| Business notebook: St. Valentine’s Day wake-up call
Valentine's Day is the second largest card-sending holiday, right after Christmas. So your first stop might be to select a Hallmark or other fine card from the large selection at the Card Spot, 51 Main St. If it's not too busy, you might enjoy chatting about the history of the downtown business district with owners Edward and Charlotte Cummiskey. They have owned the shop, one of the oldest businesses in Warwick, first established in 1926, for 41 years.In another shop, over 50 percent of its inventory is devoted to Valentine's Day. And procrastinators should visit early."Woman are more organized than men who usually wait until the last minute," smiled Stephanie Faerman, owner of Sweetbriar's Confections at 26 Railroad Avenue. .
Award Winning Online Talk Show, Radio Rickshaw welcomes TV's Mark ...
Mark L. Walberg, host of PBS' Antiques Road Show made an appearance on Rickshaw Boy's award winning podcast, Radio Rickshaw. Walberg's appearance on episode 38 is available on iTunes and other popular podcasting software, as well as the Rickshaw Boy website, http://www.rickshawboy.com. Orlando, FL (PRWeb) January 15, 2007 -- Mark L. Walberg, host of PBS' Antiques Road Show made an appearance on Rickshaw Boy's growing online podcast, Radio Rickshaw. Walberg's appearance on episode 38 is available on iTunes and other popular podcasting software, as well as the Rickshaw Boy website, http://www.rickshawboy.com. .
Store's 'junque' not too shabby
PORT RICHEY - Down in a low-lying strip mall, near a vacant, run-down building and Fred's discount store, women gasp. A pink rocking chair! Antique egg holders! Chenille bedspread! Vintage nursery lamps! Surprise. Tucked away off busy, not-so-attractive Ridge Road is Junk to Junque, a "shabbily chic shoppe" run by longtime friends Ginnie Logan and Donna Bollman. Located in a former medical office, Junk to Junque is part artsy boutique, part antique shop and is set up as a series of decorated rooms that feel almost like the inside of an English cottage. The women study home decor magazines to come up with touches like hanging silver forks on the walls to hold photographs. Their inventory - from decorated bird cages to 1950s kitchen canisters to a pink transistor radio - is aimed at women who like the "shabby chic" look.
Antiques Dealer Sues 4 Homeless For $1 Million
In a clash of classes on a posh shopping strip, an antiques dealer has filed a $1 million lawsuit against four homeless people, seeking to keep them off the sidewalk in front of his shop. The lawsuit, filed this week, seeks a court order to keep three men and one woman at least 100 feet away from Karl Kemp & Associates. They are named only as John Doe, Bob Doe, John Smith and Jane Doe. The suit says the four have obscured window displays and turned off customers at the shop on Manhattan's upscale Madison Avenue. It says they "can often be found sleeping on the sidewalk," "consuming alcoholic beverages from open bottles," and "performing various bodily functions such as urinating and spitting." Owner Karl Kemp said he resorted to litigation after repeated complaints to police brought no changes, and he said he was concerned about the health of one of the three men.
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