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Road to Tibet

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I’m guessing that Yeshi’s life sounds much more romantic in the telling than it does in the living of it but she’s a little living miracle right in the heart of the Hawthorne shopping district. Her shop – Road to Tibet – is sometimes open, sometimes closed in the rhythm of her balancing act [...]

Reunion Apparel

If you have any memory left of life before kids when you were super young and in love and ready to take on the world on a shoestring budget, you’ll already know everything you need to know about Reunion apparel resale. William and Tara have a little spot about the size of your average inner [...]

Know Your Neighbor – Cycle of Life

This is the story of over wrapped shoes and under wrapped finances . . . the story of estate sales and lawyers, whimsy and wonder.

If through it all you find some valuable resources for your family and an angle on shopping you hadn’t quite thought about in a while. . . then this tale [...]

Weatherizing with Hankins True Value Hardware

With the main parts of the growing season behind us, we have a whole new set of reasons to visit our neighborhood hardware store. Sure there are the year round trips for plumbing and other maintenance items, but we are also just at the beginning of the weatherizing season.

I don’t know if you’ve [...]

Noun – A Person’s Place for Things

The world is divided up into lots of different types of people. This isn’t the biggest or most important distinction between people by a long shot – but there are definitely those of us that really, really like to shop and those of us that shop only for the “necessities.”

Audrey, the dental hygienist at [...]

Know your neighborhood businesses - Hankins True Value Hardware

No need to drive 20+ minutes to the nearest mega hardware store. Just head down Hawthorne to Hankins True Value Hardware – a woman owned, family run business (including some Sunnyside Environmental School alumnis!). Best of all, you won’t be lost in a maize of isles with no help in sight. Owner Lois and her crew will walk around with you to pick out that handful of screws, specialty brackets, or whatever else you need. Save time and commuting dollars when you shop at Hankins True Value Hardware either at 1720 Hawthorne Blvd. or one block north of Freemont on MLK. To check out what they have in stock before you go: Hawthorne 503-236-2372, MLK 503-281-1218. [...]

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