Bolder Junction Wisconsin was the small town near where we stayed on Fishtrap Lake. So we drove into town for supplies, wandered around, went to events and shops. Bolder Junction is home of the musky, a dinosaur like fish. The gas station is also the grocery, which when we went was still in the midst [...]
Tag: shops
The T-shirt Deli
The t-shirt Deli has two shops in Chicago one in Andersonville and one in Bucktown. This customized t-shirt store is set up like a new york style deli shop. With t-shirts rolled up and in cases like meat and font options and colors set up like cheeses. They make t-shirts and other apparel however you [...]
Bontanicus
Bontanicus is a botanical beauty and health shop in Prague. They sell a wide variety of items such as soap, herbs, bathsalts, candles, tea, jams, perfume, and beauty products just to name a few. Everything they sell is organic and hand made. They use fresh herbs, plants, and vegetables from their gardens in their products. I went [...]
Copy General-Prague
The Copy General was where we would print off our papers. We'd take the tram or walk down from the hostel before classes started with flash drives and wait for a computer to open up. Copy Generals exist outside of Prague, there are some in the US. It didn't cost too much to print, which [...]
Froyo
Froyo is a frozen yogurt self serve shop located near the River North side of Chicago at 446 North State Street. Most self serve shops go by ounce for price, Froyo is 49¢ per ounce, but it can be really easy to make the cup weigh a ton. Froyo has about 14 different flavors at a [...]
Graham Cracker Comics
Graham Cracker Comics can be found throughout Illinois. (There are about 9) The location I've been to is in the Loop at 77 East Madison Street. They sell nerdy t-shirts, figurines and action figures, games, buttons, mugs, collectible cards, and of course comics, both well known and independent and local. The shop is shaped a [...]
Kpop Kpop Kpop
In old Chinatown pretty close to the main arch on Wentworth Avenue is a small little shop that reads Kpop Kpop Kpop. Kpop is a shortened term for Korean pop music. No photos are allowed on the inside but if you walk up the steps past the Chicago tourist items the ceilings are decorated with wall [...]
Franz Kafka Walking Tour
After our trip to the Franz Kafka Museum we went to meet our tour guide for our walking tour, who wasn't affiliated with the museum, she worked with the non-for-profit Franz Kafka society. We started off being shown the library. The Franz Kafka society in 2002 had a replica made of Franz Kafka's library. They [...]
Kramer’s Health Food Vegetarian Cafe
Kramer's Health Foods is located at 230 S Wabash Ave. To get to the cafe you have to first walk through the shop to the back. They sell a variety of teas and foods and all natural products. The cafe is in the back. There are stairs leading up. They also have a menu in [...]
Thread Lounge-closed
The thread lounge is located in Armitage on 918 West Armitage. It is a designer shop with clothing and goods from around the world. When I went there was tea up at the front, a basic tea, but it was nice to get something to drink on a hot day.There were also doves in a [...]