Thrift Stores.

[old pudd fisher]

Ever hit them up ? My wife and I love to check them out and sometimes you can find some pretty cool things. Found this metal sign the other day and just had to buy it for only 2 bucks.46987

[TUNAVIC]

Pretty cool opf,I too like to check them out,but if thier local ones I have to wait weeks in between visits or its like looking at the same stuff over and over.

Cya Tuna Vic

[DarkShadow]

Unfortunately, where I'm from, thrift stores are now "Vintage Boutiques" which just means that prices have quadrupled.

[City Dad]

Unfortunately, where I'm from, thrift stores are now "Vintage Boutiques" which just means that prices have quadrupled.

DS representing Eagle Rock?

[DarkShadow]

DS representing Eagle Rock?

If you say Eagle Rock three times, LQ comes out.

[DarkShadow]

Eagle Rock!

[Lady Quagga]

Eagle Rock!

Damn you to Hell, DS.

I should have known there'd be trouble when I heard rumors of a hipster outbreak in Echo Park. Having lived in Silverlake before moving to Eagle Rock, we managed to stay one step ahead of used clothing boutiques, Mexican-Thai fusion eateries, and gourmet cupcake shops. But it was only a matter of time before the trustfundies discovered the 2 freeway and made their way north to my beloved Eagle Rock. The stretch of Colorado from Eagle Rock to Figueroa is a microcosm of everything bad about hipster gentrification - Guy Fieri-endorsed eateries, trendy fitness studios, overpriced pet supply stores - you name it. It's no surprise that E.R. is slowly becoming a place the long-time residents could not afford to live in, had they not bought in 20+ years ago.

And it's not over, boys and girls - Cypress, Elysian, and El Sereno are the current flash points. No brown person is safe. The Highland Park stronghold was breached some time ago, and is dealing with a three-pronged assault, with encroachment from Eagle Rock lumbersexuals, Downtown L.A. studio loft refugees, and the Occidentals spilling over like it was West-effing-Berlin.

[DarkShadow]

Damn you to Hell, DS.

I should have known there'd be trouble when I heard rumors of a hipster outbreak in Echo Park. Having lived in Silverlake before moving to Eagle Rock, we managed to stay one step ahead of used clothing boutiques, Mexican-Thai fusion eateries, and gourmet cupcake shops. But it was only a matter of time before the trustfundies discovered the 2 freeway and made their way north to my beloved Eagle Rock. The stretch of Colorado from Eagle Rock to Figueroa is a microcosm of everything bad about hipster gentrification - Guy Fieri-endorsed eateries, trendy fitness studios, overpriced pet supply stores - you name it. It's no surprise that E.R. is slowly becoming a place the long-time residents could not afford to live in, had they not bought in 20+ years ago.

And it's not over, boys and girls - Cypress, Elysian, and El Sereno are the current flash points. No brown person is safe. The Highland Park stronghold was breached some time ago, and is dealing with a three-pronged assault, with encroachment from Eagle Rock lumbersexuals, Downtown L.A. studio loft refugees...

Preach sister Quagga preach!


and the Occidentals spilling over like it was West-effing-Berlin.

Hey hey, I moved to East LA after Oxy. (Couldn't afford Echo Park after that much student debt, I'm not a trust fund baby like the other alumni) Don't judge me by the geographic acquisitions the other Oxy'ites made.

I hear Highland Park is next. Even the Avenues are scared.

[BALLERONBUDGET]

yup look at atwater and now frogtown!!. people asking 1/2million $$$....those tv shows where hipsters want la at $350k for a house and a crew trying to renovate the house over the weekend end up in glassell/cypress/mt washington !!! people asking might as well try clean up toonerville and northwest Altadena, where weekly shootings occur..

"I live in a really bad neighborhood, lots of graffiti and people moving out...but personally I love graffiti it keeps my 2bedroom apt at $450 /month:LOL:!"-"I grew up in a gated community , there were bars on everyone's window!!!!! comic FELIPE ESPARZA who grew up in ALISO VILLAGE

[DockRat]

Hermosa Beach is getting the Hipsters.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGkuxk-LPww

[DockRat]

Thrift stores are a great place to buy real " Made in Hawaii " Hawaiian shirts.
A buddy of mine scored a mid 70's Aipa Stinger surfboard a couple weeks ago for $60. Great score on a very collectable surfboard.

[old pudd fisher]

I love Hawaiian shirts even the fake ones. But at 60 plus I am still not sure what a hipster is DockRat but I think my step son and wife are one of them. I like them and being cool and dressing just right is mandatory for them, I really don't care about that kind of stuff anymore but find it interesting. I was called a surfer in my young days.

