A slew of beater bikes on the sidewalk is all it took my boss and I to draw us up the street from
Lounge Lizard to our next destination on Portland's Hawthorne Ave.
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Hmm, looks a bit like a hybrid antique/thrift/resale shop...
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Named "Really Good Stuff", inside was a slew of cast-off electronics, toys, furniture, photographic equipment and the like.
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Most items without prices - just inquire with the salty guy behind the counter. And to give you an idea of what it looked like behind the counter, see below:
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When we were in the shop, another customer asked the attendant if it was fun working there. His response? Delivered monotone "I hate it, I can't wait until I'm dead." Perfect.
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Need kitchen weapons?
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Old radios and other electronic apparatuses?
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Beer signs for brews I've never heard of?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxkvqZuuRHi-uUD4KkXt8lxhr440gunMz6sqtNu-CcBaHwenKVKmrT3ug0aFpdt1cSD2_1P5VVbuXzDhyaP4Rn9sg2vXQrdYClkrPJzixO8m23h2AFKL8D4a2ptEADutSqugv14AcPsf5/s320/P1010024.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrMDEILbsMVS8xlu97YfBYEQsZAGocDzMOOOAYy5btrq1W0NlQ0VR3gR70zVSq_2oPnzv-ORTe2wNkgWF9IQ7DeQJTIx-Xv1skO-JMwPm3jkHzx2SvNsgmK3CcMLnS4wU9gptx_F4WDVu/s320/P1010026.jpg)
Some decent electric fans - things I used to collect:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22G9DloC6GF64_4PqyD10DHGye-nFVhEUq8H8zVAwY6GTX-zp0nt3WLaEb2-jThgR4TauKbrzx1m4tt9hy_TQfUCE8EaZkO25WUK5MzEU21G6N_X3gp5L_nuuLeNWIJU6KX_vnZ_ypsHk/s320/P1010015.jpg)
Toys...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxZWKrupIbw9f_ZWya4Ynjx6TxzekK3bOt5IsXpVh6JyH82jH1SojNv3kbwr6c_MpIGnnaCKCxIeVxDtMb08sb0rswK_eURwxWzA-wo684mumKYoJzz1tVJwEyamhsPXITrcApwmshBaT/s320/P1010019.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Jf1QkVth-h27jkhvn47ROfcFg15Vn8UfBTPvl6dE_FYxa61M_ysam18TeN-muhiDCMs50mE7WTvU5xW5-wtFJ7RvVj0xttevt3kpaJmdZBoQ0fQu60dCJknktjQgjdsDhUC6IXtA-n5_/s320/P1010025.jpg)
...pinball...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMEyGMnzeT2KhnYquZyYFovcdVUcVOfnvmEMVo8CFLBpfJLOMaqN8IPI_SEzBT3euOG0Y8dIysBmg0NjRqt8Ujua-Oc9H8FiTZPmC2EsmL__KJb3q8KJCtM9jNuLBvf5hAqVulaEOq8FI/s320/P1010012.jpg)
...and musical instruments:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Q-RcJJnuB0397ywIXm9R9c56sXVciIz42lxUfjpEeGTWcINmYWTLL7Y0sfDMW-LQhEbxMnlR8FHWsFwJJD1PvsLgkMMduYFz1cqvceJLfCK7WakbYqUOjkXspvYZWfQlkkxj0Xjf1naO/s320/P1010016.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMxdZ15DSdoREWG7_woYNb2-RBdL2KU0ljvARMZ1ElcBzh1ZN4BsMqf1BoAAQ8xV69-V2qqze-BTWT0ul6xCCCHlqnJL-lxnqmT-3SIX_o9xeIv1wW-mS6kYxLFv1HoDOMObqk8WaSa73/s320/P1010042.jpg)
Skeleton keys...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZrhtniD3McpL9zm-POp42QzcSBT3q0knogR9Q1kMVYbYuMKSRnCXQEHGVu-y4xpLKxBPpSwdTMgqkZI6p35cNwX2BpnEwd3fs8clVwzEWwe9Y2u3iiR3IwW_2piNvXSdHoj8dYjXFofN/s320/P1010028.jpg)
...records...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DyOzDafY_9iXsJYoAVNIaTfsWoWQOX3I49f0iDX_R2J3rfjWP5op7hFcj3hvTp_t0_2JZsRJNR7_BmLV3hkFcIXxLJZA_WPeRjtVn3hRGT__CGBhjGp9hml59qj5H-0uiNpvPOUsnwAp/s320/P1010031.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTgswOUrg8XyhX1m2rPaGXBsJhTpVThCIOkyd15bjolnLZvB_7lakpP4NmjBLgvtxI-BZoObCATRO_mU06jm5bWL2ovO_hnXBHAiPa5tIIc9Z1v8UF_4zqCLa3VT3UiKxCEybm6TOzdsF/s320/P1010033.jpg)
...vintage, uh, "gentleman's reading material"...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvycyna4EWEyW5S3vCgCiO3dv-GjFdKLLjoRN94okq_eK_YVvoE2LydpndOUrY28GvjexqMyVK64W0vzmpNO2qDYJ9kYLvOZqWG_3XlcCl-vCYZkVm4Xb1ov-xUR8aP_RWkNmlccpnjzYU/s320/P1010040.jpg)
...and a box of skeleton keys:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1atoyAE028eYpG0GJcvpafmI94qNorsi66sW9994axxSMKBiiBavtLwKkq5j7xNZTbLreeNuv4hY6-n6Me2nbWTcEmJelDisZjDMz0ZL9sHHkeUDmRhS8Gt8AKAcEkZHMHyx4L8z6NmZH/s320/P1010028.jpg)
I could have easily spent hours here, digging through boxes of junk in search of unknown treasures that I never knew I needed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIjBIQurqdWrvFxZvoTDfx0v2U-4EtFdqEvl__C2wH0n4KJEI5uuNGwF528rsy7QJKXOwqRkH19w2_RXOCtzhSngVuany_1OLfvVbXbqA2D997cKo6LO_a2hb7K8MYUtkDKg0WJFMtRij/s320/P1010001.jpg)
Yep, this stretch of Hawthorne is pretty cool.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7SDY9MFguGGaeVSovIz9GmSex109tCtTjjInDhjXfVo2VhWYTSldE-GwKbpDLEGkrRHjpi7T9fvgDmroCb2rf03g2OVQsbsHZvUYAlrugO7PFFTFgcznrlwXcAExUCNx1bLhPcHBGtmx/s320/P1010045.jpg)
*fin*
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