical and technical barriers exist that often prevent our customers from consuming cloud services to their best advantage. Mixed infrastructure environments address many of these concerns; however, the challenge of trying to implement, secure, manage, update, and monitor solutions across on-premise and cloud platforms can prove challenging," says Robert Groat, Smartronix Chief Technology Officer (CTO). "We developed the Intelligent Cloud Hub to remove these barriers and provide a feasible option to help our customers reap the benefits of the AWS cloud."
The core feature of the ICH is the ability to create a software defined network (SDN) infrastructure that can extend and converge a customer's datacenter securely into the cloud. The ICH uses a Cisco Unified Data Center Architecture, which incorporates Unified Fabric technology and Unified Computing Systems (UCS). These core technologies allow enterprise customers to create hybrid workloads across on-premise and cloud environments, which are ideal for large-scale transactional systems, real-time applications, high-performance databases, and in-line security management systems. "Smartronix and Cisco are aligned to provide a secure hybrid approach to deliver solutions via joint engagements," says Dan Kent CTO of Cisco Public Sector.
Groat states, "We chose Cisco technology and AWS Direct Connect capabilities to provide our customers with a consistent, secure, and network isolated path to the cloud." AWS Direct Connect provides a high bandwidth dedicated connection that can be partitioned into multiple interfaces, enabling access to resources like Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instances while maintaining network isolation between the environments. The ICH extends an already established portfolio for Smartronix as a provider of managed services tailored for the cloud. As an AWS APN Premier Consulting Partner, AWS Authorized Government Partner, and member of the AWS Channel Reseller Program, Smartronix has used AWS services to not only design and deploy many large, complex solutions in the public cloud, but to also demonstrate advanced knowledge of such public sector requirements as security and compliance. In addition, Smartronix was one of the first to deploy both a Federal and Cabinet-level agency information system into the cloud, using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). "We believe that many of Smartronix' customers can benefit from the ICH, which leverages the AWS Direct Connect service. Smartronix is inspiring innovative solutions that drive real value for the public sector," says Teresa Carlson, Vice President, Global Public Sector, AWS. "Solutions such as the ICH help address business needs and continue to expand the number of options for public sector enterprises moving their IT infrastructure and applications into the AWS Cloud."
For more information on the ICH, visit http://www.cloudassured.com/ich.
About Smartronix
Smartronix is a global leader in delivering innovative, secure, and agile technology solutions. The Hollywood, MD, based company specializes in cyber security, health IT, network operations, mission- focused engineering, and industry-leading cloud technologies. Smartronix has delivered landmark, award-winning solutions such as Recovery.gov, the first Federal Website hosted on the public cloud. Additionally, the company was recognized as the Best Technology Consulting Firm to Work For by Vault, an Employer of Choice by Northern Virginia Family Service, and ranked as one of the nation's fastest-growing companies by multiple sources. Intelligent Cloud Hub is a registered trademark of Smartronix, Inc.
Amazon Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
David D. MacRae
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Telephone: 301.373.6000
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Totalmotorcycle ---- "For the riders who churn out the miles on week-long trips all over the nation, this is the new long distance touring bike that others will be chasing for years. Pack everything you need, take to the road, and relax for days."


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Swap O Rama Flea Market
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CITY: Alsip
Budget Lodge - Alsip
Nice, clean, newly decorated rooms. Cable TV and very low rates. Easy access to highway and restaurants nearby.
CITY: Alsip
Presidential Inn & Suites Motel - Alsip
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Key Motel
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Veterans Plaza
Public park-like setting dedicated to the Veterans and Heroes of our nation.
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VFW Post 450 Iraqi Memorial
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CITY: Alsip
Allgauer's Restaurant
Allgauer's Restaurant features steak, chops, pasta and seafood. Join them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and their award winning champagne Sunday brunch.
CITY: Alsip
We Salute You
Calling all South Southwest Suburban Cook County Veterans, Reservists and Military Personnel to attend a free patriot celebration. The 4th Annual "Salute to our Armed Forces" will be held in the grand ballroom of the DoubleTree by Hilton. All branches of serviceman and women will be honored for serving their Country with pride and dedication at this ceremony. All Honorees must pre-register to attend. Please RSVP by October 6th.
CITY: Alsip
DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago-Alsip
193 Rooms. Full service hotel located near Midway Airport in the Chicago Southland area.
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Grand Geneva
100 rooms. Seven suites. Valet. Business center. Exercise facilities. Complimentary breakfast. Special amenities incluse microwave and refrigerator in all rooms, 33cable stations. Located eight miles south of Midway Airport.
CITY: Alsip
Baymont Inn & Suites - Alsip
The Baymont Inn is pleased to provide our guests with exceptional service. We are an incorridor property with 3 floors. Whether you are here for business or leisure, we have many amenities at an affordable price.
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Days Inn - Alsip
Limited-service hotel - entertainment and shopping nearby - continental breakfast - Free local phone calls - 30 minutes from airports and downtown Chicago. Many discounts offered.
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Plum Creek Nature Center
This center features local natural history exhibits, hands-on displays for children, and family programs that are offered throughout the year. Picnic facilities and camping are available by reservation.
CITY: Beecher
Morning Bird Hikes
Join us on our series of morning bird hikes as we explore the woods of Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve in search of late migrants and winter residents. Each month will focus on a different bird group. Bring your binoculars and favorite bird field guide. Participants will enjoy a hike on natural surface trails across uneven terrain. Come dressed for the weather. Indoor viewing of birds is possible after the program or in unfavorable weather conditions. Registration required: 708.946.2216. For information, visit ReconnectWithNature.org
CITY: Beecher
Celebrate Autumn Hike
Enjoy the beauty of the fall season at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve. Explore the autumn splendor while hiking and learning about the reasons for the seasons. We will have activities for the whole family. Plus, get those creative juices flowing with a craft that will be worthy to hang on the fridge. Dress for the weather because this program will take place outdoors on uneven trails before returning to the Nature Center. Registration required: 708.946.2216. For information, visit ReconnectWithNature,org.
CITY: Beecher
The Princess Cafe
Fine dining specializing in prime steaks and fresh seafood.
CITY: Beecher
Three Sisters Antique Mall
Multi-dealer(100+) antique mall 3 floors, handicap access, elevator, coffee shop on premises.
