The O-town Scene - Oneonta, NY
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Scene the O-Town Vol. 1, No. 26 www.otownscene.com 102 Chestnut St., P.O. Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-1000, ext. 255, editor@otownscene.com EDITOR Cassandra Miller THE DAILY STAR ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR Adrienne Wise Publisher Armand Nardi Editor of The Daily Star Sam Pollak CONTRIBUTORS Thomas Beattie, Zach Bender, Mark Bosh- nack, Tammy Doyle, Lauren Harper, Terry Ludwig, Jim Koury, David Martin, Jim McEl- roy, Kirby Olson, Emily Popek, James Derek Sapienza, Sam Spokony and Adrienne Wise. Circulation Director Fred Schmidt Advertising Director Sean Lewis The O-Town Scene is published Thursdays by The Daily Star Inc. Free copies are distributed throughout Oneonta, as well as parts of Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie counties. Member of The Associated Press and CNHI News Service Editor’s Note I am a thrifty shopper. Most of my accessories were bought on the street, at lawn sales or in thrift shops for less than $10. I have the habit of telling anyone who gives me a compliment where I got something and how much it cost. “Great necklace!” “Thanks! It was $2. I got it at this garage sale on the town square in Bainbridge.” “Lovely scarf!” “Why, thank you! It was 3 euros at this hole-in-the-wall thrift shop in Florence! My friend and I stumbled on it because we were looking for this gelateria that was supposed to have the best fig-flavored gelato.” Clothing and accessories have stories. That’s what Emily Popek talks about in her fashion column this week 2 O-Town Scene March 31, 2011 _ clothing with memories. Like a lot of us, Emily holds onto items with sentimental value, like her grandfather’s brown polo shirt or her blue hoodie she wore throughout adolescence. Wendy Peeters told me that sometimes mothers come in to her consignment shop, Silks and Treasures, and can barely part with their children’s out-grown clothes because of the video reels rolling through their minds of their children wearing those clothes at birthday parties or trips to the zoo. But, there are good temporary homes for all of those clothing with memories that no longer fit around your hips or in your closet _ one of the area’s con- signment shops. Oneonta has four of them, and each offers something different for shoppers and consignors. I’ll be bringing the cock- tail dresses I wore once to various formal occasions to one shop and my brightly colored sundresses I’ve been hanging onto since high school to another, because I know which shop will accept which type of items. And I can’t handle the rejection of someone not wanting an item that I remember dancing in or crying in or exploring a new place in. So, we did the legwork and laid out the profiles of each Oneonta shop. Happy consigning. _ Cassandra Miller