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| The view from our new spot at Peregian. |
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So,
in the spirit of writing a little bit often, rather than nothing for ages and
then hitting you with a great long missive, here is this week’s little bit:
It
was back to the Peregian Beach Market last Sunday. What a charming market that is. And now we have been moved into our Forever
Spot, which is on the main walkway to the beach, so we have sand under our feet
and a nice ocean view. And it turns out
to be the pretty boy corner of the market in terms of the vendors, so again it’s
a nice view.
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| Ab-Man working it with the girls. |
One
of the lads really works his charms with the ladies, and it’s depressingly
effective. After setting up his stand
the first thing he does is take off his shirt, revealing what must be said are
quite impressive abs. And the girls come
flocking. When I say girls, I mean girls
of all ages – even matronly types get all giggly and girly around him. It’s revealing in more ways than one – the
power of a good looking person to lay on the charm and in doing so generate
sales.
There
is a coffee seller at the Caloundra Street Fair whose sales are directly
impacted by what his trusty (and ample) assistant wears to work. When she’s wearing a va-va-voom top, sales
spike. When she’s all demure, sales are
about normal. That’s sad people. And when I say people, I mean men. Eyes on the coffee cups boys, not the D cups.
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| Italian End-of-Day glass fish. |
Still,
I can’t be too holier-than-thou about this when I’ve been enjoying the view
from my new spot at the Peregian Beach Market.
Not that I bought anything from Ab-Man.
Perhaps it’s because I’ve withstood the charms of countless flirtatious Frenchmen
trying to sell me something that I have developed an immunity to Ab-Man’s
efforts.
He
can flaunt his muscular, brown body, damn fine abs, charming, slightly roguish
smile, and tousled surfer hair all he likes.
Really, all he likes. But it will
take more than that to part me from my cash.
Still, I encourage him to keep trying.
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| A selection of jewellery at Collective Haus. |
The
news this week is that we have put a jewellery cabinet in a nice
little antiques shop in Yandina, on the Sunshine Coast.
It’s called Collective Haus, and it’s in an
old church building. It sells a bit of
everything, but Suzy the owner has thing for vintage fashion and there are
plenty of affordable and nice pieces. So
I figured that vintage French jewellery might be a nice complement to her
stock.
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| Gus is sweet but not as cool as a Bengal. |
We
might put a bigger cabinet in Collective Haus in due course, but we’ll start
with the jewellery and see how it goes.
I have a great collection from our last buying trip, and I only offer a
few pieces at Peregian Beach Market, so this venue will allow me to offer a
bigger selection.
It’s a nice shop, with
an adjoining coffee shop, and worth visiting.
Doesn’t have a shop cat but you will be greeted by Gus, the friendly
little shop dog. He’s sweet but not as
cool as Caleb and Calypso – but then, who is?
In terms of the markets, we're at the Caloundra Street Fair this coming Sunday (14 December), and then one more stand at Peregian on 21 December and that will be it before Christmas. If you come to visit, we promise to not take off our shirts.