CITY: Blue Island
Club Krave
This south suburban gay club features DJ-driven dancing, male dancers, karaoke and monthly drag shows.
CITY: Blue Island
Civil War & Military Legacy
This memorial is dedicated to the 50+ men from Blue Island who served in the Union armies.
CITY: Blue Island
Super 8 Motel - Bourbonnais
41 comfortable rooms including free continental breakfast, an indoor pool and suites available. Close to I-57 exit 315.
CITY: Bourbonnais
Route 50 Motel
Welcome! At the Route 50 Motel you can easily find us after a long day of driving. We are located on the highway and easy to spot. We offer fresh coffee as well as an outdoor pool, cozy beds and all the necesities you need. 96 rooms. Outdoor pool. Free HBO and ESPN
CITY: Bourbonnais
Letourneau Home Museum
The Letourneau Home Museum is the one time home of George R. Letourneau. A contemporary of Abraham Lincoln, George R. Letourneau was the only person to have had the distinction of having been village president and mayor of the city of Kankakee. Today the Letourneau home is a museum that contains many artifacts and is maintained by the Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society. The museum is open on the third Sunday of each month (except January, February and holidays). Call (815) 933-6452 for cancellations or further announcements.
CITY: Bourbonnais
Exploration Station, A Childrens Museum
A hands-on exploration and discovery museum for children and their families. Tuesday & Thursday are donation afternoons, where after 2 p.m. a suggested donation of $1.00 per person is requested.
CITY: Bourbonnais
Aspen Ridge Miniature Golf
This fun family spot, open April-October, offers two miniature golf courses. This par 70 course exhibits excellent golfing conditions. The blue championship tees boast a 6191 yard layout; where as the white/silver/red tees cover 5833/5616/4946 yards respectively.
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You Paid WHAT for That? Best Secondhand Finds Ever
I always enjoy it when readers share their ultimate secondhand finds in the comments. Today, I've gathered up some of the best to share and all I can say is this is one savvy-shopping, good-bargain-karma-having bunch! Read on for the finds, try and keep your jealousy in check and get ready hit the thrift store or click on over to Craigslist soon after - you'll want in on the action…
My mother found two Wegner wishbone chairs (the real deal) at a Salvation Army for $10 each. - misstokyo
Just last week I bought a 19th century French commode (complete with original hardware and marble top) from someone on Craigslist. The seller was leaving the country in a couple of days and sold it to me for less than $200! It is a gorgeous piece of furniture I treasure already. Never underestimate Craigslist.- Gideon
It was a very snowy day and the last item up for auction was a Nakashima headboard. Most of the auction house cleared out as the snow piled up outside. I purchased my headboard for less than half of the estimate. Every time I get into bed, I smile! - vbp
My husband bought our 1960s Florence Knoll Brazilian rosewood conference table (now dining table) at "The Bins" for $10. - brittany kate
Paul Frankl "Combed Wood Series" Buffet (solid blonde mahogany)--for $350 from The Other Shop in SF! Then I saw the same one at some fancy store in LA for $2800. - Lesley
An invitation to the opening night of Studio 54 for $8 at a waaaay out of the way thrift store in the desert. - SparkerShop
Not a designer piece, but oh-how-I-love my vintage metal barrister bookcase. I had never purchased any furniture costing more than a hundred bucks, but I was living with my mom rent-free while going to school and had a decent job and a few extra dollars in the bank. While browsing a local antiques store, I came across a Globe Wernicke grey metal 4-level stacking barrister bookcase from the 60s. $420 later, it was mine! Since then, I've seen them selling for a heck of a lot more, but I won't ever get rid of mine. I love how all my design books are protected behind glass and how unbelievably sturdy the dang thing is. Did I mention that it looks incredible? Love! - Teresa
I found 6 Paul McCobb planner chairs for $600 on Craigslist,(not super cheap, but still a bargain) also found a Mobilia danish mid-century sideboard left out on the curb and sold it for $500 on Craigslist. A Wegner Rope bench at a thrift store for $60. - KimKelley
6 mint Herman Miller chairs for $100! - annie-san
My favorite find was a signed Charlie Harper print for $15 at a thrift store. My heart skipped a beat when I saw it! - hanhosh
I got a 15 drawer steel flat file for $35.00. But my husband bought a Maserati Quattroporte at a Salvation Army for $1200. I think he wins. - Palmetto
We found a Jens Risom 2-door cupboard for $20...the top is pretty scuffed up but the rest is near perfect. It had an AT&T sticker on it, so I suppose it was used at an old AT&T office originally. - thevioletpear
Milo Baughman recliner at the Goodwill for $30! - HonoluluSu
My mom bought me a Swedese Lamino Chair & Ottoman set for $35 - jenny!
We found 4 ladder-back teak chairs by Niels Koefod for $10 each. We didn't even know what they were, we saw them at a garage sale and fell in love. Then one day months later we were looking at this MCM furniture store website and simultaneously spit our coffee after seeing how much they were charging for the exact same chairs. - ivette from pr
Salvation Army: Two Hans Wegner dining chairs for a 5'er each; Alvar Aalto bar cart, 5.00; Selig Z chair, 10.00; 2 matching Knoll credenzas for 40.00; various pieces of Paul McCobb Planner Group furniture, 5.00-50.00; Saarinen Tulip table, 15.00. The list goes on, and my house is full of treasures from there (needless to say). - k2yhe
A black Eames lounger and ottoman in perfect shape...for $80! I know, right? It belonged to a doctor who died and his wife always hated it. She didn't seem to know it was worth anything. - radioriot
And for the romantics in the crowd - finding true love along with the furniture seems to be a trend:
The absolute best Craigslist find? Four white Bertoia chairs in mint condition--- $100 total! Also my finace, I purchased an old bookcase from him on CL two years a go and well....the rest is history! - twentysixeast
My fiance. He is a steal for what I paid for him (nothing) and improves the aesthetics of the house quite a bit. And all I was looking for was a nice used table!! - FFB4MD
If all of these stories have you feeling inspired, here are some posts and resources worth checking out:
• Readers' Favorite Vintage, Thrift, & Secondhand Shops
• 10 Common Thrift Store Finds And Ways to Use Them for DIY Projects
• Craigslist Buying and Selling Etiquette
• Best Thrift Stores and Flea Markets 2010
• Apartment Therapy's Daily Scavenger Roundup
• Apartment Therapy New York Classifieds
• Apartment Therapy Los Angeles Classifieds
• Apartment Therapy San Francisco Classifieds
• Apartment Therapy Chicago Classifieds
• Apartment Therapy DC Classifieds
• Apartment Therapy Boston Classifieds
Image: Dan's MMC (Mostly Mid-Century) Home and Gallery House Tour/Evan Thomas
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Got a rare hermes scarf for $1.99 at the thrift store, also some belville boots, normally $200+ for $4.99 at the same shop...oh what else, also trashpicked some old Hitchcock chairs out of the dumpster =)
Got lucky with four Paul McCobb Irwin Collection for Calvin dining chairs (two with arms) with dining table and two leaves for $500. They're currently on 1stDibs for over $6000.
