OTV: Youth Ranch Moving On Up
What the %*@# was a Medidi Monkey
anyway? I never did venture in that bad California-lady acid trip of a
furniture boutique with the silly name, which briefly held existence in
the old Ponderosa motors building on in Midtown Cd'A. Something much
better is moving in, or rather moving on up. The Idaho Youth Ranch Thrift Store
is relocating one block north on 4th street somewhere toward the end of
this month. Their current spot will become a pile of rubble to make way
for some "affordable urban" condos. Hm. This is a little sad for two reasons. One: I'm enough of a geezer to remember when that building was the mighty Sears Catalog Store,
before Coeur d'Alene was actually big enough to merit an actual Sears
store. The Sears catalog was a massive and delightful tome, and the
Christmas "Wish Book" was an annual event for the whole fam. I remember
poring through them for hours, picking out school clothes then going in
that store with my mom to stand in line and order, returning in a few
days to stand in line again and pick up our order in grey paper
packages. Seems like they had a ton of washers and dryers and maybe a
TV or two on site, but that was it. I'll miss being able to visit that
space/OrangeTV. More Random Bits from Get Out! North Idaho here.
Question: Which Inland Northwest thrift store is your favorite?