My quilting friend Diann loves another blog which shows yard sale finds. I had an antique store find last weekend that you might like to see. . . .I found this interesting little statue at a reasonable price ($7.50). I think it's resin but it's nicely done. I bought it for a friendly reminder at my sink.
Let me tell you where it was--Tunica, MS. We went there to get the coach out for a weekend and because they have a nice RV park for the Harrah's casino. We aren't interested in gambling, but it was an easy 2-hour drive. Plus, they now have Paula's Restaurant there! We had a late lunch/early dinner there and it was really good. The mac and cheese was great!
However, it is pretty dull there other than the casinos. Miles and miles of flat land planted in crops. Plus it was hot as blue blazes! On Saturday, I decided to drive the 10 miles into Tunica since I'd never been there. And there isn't much reason to go there! The income from the casinos has upped the county's standard of living considerably and enabled the town to build some very nice buildings.
But most of the businesses haven't made it. There was only a combined drug/gift store open (where I found the Vera Bradley cookbook on sale 35% off) and an antique store, owned by the lady who formerly worked for the city for 30 years. She shared the particulars with me about the income to the city from the casinos, which is a very good thing because before they had nothing! It was very poor there. It's a little sad that the only way they could become successful was through casinos.
I guess it's a little ironic that I should find "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil," in the midst of Casino Land. . . .
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