I got two authentic 7 Series Chairs from an local office store for $60. They had more but I didn't have enough to buy them. Sadly, the rest were gone when I returned.
I guess that the Terrence Woodgate Sussex credenza for $150 was my best find so far.
I always get great furniture oddly free from the street - from the black cafe chairs that were left out by a closing San Francisco cafe to the little side tables that decorate my patio. All Free! The best 2nd hand purchase was 12 midcentury modern wood Gunlocke chairs for $5 each - my company was getting rid of them.
Here are my best deals:
* two Hermes scarves, brand new, for $2.00 each.
* steel barristers bookcase for $25.00 - now used for storing sweaters.
* steel document cabinet with 30 drawers for $20 - now used for shoes.
* dozens of cashmere sweaters for no more than $5/each.
* Cartier watch for $5.00.
* Collection of copper pots and pans, for no more than $5/each.
I moved back to the US a few years ago, and had to start from scratch, and do it economically. I've got top quality things for very little money. I love to treasure hunt!
My old room mate's ex boyfriend had a yard sale and so I ended up purchasing more than I bargained for. He was selling a Platner coffee table for $10.00, two 1950s chairs for $10.00 and a set of Revere Warf pots for $5.00. Amazing really.
Any advice as to where I can get the Platner table striped back to its original state? Its a little weathered. I'm in Los Angeles.
Mint condition, vintage McGuire dining table for $30.
Found an uber rare Russel Wright snow glass vegetable bowl in near mint condition at a Pasadena thrift store for $6.00 sold it on ebay for
Years ago bought an Eva Zeisel
Riverside carafe marked $15.00,it was half price day so only paid $7.50 sold to a collector in Japan for $250.......SCORE AGAIN.
i need to go to more thrift stores!
I got my vintage (1950's) 60-drawer card catalog for FREE from the university library where I work. They couldn't get anyone to take it because it was so heavy (solid wood). I had always wanted one, and they go for thousands!
I found a Herman Miller Time Life Executive chair with original black leather upholstery at Goodwill for $5!!! It makes me giddy when I see it!
A 1952 Kroehler swivel chair and matching footstool that looked like they must have had plastic covering them for 55 years. Pristeen.
For $8.00
And the Kroehler furniture is upholstered in its original 1950s TURQUOISE.
Wow. Everyone got such great deals. I feel inadequate.
Hard to beat a $5 Cartier watch...but my best finds are...
4 Arne Jacobson Ant Chairs for $200.
A Thonet plywood chair in a dump pile.
5 WW2 WPD posters for $60 a piece.
George Nelson Steelframe desk for $200.
My mother-in-law totally beats any of mine! A Picasso pen and ink for $20 at an estate sale
I want to hear the Maserati backstory.
And I'm envious of pigtownstory. Hermes scarves! Cashmere sweaters! A Cartier watch! *sob* I never find good stuff like that.
I scored a Kent Coffey bedroom set (high dresser, low-boy, 2 night stands) in near-perfect condition for $200.
MY velvet 60's Pucci dress from Goodwill for 12 bucks. Countless clothes/shoes/accessories for a dollar. Vintage cocktail shaker with recipes on it for a dollar. Beautiful Probber Dresser with copper pulls for $100 from a friend.
George Neslon Saucer Bubble Lamp (25" Diameter) last Friday at the Habitat Restore. $20.00 - excellent condition.
My best finds: a Milo Baughman leather armchair, delivered for $75 and in perfect condition, and a pair of Knoll bentwood Don Petitt armchairs for $5 each at a local thrift store. Woo hoo!
4 Eames Fiberglass chairs on casters for FREE! Thank you, design office I work for!
If you could see me now, you'd see a slightly (well, truthfully a very) green with envy person wishing that she could find such bargains! (And I have tried!)
A matched pair of Adrian Pearsall lounge chairs for $130 (ebay). The exact pair came up on 1st dibs for -- ta dah! -- $6,000! And four Donghia Anziano chairs for $300 (craigslist) from a NYC architect who was closing his office. These match my Wonk boris table ($250, craigslist) perfectly.
Oooh I got some good ones:
My mom bought me a card catalog while I was still in high school for $15. It sat in the basement for damn near ten years, but I'm glad she had the wherewithall to know that I'd get into jewelry later on.
$15 Gucci bracelet from Goodwill. Yeah.
Also have a pair of Ferragamo Loafers that I scored for $6.
Cole Haan and Dooney purses - most I paid for any of them was $40. Solid sterling dresser set - $28 (flea market), sterling decorative plate, $2.99, sterling footed bowl, $1.99. Hell yeah Goodwill! My apartment would look like crap without you!
PS - I second the backstory on that Maserati! I gotta hear this!
I got two framed, signed Ansel Adams prints for $6 each at a thrift store, and sold them on eBay for just over $6,000. Score! Happy me, and two thrilled buyers. Win, win.
I bought a Noguchi replica table from the 60's for 50$ from a 75 year old lady who was selling her house and found a tulip table for 25$ for my brother in law on Kijiji... I also found a couple of items at Value Villages around my area !
Perfect time to ask -- does anyone have a suggestions for a good deal on Louis Ghost chairs? They're way out of my budget, so I did the if-you're-still-obsessed-with-them-a-few-years-from-now test. And I am.
Told my grandma's friend I loved her archo lamp... told me I could have it for free if I would move it. The base was too heavy for her to lift.
Curtis jere birds in flight sculpture for 15 at a garage sale.
What great deals! BTW - would love to see more pictures of the room above! Dying to see what that dinning room table looks like and that fireplace! :)
An original 1960s Knoll tulip table with mahogany top, for free: someone left it in a dumpster in an empty part of the office building I worked in, so I moved it into my office, and then got permission to take it with me when our team was laid off.
