Happy Holidays!!

Crown Center is a spot of holiday tradition in KC. I remember visiting this mechanical Santa when I was a little girl. Dash described it as "creepy".


The trains at Union Station are also fun to see. I love anything in miniature scale.



Winter in the Midwest is upon us; it's about 15 degrees out there today and last night the winds were howling. Let's hope it's warmer in Alabama.

The Cowtown Mallroom II and Other Adventures

A return trip to The Cowtown Mallroom was inevitable. Would this old canvas merchandise cart from The Jones Store make a great "hutch" or what? Only in my house, I suppose.

An insulator that elle visits when we go the Mallroom.

A tree made of melted records.

And just like last time, good people watching. Thanks to Kevin for being a good sport and letting me take his pic.

Then it was off to Hyde Park Antiques on Troost for more great stuff.

I dug the chalk kewpie in the background but I like them with more muted color than this one for my personal collection.

This vanity would be fun in French grey.

For the foyer, maybe?

Then down to The West Bottoms. This area of KC used to be full of stock yards.

But now it's home to some cool antique places like Liberty Bell and Good Juju.










Most of these places are only open the first weekend of the month but many are offering extended hours in December.

Merry Merry

I had to post this pic of Jason and I taken last weekend and Kahn and Kavitha's Madmen party. I'm already thinking of an excuse to wear this get-up again.

And Nina and I had another fun day of junking. There were lots of fun things going on at the River Market Antique Mall. I won a coupon for 20 percent off and picked up some cool stuff. This window made me swoon; I do so love decapitated baby dolls.


This antelope was huge.

And I hit my favorite spots.




This loveseat was very fun and I was tempted to get it for the living room, but I think I need a full size couch for such a large space.

Okay, and here are Nina and Donnie Volkart. I don't know how crazy Donnie was of having his picture taken; he joked about it ending up on Facebook and I gave him a card for my blog. But since I had a pic of him, I just had to post it. I take pics of his booth spaces every time I blog about the River Market Antique Mall. It is my absolute favorite. He has a great eye for styling as well as the stuff itself.






See what I mean? And these carolers weren't in Donnie's space, but I thought they were pretty fabulous.

The Cowtown Mallroom

Elle and I checked out the Cowtown Mallroom at 31st and Gillham a couple of weekends ago.

This is a cool venue with lots of fun stuff and a great atmosphere with a live band and plenty of good people watchin'. I'd love to get the huge devil hand for Jason's man cave.












Check out the Mallroom 11 - 4 every Sunday.