Thursday, April 27, 2000

Adagio Teas
Originally, I got the link from louise, who mentioned they were giving away tea samples. Never one to resist free iced tea, I gladly followed her link.

There is a plethora of tea information on this site, and a convenient way to buy exotic teas for not a great deal of money for what you get. I'm fighting the urge to buy more as I write this, in fact. One can never have -too- much tea.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Supply Curve
It's too expensive, or I'd buy one of everything. Stylish products, great limited selection to items only that fit their image. Mrrowr.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Storey Online
Now, I know that appearances can be deceiving, and that judging a book by its cover is a bad thing. But when I saw this site initially, I was like UGH....like I'm going to buy from -this- place. The thing is -- there's a wealth of good information here, and they have a pretty incredible catalog for the naturists/gardeners/home/simple living-ers among us.

I have a book that they publish called "Nature Journalling", which is really well-designed and nice to look at as well as informational -- why didn't they have the book designer design the site, too? Who knows. It's worth a look.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Los Mestizos
Mexican folk art for sale at American prices. Too expensive, if you live close enough to the border to buy it direct -- but worth a look for inspiration value. :)

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Da Fridge
I'm not quite sure what the target market is for this site. Older teens, maybe. Young twenty-something global teen bad girls? I'm just not sure.

There is some cool stuff here, though: dirty girl bath products. Wordstretch bracelets with attitude. The Elvis Box. Virgin/Slut products. Some kick-ass souvenier photo postcards. Bubble bath. An impressive collection of magnets. Shipping is way overpriced at almost $5 per order, no matter the cost, but there's some stuff here you can't get elsewhere.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

AddAll.Com
Shopping for books online is kind of hit-or-miss. Most of the time I buy from Amazon or Powell's -- but Powell's search feature kind of bites and I end up buying Amazon, which doesn't really show me much of a discount. AddAll.com lets you put in a title, ISBN, or keywords, and it gives you prices from about 23 different merchants, with the option to buy. You'll never pay too much again.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Steamer Trunk Merchants
Ever have one of those phases where you long for the days when travelling was done by boat? A gentler time of clearly-defined gender roles and chivalry? This is where to go. Expensive stuff to look at and dream about, vintage-looking posters and bath products from a bygone era. If you're over 800 x 600 resolution, it looks pretty crappy, but the items for sale are beautiful.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Altered States Herbs
Unlike the name would suggest, this is not a supplier of magic mushrooms or happy weeds. I found it while searching for some patchouly oil to use in some handmade soap, and ended up spending way too much money on essential oils and some raw herbs -- both of which they have for a pretty good price. The site will give you a headache -- whoever designed it needs to stop sniffing so much eucalyptus -- but the prices make it worth the pain.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

MuseumShop.com
I resort to drooling and monosyllabic grunts when I pull this site up. "Want! Want! Want!"

Ancient persian statues? Art prints? CDs and jewelry and stationery? I could die happy here.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

ShopAtHome.com
Some people lament junk mail. Me? It's like a mall in my mailbox -- mainly because I hate looking around for stores that I like, wasting a lot of time with running around, and bargain shopping for most things. (This, however, does not stop me from spending hours upon hours in a bookstore. Even though I get catalogs for those, too. But I'm getting ahead of myself.)

All your junk mail needs in one convenient location. Ah, joy.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Signals
I've had an on-again, off-again love affair with Signals since 1993, when I first found their catalog and went hog-wild with the order form. I've vacillated between thinking it's god's gift to the intelligencia and thinking it's overpriced crap for yuppies.

Somewhere in between is the truth and maaaaan, I'd gladly give my paychecks for that. Great stuff. Very eclectic.

Thursday, April 27, 2000

Kama Sutra Products
Mrrowr. Invented with inspiration by and taking wisdom from the Kama Sutra, this stuff is like candy for -all- your senses. And no, it's not all sexual.

Well, okay. So it is. *ahem*