I bought an Eileen Gray glass and chrome side table for $30 at an antique barn.
My favorite recent find was my Le Creuset oval dutch oven in red for $10. No chips, in perfect condition. I've been coveting this item forever, and now it's mine. :) Also got an authentic black leather Coach purse in terrific shape for $1. It was a good yard sale day :)
I got a Gucci skirt and top from their first women's wear offerings from 1961 for $5 at a thrift store.
First Edition "Of Mice and Men" in good condition for $5 at a flea market.
I got a fabulous Dunbar sofa off Craigslist for $100. It does desperately need to be reupholstered, but at least the cushioning is solid as ever. Sprung seat cushions with down over them and all-down back cushions. It's awesome!
I also, long ago, paid $5 for a framed black and white photograph of the restaurant at the LA Airport that sort of looks like a spaceship - if you saw it, you'd know what I'm talking about - at Goodwill. It was obviously taken in the 1960s (cars parked around it all from that era) and it is signed on the mat, but I have no idea what the signature says. It's probably not anything famous or valuable, but it is an exquisite photograph, and such luck to find it.
george smith sofa on cl for $400- woo!
I bought 2 orange Overman chairs from a junk shop for $40. An antiques dealer came in after me (had to go home and empty car to pick them up) and offered $200 a piece. I have seen them on auction sites for $800 and up. they are may favorit pieces. They look like this, http://www.flickr.com/photos/momoderne/2947519299/
I used to have that exact same coffee table as in this photo - an old boyfriend's parents had given it to us because they no longer liked it. Unfortunately, the day we moved into our new apartment, the couch tipped over and shattered all the glass. I should have just replaced the glass but somehow the base became something else...
best find though was a full set of Drexel Heritage Profile dining set - like this: http://www.metroretrofurniture.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?item=8444&cameFrom=0
Some guy had it in a trailer heading for the dump and I saved it. This set sold for $6k on the metro retro site.
I got a set of 5 1960s Domus Danica chairs (like this: http://www.warehouse414.com/seating/domus-danica-danish-modern-dining-chairs-teak/1109) for $25. Total, not each. The wood needed sanding and oiling, but otherwise they are amazing.
Where I'm from (The Netherlands) we have 1 day a year (Queensday) where the entire country turns into one giant fleemarket. Last Queensday I found:
a giant vintage Scheurig vase for €2,- (sells at the local design store for €350)
a NEW Valentino suit for €5, in MY FRIGGING SIZE!! (sells for €1000)
and 3 lamps from the old Amsterdam Library (Amsterdamse School style) for €80 (are worth €1500)
Found LOTS more treasures at thrift stores, fleemarkets and in dumpsters over the years
Two wishbone chairs for $150 total. Not the $10 deal but it still brings a smile to my face.
Dyrlund rosewood dining table with 2 leafs and 6 Niels Koefoed Eva chairs (rosewood too) in mint condition for 1100$ on Kijiji.
Giant Dresser from when the Victoria Secret near Lincoln Center closed. The whole thing is on casters, has gorgeous lucite pulls, and lucite fronts for each drawer. Came with drawer dividers for bras, but works for ties, socks, jewelry etc...
And it was free, ditched on the street.
These posts are inspiring!
I bought a billboard size "Gone With the Wind" movie poster circa 1950's that is so rare I can't even give it a value because there is nothing to compare it to. The art is completely different from any of the poster variants you usually see -- it has classic scenes from the movie with little captions and is all in warm sepia tones. Anyone know? I love it no matter the value, I'm just curious.
I bought my coffee table from a rug shop that was going out of business 7 years ago. I hassled the guy for almost an hour until he let me have it for $40 instead of $160.... He just wanted to get rid of me. I don't know who made it (it's beyond gorgeous, brass and glass) but I've seen identical ones at high end shops priced between $2K-5K. My father offered me a thousand dollars for it but I truly love it too much to part with it.
My other find was during my early days on Ebay... I used to intentionally misspell things to find auctions that wouldn't get much attention. I found a vintage "opel" (opal) ring, set in gold, from an estate sale that I got for $110. It's been valued at $15,000... the gold alone is worth almost $800 now but the incredible orange mexican fire opal is one of a kind.
Heywood Wakefield dresser and mirror on Craigslist for $60. I knew what it was the minute I saw the photo and ran right out to get it. Sure enough, the mark was in the drawer - but I didn't even look til I got it home, as I didn't want to be obvious!
An Eames DCM chair in blue - FREE because it was going to be thrown away or donated in a huge renovation. (I have another one at my desk waiting to come home too.)
Possibly a Heywood Wakefield end table for $50 at the Sunday flea market, if it's still there this Sunday...
They're not designer quality, but I did find an Ikea Malm dresser, Lack bookcase and an entertainment center - 2 at the dumpster, 1 in my apartment building within a 6 month period. All are perfect and I am very proud of them. Of course all free!
At the bankrupcty dale of an old-line hotel in Peoria, I picked up--for $15--a bolt of 1955 fabric Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Schumacher. A few years later, a few blocks away I found another bolt of the same fabric in a different colorway at the Salvation Army. Eight dollars, this time. But I didn't collect midecentury design, so I gave the stuff to the Art Institute.
And at the Peoria Goodwill, I picked up for $125 a handsome dining set in blonde mahogany, whose designer, in the dark pre-Internet days, I was unable to document, so that I reluctantly left it behind when I moved to Chicago. Since then, I've discovered my original hunch was right: it was a Robsjohn-Gibbings design. Oh, well. Win some, lose some.
2 matching vintage Westnofa Siesta chairs for $30 total!
I got our awesome dining table on ebay for $100--and shipping (from CA!) was $25 on Greyhound. It's beautiful...though I don't know who designed or made it. It had always been associated with a set of Gazelle chairs...my theory is that someone had it made by a local CA craftsman to go with their chairs.
wow, these are impressive stories! i need to step my game up!
just this past weekend I scored a Herman mid-century modern expandable slat bench for $100 from a consignment shop that opened just down the street from me (where they also had a gorgeous pair of Eames chairs that I'm praying will still be there this weekend, after I get paid >_>)
2 vintage original cherner for plycraft armchairs (the pretzel ones) for $50. (by far my favorite chairs and proudest CL moment)
Found an Eileen Gray Side Table at Goodwill for $10.