[DarkShadow]

I am still not sure what a hipster is DockRat but I think my step son and wife are one of them.

Signs You're a Hipster

1. You get mad when people post videos or articles about played-out trends on your Facebook wall, because people might actually think you still think things like the Harlem Shake are cool.

2. You often find yourself resisting the overwhelming temptation to say “their older albums were better” when people ask you if you’ve heard a band's cool new song.

3. You hate the taste of IPAs, but drink it because it's what's "in."

4. When you read articles about things like gentrification, you get a little knot in your stomach because you know, on some level, it’s referring to you and your friends.

5. That still isn’t going to discourage you from moving to Echo Park and/or Silver Lake.

6. The most exciting thing that’s happened to you in recent memory is a Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods opening up in your neighborhood, and you kind of don’t care how many row houses were evicted and demolished to put it up.

7. Several of your friends are bartenders at hole-in-the-wall bars, and at least one of them frequently says things along the lines of “Beer is the new wine.”

8. You know what a barista jam is, and have possibly been to one/dated someone who went to one.

9. You get pissed at your local coffee shop for not knowing what a “flat white” is.

10. You have gotten so into cycling that the majority of your disposable income now goes into buying new gear for your longer rides and parts for your bike.

11. There is rarely a dinner conversation that goes by where you don’t mention the fact that your city does not have nearly enough combinations for cyclists, and how frustrated you are with the city council’s inactivity on the subject.

12. You actively choose to wear glasses that you know don’t flatter your face just because they’re big and obnoxious.

13. If you’re a woman, you wear crowns of flowers with your outfits as though that is somehow a thing normal human beings do.

14. You get really into things like wine and tea even though you don’t really care about them, simply because you want to know a lot about it and be “the wine guy,” or “the tea guy.”

15. You live in an awesome apartment that your parents pay for even though you have a job yourself, because using your own means to pay for it would mean living in the valley again.

16. You are a part-time DJ.

17. You constantly refer to bars and restaurants as being “too pedestrian” or “too full of tourists,” even if they are not at all a tourist spot.

18. You have an iPhone, yet can’t afford basic groceries.

19. You constantly bum cigarettes off of people while out drinking yet claim that you “don’t smoke.”

20. You feel the need to reiterate how much you would not eat the junk food or fast food that someone else is eating while they’re eating it.

21. You own a pair of pastel Doc Martens.

22. You participate in Movember year-round.

23. Your profile pictures look like they were shot and art directed by Terry Richardson.

24. You own at least one coffee table book with vaguely pornographic art/photographs.

25. No matter what is going in life, no matter what you’re facing, you always magically have money for drugs.

26. You talk about how much you hate American Apparel, yet all your clothes look like they came from there.

27. At least one your profile pictures is you smiling with a bunch of impoverished children in Africa/South America/Southeast Asia.

28. You try to re-thrift your thrift shop clothes, and are rejected because they fall below Goodwill standards.

[old pudd fisher]

Signs You're a Hipster

1. You get mad when people post videos or articles about played-out trends on your Facebook wall, because people might actually think you still think things like the Harlem Shake are cool.

2. You often find yourself resisting the overwhelming temptation to say “their older albums were better” when people ask you if you’ve heard a band's cool new song.

3. You hate the taste of IPAs, but drink it because it's what's "in."

4. When you read articles about things like gentrification, you get a little knot in your stomach because you know, on some level, it’s referring to you and your friends.

5. That still isn’t going to discourage you from moving to Echo Park and/or Silver Lake.

6. The most exciting thing that’s happened to you in recent memory is a Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods opening up in your neighborhood, and you kind of don’t care how many row houses were evicted and demolished to put it up.

7. Several of your friends are bartenders at hole-in-the-wall bars, and at least one of them frequently says things along the lines of “Beer is the new wine.”

8. You know what a barista jam is, and have possibly been to one/dated someone who went to one.

9. You get pissed at your local coffee shop for not knowing what a “flat white” is.

10. You have gotten so into cycling that the majority of your disposable income now goes into buying new gear for your longer rides and parts for your bike.

11. There is rarely a dinner conversation that goes by where you don’t mention the fact that your city does not have nearly enough combinations for cyclists, and how frustrated you are with the city council’s inactivity on the subject.

12. You actively choose to wear glasses that you know don’t flatter your face just because they’re big and obnoxious.

13. If you’re a woman, you wear crowns of flowers with your outfits as though that is somehow a thing normal human beings do.

