at least i remember these being cool :) & new hope is just across from lambertville (you can walk across the bridge) so they’re not far apart !! i’ve heard the area is a little less cute nowadays but there’s other shops and things so you should be able to easily spend a full day there
edit: embarassingly meant to say lambertville not frenchtown
this isn’t nyc but its pretty close (nj) but theres this one good record shop i enjoy going to a lot called jacks music shoppe. its in redbank and the whole town area is pretty cute and has nice antique and thrift shops as well
- Vintage Désir (32 Rue des Rosiers, 75004 Paris)
- FREE’P‘STAR (22 Rue de Rivoli, 75004 Paris) The 1€ sections r the best got myself and my friends and families so many cool ass Italy and France based brands nice quality clothing that I still wear through out the years ❤️🔥🧣🦎
being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and it’s actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic you’re passionate about
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKER’S DAY!!!! i love having a union, i love being a union steward and getting to support my unit. when my union won its contract, i got a pay bump, better benefits, and increased protection as a worker. 🥳
unions help address racial and gender pay gaps, issues workplaces impose on families and those having kids, addressing unsafe conditions, plus things like better health insurance, wages and overtime, weingarten rights to representation, and more!!!
if you don’t have a union but are thinking about forming one, check out AFL-CIO’s page (linked) or Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee. there’s always more power in a union!! ✊🥖🌹
they have FREE SHIPPING through Friday (7/8-7/11)
if you are thinking about buying a book online this week, please buy a book there instead of evil amazon dot com. bookshop benefits local indie bookstores! you also can pick which specific bookstore to support and they have many lgbt-, women-, and bipoc-owned shops listed :)
also they now have ebooks and many are on sale, such as Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower + Talents, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, or Talia Lavin’s Wild Faith for under $3 (!) each