I got a set of mint in box souvenir Seattle World's Fair tumblers for 99 cents on Ebay (plus shipping, natch). The listing has spelling errors in it so I think it escaped notice. I believe they retail at a store in my neighborhood for something like $150, though that is probably on the spendy side. I love them!
Holy crikey such good finds here. In my town all the shop owners/managers go online first to find out what things are worth, if they are worth anything they go to a silent auction so not much chance of finding anything worth money. Wish I lived in a town where people put things out on the street, nothing at all like that happens in our town.......sadly
On a recent early Saturday morning I went to a favorite thrift store and snatched a fabulous midcentury desk lamp in mint condition. It set me back a wopping $7....made my year! That just doesn't happen as often as it used too!
Goes to show, the early bird usually has a better chance at the bargains!
(2) Ingmar Relling for Westnofa Flex Chairs for FREE - left on the street. I sold them on Craigslist for $500. They were in great condition, but I didn't have room for them.
Also found a DUX teak recliner on the street - I'm currently refinishing the teak and then it will get reupholstered. This one's a keeper. Based on internet research, they seem a bit rare. I think once it's refinished, it will be worth in the $800-1200 range.
Teak credenza Nils Jonsson credenza purchased at Salavation Army thriftshop in Toronto for $39.99, over $2,000 on 1stdibs last year. Now home to a lovely flatscreen and artwork.
mid century rope chair $12.99
handful of mcm dressers $15-$75
mcm side chairs $6-$20
mcm upholstered pink chair $4
vintage dock dolly(coffee table) $15
2 eames fiberglass dining chairs $20
mcm cabinet-$8
2 mcm tv tables $4 each
....i could go on and on...
I've gotten most of my dream kitchen appliances from yard sales, thrift stores, and cl. A VitaMix blender with 2 extra containers for $6, a Simac pasta maker and a Tassimo coffeemaker for $5 each, a brand new Champion juicer for $20, a 4 slice Dualit toaster for $35, and an almost new pumpkin-colored KitchenAid stand mixer for $100.
I bought a pair of vintage General Fireproofing metal barrister bookcases for $75 each through craigslist. I've seen them selling for ten times that. Recently I sold on eBay a vintage enameled saucepan, designed by Finnish designer Seppo Mallat, for $125 to someone in Japan. I paid $5 for it at a thrift shop.
A rare Roseville Pauleo tree vase for $68.00 at the Alemany flea market in SF. I am not particularly into Roseville, and I did not know what it was at the time; I just liked it. I have seen a few (a very few) listed on Ebay and art pottery sites, for like $1,200.
Well, I don't know how to post these links, but if you are interested in what it looks like, you can google Roseville Pauleo Tree Worthpoint
My favorite find is an eames fiberglass chair bought from someone's front yard for 5 dollars. They weren't having a yard sale but there was stuff all over the front yard. I love my hometown!
I also bought a great mid century brass tea table for 4 dollars and I have seen my 85 dollar spider leg dining table for 5000 dollars on first dibs. It doesn't have a label, but I don't care.
My best find is a vintage WWII era hope chest in my uncle's attic. I still need to spruce it up. But seriously, I need to troll more thrift stores!
Finding it is half the fun!
I scored a Tell City Chairs dining chair (just one) on Freecycle. beautiful condition and I am sitting on it as I type.
It's Carved Rose #4526 in Mahogany on eBay currently for $143.00
A DUX Folke Ohlsson mid-century modern sofa for $49; a Heywood-Wakefield full-size bedframe-headboard & footboard, and 4 drawer dresser and highboy dresser with desk mid-center drawer for $120 .
I found a Bertoia diamond chair for $5 at a garage sale a few years ago, a little rusty but still in great shape. Also an Iittala Alto vase for $5.
My husband found a Fender Strat for $10 at a San Francisco garage sale, in Pac Heights no less! It works great (evidently) and now he's in love with it. So what if there are 10 other guitars in his office gathering dust -- and they cost more than $10!
estate sale - a swedish blown glass marbro lamp (five feet tall) for $200. later appraised at $2k.
a enormous collection of russell wright at an antique shop, about 50 pieces in all for $80
a le crueset grill pan for $10 at an antique mall
c. jere wall sculpture for $40 bucks on ebay
nelson slat bench on the curb - living in (soon to be designated historical) 50's 'hood in Houston, FTW!
I scored an original Cherner chair out the dumpster behind my apartment. It needs some work but I figure I can get it fixed for less than what a knock-off would cost me. I also picked up a gorgeous teal velvet sofa for $200 at an antique store that was going out of business. Not uber cheap, but I certainly couldn't have found anything with that sort of personality on a student budget.
Question for those of you who have found these great deals: were you in an isolated or rural or (forgive me) less worldly area? I'm in a major urban centre and I can't imagine the shop owners/sellers letting such amazing items sneak out for a song. But maybe I'm just not lucky enough or determined enough!
Free Adrian Pearsall / Craft Associates sofa from an estate sale.
$50 Milo Baughman sofa from Goodwill.
$75 pair of Bertoia Diamond chairs from a front porch.
$175 for four Bertoia Side chairs from craigslist.
$35 Heywood Wakefield M304G Side Table (Mint) from an antique mall.
Yesterday - $20 for four Paul McCobb Perimeter dining chairs that need new caning and some cleanup from the Goodwill.
Mr. Modtomic
Kind of a small thing, but five Heath Ceramics bowls for $5 (usually they are about $30 apiece). Of course now I want an entire Heath set to go with my garage-sale find.
I got a Broyhill Sculptra desk at Salvation Army for $45. Got an offer to buy at $325 on Craigslist.. haven't parted with it yet.
Paid $30 for two eames low side tables on CL, their retail price is about $400 total. not in the best condition, but a little elbow grease and they are looking fine.
I've found lots of clothes, but not so much furniture. I did get an Adrian Pearsall chair (and I didn't know it at the time) for $20. I also got a Pearsall table (still didn't know who he was) for $30.
An Art Deco china cabinet made from a fragrant tropical wood called narra - it's so rare now that it's illegal to cut it down. $100, from a woman who was moving overseas and bitterly regretted not being able to take it with her.
And probably my best-ever ebay score, an antique rose gold opal necklace for $75. It has two honking big black Australian opals that are probably worth $2k each.
