please welcome a new sponsor of A Denver Home Companion, SecondLove, a thriftique in the highland square neighborhood of denver! the shop, run by two sisters, angie & katie, is a boutique selling gently-used, well-curated womens, baby, and mens clothes, as well as home goods. it’s definitely my new favorite store and i essentially got my entire winter wardrobe there in one visit.
SecondLove buys clothes on the first sunday of every month. the next one is coming up soon, this sunday, january 6. bring your clothes (in washed and good condition) to the back of the store where katie and/or angie will sort through them and take what is a good fit for the store. based on the prices they set to resell your goods, they offer 30% cash or 50% trade of total value (i usually take the trade bc i really think the best things in life are “free” or at least swapped).
i know it can be a little weird at first to have someone sift through your clothes and saying “yay” or “nay” — it definitely took a couple of trips to various resale shops for me to let go and not take anything personally. but either way, the sisters are SO gracious and will gladly and kindly explain why or why not they have chosen an item. the prices they offer are incredibly fair.
and even if you don’t have clothes to sell (you clotheshorse, you) stop in and take a look at their racks as well as their baby, maternity, and new mens section. there’s also a table of gorgeous jewelry handmade by local artists.
SecondLove is located at 3440 w 32nd ave in the highland square neighborhood of denver. you can also follow them on facebook for updates about trunk shows and buying dates or on pinterest for insights into where they get their fashion inspiration. they are open sunday and monday, 11:00 until 5:00 and on tuesday through saturday, 10:30 until 6:30.
sunday, family day, we three took a meandering walk to the park, little bean. we had no intentions of stopping for ice cream. but after chasing you around the playground and seeing you try to steal a little boy’s cup of ice cream, it was the perfect end to a family stroll. i chose the avo-nilla ice cream in a sugar cone for you and me to share. pretty sure, once i handed that bad boy over to you, our licks were not even near equal. you gobbled that ice cream up so fast the way your papa does — he’s finished with his bowl before i can even get comfy enough on the couch to reach for my late-night dessert.
i love you, funny face ice cream monster.
love, mama.
(little man ice cream is our favorite ice cream shop in denver — a city where you can eat your ice cream outside at the end of november and be perfectly warm.)
our new favorite sweet shop. humble pie is located at 3rd & elati in the baker neighborhood of denver. come for the pie and stay for the cozy decor and friendly staff. tamara, proprietor and pie slinger, has put a lot of love and thoughtful touches into this place. her pies kick some serious tastebud ass.
if all that wasn’t enough, this store has definite denver love: they also serve huckleberry roasters coffee and has touches of mountain vs plains throughout the art on the walls and branding (the artist, paul michel, is also a pie slinger extraordinaire. pictured above).
jp and i had the breakfast burrito quiche, the veggie quiche, and the chocolate chess pie. OMG.
this is, believe it or not, not a sponsored post.
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here are two weeks’ worth of links i’ve stored up for you! again, i’m sometimes a little slow to viral news and internet sensations, so i hope some of this is new to you!
- jp and i are making our way through Friday Night Lights on netflix. pretty much we’re obsessed.
- this video is so worth watching. inspiring and hopeful: caine’s arcade and the imagination foundation.
- still so proud of the lumineers. here’s an interview with my friend, neyla, who basically had no idea what she was getting into.
- which one of my friend (blogger or IRL) wants to do a box exchange like this one with me?
- jodi writes such a beautiful post about being grounded.
- a local denverite took her four-year-old to a chicken slaughter, and i really admire what she had to say about it.
- my friends’ wedding was featured on on style me pretty. click through the gallery to see the one of jp and i cutting a rug!
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