14. You get really into things like wine and tea even though you don’t really care about them, simply because you want to know a lot about it and be “the wine guy,” or “the tea guy.”

15. You live in an awesome apartment that your parents pay for even though you have a job yourself, because using your own means to pay for it would mean living in the valley again.

16. You are a part-time DJ.

17. You constantly refer to bars and restaurants as being “too pedestrian” or “too full of tourists,” even if they are not at all a tourist spot.

18. You have an iPhone, yet can’t afford basic groceries.

19. You constantly bum cigarettes off of people while out drinking yet claim that you “don’t smoke.”

20. You feel the need to reiterate how much you would not eat the junk food or fast food that someone else is eating while they’re eating it.

21. You own a pair of pastel Doc Martens.

22. You participate in Movember year-round.

23. Your profile pictures look like they were shot and art directed by Terry Richardson.

24. You own at least one coffee table book with vaguely pornographic art/photographs.

25. No matter what is going in life, no matter what you’re facing, you always magically have money for drugs.

26. You talk about how much you hate American Apparel, yet all your clothes look like they came from there.

27. At least one your profile pictures is you smiling with a bunch of impoverished children in Africa/South America/Southeast Asia.

28. You try to re-thrift your thrift shop clothes, and are rejected because they fall below Goodwill standards.
Yeah thanks I understand the hipsters now but kinda like hippies better.

[City Dad]

Signs You're a Hipster

1. You get mad when people post videos or articles about played-out trends on your Facebook wall, because people might actually think you still think things like the Harlem Shake are cool.

2. You often find yourself resisting the overwhelming temptation to say “their older albums were better” when people ask you if you’ve heard a band's cool new song.

3. You hate the taste of IPAs, but drink it because it's what's "in."

4. When you read articles about things like gentrification, you get a little knot in your stomach because you know, on some level, it’s referring to you and your friends.

5. That still isn’t going to discourage you from moving to Echo Park and/or Silver Lake.

6. The most exciting thing that’s happened to you in recent memory is a Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods opening up in your neighborhood, and you kind of don’t care how many row houses were evicted and demolished to put it up.

7. Several of your friends are bartenders at hole-in-the-wall bars, and at least one of them frequently says things along the lines of “Beer is the new wine.”

8. You know what a barista jam is, and have possibly been to one/dated someone who went to one.

9. You get pissed at your local coffee shop for not knowing what a “flat white” is.

10. You have gotten so into cycling that the majority of your disposable income now goes into buying new gear for your longer rides and parts for your bike.

11. There is rarely a dinner conversation that goes by where you don’t mention the fact that your city does not have nearly enough combinations for cyclists, and how frustrated you are with the city council’s inactivity on the subject.

12. You actively choose to wear glasses that you know don’t flatter your face just because they’re big and obnoxious.

13. If you’re a woman, you wear crowns of flowers with your outfits as though that is somehow a thing normal human beings do.

14. You get really into things like wine and tea even though you don’t really care about them, simply because you want to know a lot about it and be “the wine guy,” or “the tea guy.”

15. You live in an awesome apartment that your parents pay for even though you have a job yourself, because using your own means to pay for it would mean living in the valley again.

16. You are a part-time DJ.

17. You constantly refer to bars and restaurants as being “too pedestrian” or “too full of tourists,” even if they are not at all a tourist spot.

18. You have an iPhone, yet can’t afford basic groceries.

19. You constantly bum cigarettes off of people while out drinking yet claim that you “don’t smoke.”

20. You feel the need to reiterate how much you would not eat the junk food or fast food that someone else is eating while they’re eating it.

21. You own a pair of pastel Doc Martens.

22. You participate in Movember year-round.

23. Your profile pictures look like they were shot and art directed by Terry Richardson.

24. You own at least one coffee table book with vaguely pornographic art/photographs.

25. No matter what is going in life, no matter what you’re facing, you always magically have money for drugs.

26. You talk about how much you hate American Apparel, yet all your clothes look like they came from there.

27. At least one your profile pictures is you smiling with a bunch of impoverished children in Africa/South America/Southeast Asia.

28. You try to re-thrift your thrift shop clothes, and are rejected because they fall below Goodwill standards.



Terry Richardson looks like Don Knotts trying to dress up like Lemmy Kilmister for Halloween

[gashhell]

I do visit one from time to time and I've managed to make some good purchases like toys, etc.

[old pudd fisher]

Things you might find at thrift stores.47147 47148 47149 47150 47151