My entire house (except for mattresses and pieces of IKEA) came from thrift stores (my wardrobe, too)
i paid only $400 for a 6 seater Chinese Chippendale dining suite (including the two carvers), with high quality Sanderson linen upholstery on Australia's eBay. when we picked up the suite, the lady (who'd owned it for near 15 years) begrudgingly told us a few days after the auction, she'd seen the carver chairs in a "designer store" for over $650 each!
one day it's going to be painted...
and i scored a pretty green polkadot Diana ware baking dish (normally goes for more than $80 on eBay) for $6 at the local St Vincent de Paul's.
10 years ago I bought a pretty black and white espresso set at a flea market in Pisa, Italy for about the equivalent of $25 USD. I was eBaying one day and discovered the same set for auction with a high bid of $800. I took some pics and listed mine for $1200 using Buy It Now. It sold about 20 minutes later. I used the money to take another trip to Italy and was hoping to do the lather, rinse, repeat thing but had no such luck. If you ever find a complete set of illy signed, dated and numbered Spirali espresso cups and matching saucers buy them. I've heard that if I had held on to them they would be worth about $2500 now.
My example was just dumb luck. I'm in awe of all of you who find something and know what it is and what the real worth might be when you do. Great job everyone!
Two signed Henry Moore lithographs for ten cents each.
"I bought my coffee table from a rug shop that was going out of business 7 years ago. I hassled the guy for almost an hour until he let me have it for $40 instead of $160.... He just wanted to get rid of me."
Well. That sounds more than a little obnoxious, and is why I refuse to haggle. Seriously, since when is behavior like that something to be proud of?
@_gourmista_: doubt it. I live in Oklahoma City and the stuff people around here have a) paid money for, b) "decorated" their homes with, and c) are now asking actual money for would absolutely horrify you. 99.999% crap, occasionally something good, but not great. You could look every day for YEARS before finding what you want in reasonably decent-looking form.
2 broyhill brassila commodes for 20$ Try and buy them online and youre look at 500!
paigep, good to know! I have a Brasilia dining set that I want to sell when I find something else. I didn't realize it was in such demand.
I found two Eames Eiffel chairs with orange leather covers at a yard sale. I talked them down to 50 dollars. In all places, this was in Talladega, AL on a 4 lane road. I was travelling at 65 plus miles an hour and the orange called out to me, Ha!!
Last summer we bought a Wegner sofa, GE-236 in oak, in excellent original condition for about 100 USD (700 sek). And a couple of years ago I bought a Kay Bojesen oak hippo for about 5 USD. Also in as new condition. Both were goodwill finds.
I bought a 36"inch saarinen table with four chairs for $650 off craigslist.
I got a rolling, foldover tumi bag new for $20 at a garage sale.
I got 4 wool chairs (wish I knew the origin) from Urban Nest on their last day in business. Originally $2400 for the set, I got them for $800.
Oh, and I also snagged a pair of Gucci sunglasses for $2 at an Austin goodwill.
I found my Gucci outfit in Pittsburgh, but my understanding is that the mid-size and smaller cities in the midwest are goldmines. Apparently, all of the vintage furniture sellers make periodic treks there to raid their thrift shops.
found a Jonathan Adler bamboo Chippendale chair for $4 at a Good Will in Denton, Texas!
I bought a queen sized Honduran Mahogany Rice Bed at a divorce sale for $400. My latest purchase was a set of Versace China, a service for 8 with all the serving pieces in the Red Medusa pattern for $1000 on Craigslist. The china would have cost about $6000 at retail.
i live in brooklyn, new york. "pickin'" is extremely tough out here, and bargains are not easy to come by. usually the further away from the city i get, the better the deal.
also to note, there's a lot of competition out here too... the truly amazing deals on CL are usually gone within the first 15 minutes of the ad being posted.
6 Mahogany Sheildback chairs @ thrift store for $36 total!
I got my hands on 33 zenith parchment color Eames stacking shells for $50 a few years ago. A score of a LIFETIME!
I love this topic. The best scores I've gotten are my expandable Danish Modern slat wood bench (not sure who it is by) for $14, a Heywood-Wakefield side table for $2.98, two huge very nicely framed vintage airbrushed florals from 1939 for $10, a Hermes scarf for 69 cents and probably lots more I can't think of right now. I've also passed up some good stuff too but I don't fret about it anymore.
I scored a Curtis Jere sculpture in a flea market recently for 20 bucks!
I'm going to be a big bragasarous now. After reading this post I realized I just bought a Paul McCobb Planner Group cane back club chair for $35!! It's going for $2,000 on 1st dibs! Eek!
Consignment store in a small town in southern Indiana. Love it. Any suggestions from anyone on appraising and selling it?
Knoll Saarinen executive side arm chair on casters with boucle upholstery. Picked it up on Craigslist for $35. Not sure if it's a real Saarinen because it doesn't have the open back, but in all other respects it looks just like the open-back one and there's a Knoll certificate attached to chair bottom.
My best find was actually my leather style bed which i didn't pay anything for. It was a actually a street find.
Louis Ghost chair by Kartell for $5 at St. Vincent's. Makes me happy EVERY time I see it!!!
Roycroft cigarette box at a thrift shop for $8.
wow, what a great post! i loved reading about everyone's excellent finds! so many great ones! i live in pittsburgh and it is definitely true that midwestern cities (and surrounding towns) are a great place for bargains! my best furniture finds:
2 Hans Wegner Papa Bear Chair Ottomans for $5 each from Goodwill (sadly there were no armchairs to be found)
a Milo Baughman chrome & lacquer campaign desk for $60 from Craigslist
a mid-century walnut expandable slat bench for 40 or 50 (can't remember if i talked him down :) ) from Craigslist
and not to one-up co-captain, but also a pristine Kent Coffey walnut "Tableau" bedroom set (tall dresser, mirror, low wide dresser & 2 nightstands) for $100 from the sweetest woman on Craigslist who also filled up my car with other (free!) treasures from her late parents' house to help me furnish my first apartment out of college.
I'm still trippin' off of the $80 radioriot paid for the Eames lounger and ottoman. Am I the only one envious about that? Talk about deal of the century.
A blue wool covered Thonet chair in perfect condition at Goodwill for $8.Later I saw it's twin in need of recovering at the local vintage store for $125.
I haven't been through all 155 comments so this may have already been said. I would have found this post a degree more inspiring if for each great find the location was included.
In what city, state or country, if outside the US, was your great deal found?
I guess I am hoping to find out that great deals still can be had in the NY metro area.
It's one thing bagging a bargain off Ebay, CL, or from Goodwill. Quite another getting stuff off elderly relatives/acquaintances without at least first checking they are aware of the potential value of said items (I'm thinking of the Eames lounger and arco lamp, specifically), and I certainly wouldn't boast about such 'bargains'.
the saarinen executive armchair also came in a closed back version, so if it's got the knoll label, it's the real deal
deals are harder to come by in the ny metro area, but they are still out there. just need to have some luck and good timing on your side.
I'm deliriously happy to say that I just purchased the Portica *canopy* bed (in queen!) from Room and Board for only $410 off Boston Craigslist. Seller originally had it at 5, but she had to move soon and deducted the cost of a craiglist mover from the price! I almost lost the bed to other sellers, too! Now off to lovingly polish and christen my new baby...
hmmm i love thrift stores estate and garage sales but I have NO idea what I am buying, everything I buy is deal to me because I love the item I am getting as far as what it is who made it and such I usually have no idea...
I did however get an Oscar de larenta scarf at a church "store" for a dollar
a flat file from an estate sale for 39 dollars metal base with wood drawers (heart love heart!)
at the same sale I got an old wooden ladder for 8 bucks, with beautiful metal fittings on it says ace nicholson pa on the metal fittings.
an old art portfolio that contained 4 pages of news paper (had illustrations on it hence it was saved) from 1893 for free. The articles are amazing to read.
I also scored an old world map with the double globe that looks gilded and is beautifully framed .. for free.
the list goes on and on and on but I am particularly proud of those finds and a hundred more but it's too long to list and I have no idea if they are "worth" anything to anyone other than me simply because I love them and wanted them.
and I am one of those people who find awesome stuff for free a lot .. you just have to know what to look for.
ah and I am from syracuse ny which is upstate ny and no i'm not near NYC it's like 5 hours away
Has anyone here ever purchased anything from 1stDibs? I'm wondering because a LOT of people like to use it as a comp. (I saw one just like mine on 1stDibs for $$$$$) but is it GOOD comp.? A better (though not perfect) comp. is to look at the Completed Listings on eBay. That I think is a little closer to what you're likely to realize if you were to sell your piece. Even then one has to temper their expectations with a dose of reality. Being in St. Louis means that I'm less likely to get Top eBay Dollar for the same item as someone in LA. BTW, you have to have access to an eBay account to look at completed listings. It's the only reason I actually have one.
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The best "you paid WHAT for that?!" second hand scores in my home are a matted, framed and signed artist's proof of Nagel's "Dyansen 57" that I bought from the SE Portland, OR Salvation Army for $5 (it had been $10, I hit a half off sale) and a 1972 Lane nightstand with rosewood handles and inlay on oak burl laminate for $10 at the Goodwill in Seattle's Central District, both items in perfect condition.
It's so inspiring to read about everyone else's thrifted treasures!
These types of things always depress me as I have never been able to score ANYTHING. Once someone gave me a pair of Gucci shoes for free but they were 3 sizes too small for me. Obviously I am the odd man out on this thread.
Found an oc white lamp for $5. Just needs to be rewired.
Mom bought me two Eames eiffel tower shell chairs for $1 each.
Mint condition 19th century oak bushel basket for 25 cents. **Love this basket**
Paul Rand "Thoughts on Design" with original dust jacket for $1.
oh yeah, forgot to mention that I found a pair of Heywood cat-eye chairs on the street that I saved from an oncoming storm. Wanted to keep them but I don't have any room. Sold them on CL for far less than their worth. Also found a Thonet tubular chrome chair on the street that I have considered recovering - but might just sell on ebay. 1stdibs has them listed as $3500/set of 4 but I only have one.
I have been fortunate in occasionally finding cool objects. Some of my interesting finds from flea markets, thrift shops, and just driving around include a unique Georges Braque enamel charger from 1950 for $50.00 that sold for $26,000. A Nadar photograph taken in the Paris Catacombs in 1861 one of the first underground photographs ever made 1 of 6 prints known to exist in the world at the time I bought it at a small local flea market for $2.00., a five piece suite of Warren McArthur furniture from a Thrifty Nickel for $100. A DC-3 1944 double passenger aircraft seat by Warren McArthur off the front porch of a house I drove by one day, ...a pair of 1854 Tommaso Cuccioni albumen panoramas of the Roman Forum each image measuring 66" across- triple mammoth plates at a flea market.....a Robsjohn Gibbings Dining Table free on Craigslist it had been listed for $50.00 for two months and no one in NYC had bought it.. The original entrance desk to the Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for less than $100 trade . there is a lot out there, enjoy the search.
I would love to read all of these finds... but i've got to scour craigslist now, and make a run to goodwill. :)
My fav... Adrian Pearsall walnut & glass table for $15 at Goodwill. Talked down from $20!
I have so many great finds it's hard to narrow it down. Let's see.....vintage Saarinen-Knoll swivel executive chair for $20? Pair of Heywood-Wakefield tambour front cabinets for $150? How about a set of three Yoichi Ohira glass decanters for $90? Laurel mushroom lamp for $10? Knoll marble-top coffee table for $19? These are part of my "retirement collection." Who needs a 401K when you can invest in MCM?????
$30 for a custom Paul Frankl double dresser and high boy with the combed wood. Perfect condition. One owner, family I bought it from said their dad worked for Brown Saltman back in the 50's and brought it home. Still gushing as this happened last weekend and it looks like a piece of art in its own right.
This is fun to read everyone's finds! Let's see here's some great finds that made me happy, gotta love a bargain, right?
4 Hans Wegner all teak chairs $20 ea(needed refinishing)
1 Bent plywod lounge chair, no name, but was great-Free!
1 Hoop 50's chair with plywood back and seat, recovered it many times now-Free
1 Sterling Silver serving tray, can't remember the makers name, lined around the edge with beautiful turquoise-$5 at the most at a garage sale
1920's ashtray stand, art deco kind of style, had 5 layers of paint to remove, looks great now-$5 at flea market
1 Knoll type credenza, teak-Free
A vintage globe, gas cans, lamps, tables, ashtrays, punchbowl set-All free.
**And my greatest and latest find turned out to be Heywood Wakefield that I could never have afforded to pay what it's really worth:
1 Heywood Wakefield dresser found in a local thrift store in Sacramento for $60, had been stained a dark cinnamon color, I stripped and sanded it, and almost ready to finish.
**Then I realized that the two nitestands @ the same store (painted turquoise)might also be Heywood Wakefield, and they were! Went back & got them both for about $40.00!!! Woo hoo!
And lots more stuff left behind by residents. Want cool stuff cheap, be an apt. mgr.and you get all kinds of stuff left behind.
I bought 2 vintage Z Chairs for $100! I also found a MCModern wall shelf for $10. I sold the frames of of the Z chairs for $800 each and sold the shelving for $300. Not bad. =)
Here's a partial list:
Genuine alligator pumps at Goodwill $2.99
Herman Miller DCM Eames chair, garage sale $5.00
2 Karges "commodes" at Salvation Army for $41 each, retail value about $10,000 each


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Lotus Cars went on to many triumphs in racing, especially in Formula One, and even won the Indy 500. Enter Ford Motor Company and Total Performance. That was Dearborn's early-'60s marketing campaign, which led to all sorts of wonderful things like Shelby Cobras and GT350 Mustangs cutting up sports car tracks, GT40s winning Le Mans, Ford powerplants dominating F1 and Indycar, and much more. Ford of Britain quivered to the parent company's excitement. In 1962 its imaginative P.R. director, Walter Hayes, popped 'round to see Colin Chapman and (we're guessing here) bought him a drink. At the time, Lotus was launching a tiny, two-seat road car named the Elan. It would use the engine from the English Ford Cortina sedan, aka "saloon," but would be bored out and hopped up with a special Lotus cylinder head. "I say, Colin, old boy," we can imagine Walter murmuring there in some oak-paneled pub. "Wouldn't it be a good idea to plop your lump into our saloon? I know-we'll call it a Lotus Cortina! Do us both a world of good ... " Well, no moss grew on Chapman's business instincts, and so the plot was hatched. Unveiled in January of 1963, the car was really an appealing piece. Think English Shelby Mustang. It started out with a not-quite-finished Cortina two-door sedan taken from the Ford assembly line and shipped to Lotus for installation of Chapman's magic parts. Foremost among these was the engine. Its standard iron, four-cylinder block was bored out from 1498cc to 1588cc, and the regular pushrod cylinder head was replaced by the twin-cam, two-valve aluminum Lotus item. (The original camshaft remained in the block to drive the oil pump and ignition distributor, but did nothing for the valves, still, technically, this was a triple-cam engine.) Equipped with Italy's famous Weber twin-barrel carbs-two of them-the 1.6-liter Lotus pumped out a claimed 105 hp at 5500 rpm and 108 lb-ft at 4000 rpm. Remember, it was 1963. Those were pretty good numbers back then. Anyway, that power was nearly twice what the standard Cortina could boast. Bolted to the engine was a heavy-duty clutch and a highly modified, four-speed manual gearbox with closer ratios than normal. In back came the live axle. Chapman really went to town back there, tearing off the original leaf springs in favor of coils. That meant he had to add a pair of trailing arms, plus a central, A-shaped link pivoting on a special aluminum differential case to control the axle's movement. Here's where he went wrong. But we'll get back to that. You can spot a genuine early Lotus Cortina today by checking inside the trunk. You'll see tubular braces for that axle A-arm. Also, the battery will be here instead of up front, and the spare tire will be laying flat, rather than standing to one side. Both of those changes were in the interests of weight distribution. Chapman was a bug on weight. 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Preparing Thanksgiving dinner for your family can be challenging if even one family member has dietary issues. Add in a toddler who thinks "white" is the only food group and you're going to be tempted to serve a huge bowl of mashed potatoes, and nothing else.
No matter how awesome it sounds to have a day of feasting on buttery potato goodness, there are other options available for your picky toddler so she won't starve while you enjoy your adult dinner.
Here are some Thanksgiving day recipes and pre-made options to keep the little diners occupied at the kids' table so you have time to enjoy your turkey leg without having to stop and pull an overly stimulated toddler off the bookshelf. There's plenty of time for that after the pies have been devoured.
Baked Sweet Potatoes and Apples
A fellow parent at my daughter's school has an amazing blog with a challenging concept: 365 new recipes she makes with her son in 365 days. Cooking With My Kid, therefore, relies on fun and delicious kid-friendly options. Her Baked Sweet Potatoes and Apples recipe gets points for keeping your little one busy while you're basting the turkey. Additionally, by combining apples and sweet potatoes, your toddler will be fooled into believing it's one big sweet treat. Score!
Cranber-Wee Bagel Sandwich
In addition to being adorable, this turkey dinner all in one place is perfect for kids who think sandwiches are the only way to eat. All you need to make this sammy is a mini-bagel, your turkey, lettuce (if your kids don't mind eating "salad," like mine do), and the Weelicious cranber-wee sauce recipe. Add your kid's favorite condiment, and you've got a happy toddler.
Apple Cider Granita
This one-item recipe from Take Back Your Table is a simple, delicious treat for the picky eater who thinks apple cider is a grown-up drink, yet loves him a slushie. Alternately, use the granita as a bribe to get him to eat his sweet potatoes.
Crescent Rolls
If all else fails, fill 'em up on bread. One of the only non-homemade Thanksgiving traditions in my house is the cracking open of a can of crescent rolls. Let your little one roll them up in whatever wacky shapes they manage, pop them in the oven, then set a bowl down in front of your toddler's hungry mouth.
How are you going to feed your picky toddler this Thanksgiving?
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Our toddler this year will be my niece's son, so my plan was to give him anything he ask for when he ask for it. The crescent rolls are a great idea though, so I will be picking up some of them!
He'll get a bit of everything put on his plate and I'll hope for the best.
I don't have toddlers. Thankfully, I am past that stage.
popcorn chicken like any other day come on now people LOL
Thankfully he is not picky!
My toddler isn't picky, the hubby is.
i give her a little bit of everything,, and make her try it.
We didn't have thanksgiving this year. :/
Thanksgiving is probably one of the only times that my child isn't a picky eater. The only thing that she wont eat is mashed potatoes so we have to save her some raw potatoes. My child loves raw potatoes.


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