In case you missed my email this past Tuesday, we will be closing the store. We have given 90 days notice to the management company and our final day will be August 25th. More details later in the ezine.

Store is 10% off. No extra discount off of the 20% Annie Sloan sale and no extra discount off of the 50% off clearance room.

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #000047

Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Volume VI Issue 000047

Houston had a scare on Friday. Actually, my entire family had a scare. Houston was on a 4 day mountain bike trip on the Tour del Los Padres. A trail that NO ONE travels. He was alone for the majority of the 4 days.

On day 2 1/2, his brakes went out and he was at elevation 5,000. He had heat stroke and had to decide to either carry his bike and camping gear down the mountain or abandon his bike.

He did abandon his bike, so you know how serious it was. Here he is when he reached Ojai after a 9 hour decent starting at 3 am. My poor kid.

You can watch his tiktok here.

He didn’t have cell service until Saturday morning at 8 am when he called Indiana hysterically crying. She immediately called me and I got in touch with Houston and arranged to pick him up in Ojai.

He said that it was so bad that if he had a “Garmin In Reach” with him he would have contacted Search and Rescue by Satellite to get him down off the mountain.

You can bet that I bought him a “Garmin In Reach” this week and he is NEVER allowed to leave home without it.

Here is another video of him when he runs into a guy a few hours outside of Ojai that gives him a beer and yes he was crying.

And when he text me and told me about the beer, I said “Is that a really good idea?” He said “yes”. Oh my! So hard being a parent. Am I right? Or am I right?

Here is his recap.

All he wanted was In n Out burger….so $37 later he was happy.

Watch the tiktok I made when we got to our house. Thank you to Susan for holding down the store on Saturday so I could rescue my kid!

Thank you for letting me share that. It was a super scary weekend. Saturday night after his rescue, we ordered pizza and watched the Bob Dillon movie and Houston had a great night’s sleep.

Saturday afternoon in the store, one of Houston’s best friends, Logan and his Wife Madison stopped in to say hi. They were in town from Nashville for a wedding in Ventura. Crazy huh? It was nice to see Logan as he was one of Houston’s best friends from Pepperdine undergrad and great to also meet his wife.

Well all of that has worn me out! Time for an eBay score!

This one is very strange and I will tell you why. Indiana and Larissa went to the Simple Minds concert this past Thursday night with their dad and Dean Factor.

Dean was the founder of Smashbox cosmetics and when he still owned it he used to ship me a palette of discontinued makeup every month for me to sell on eBay and split the money with him.

It was a sweet deal! And we used to sell about $15k a month. He sold Smashbox to Estee Lauder for 250 million and he started another cosmetics company called “Stroke of Beauty”.

He shipped me some overstocks to sell on eBay several years ago. The morning after Indy had been with Dean, I sold one of the lots for $219.99. Weird right?

Check out the listing here.

I worked on Sunday and Houston was picked up by a Pepperdine friend and driven back to Marina del Rey. He has plans to return to Ojai and recover his bike in the next few weeks, when he is feeling better.

I don’t like this idea very much and asked him to please take someone with him. He figures it is a 12 hour hike back to his bike.

He is supposed to start his summer internship on June 2nd at the LA District Attorney’s office. Fingers crossed that he feels well enough to do this.

Carlos instinctively knew that Houston needed some love. How cute is our kitty? Houston thinks he looks terrible in this photo. Keep in mind we had just rescued him from Ojai.

One of my favorite customers is Scotty the dog. This puppy stands up for me to get a treat. I am going to miss the dogs so much when the store closes.

Do y’all remember Candy who used to work here? She came to us when Pier One closed and she was such an asset to the store.

She was in town for her granddaughter’s dance recital and popped in to say hi. She paid me the nicest compliment and told me that I was the best manager she ever had. How sweet is that?

Time for another eBay score and this one is something that I listed for my mom when I was up in Bellingham.

I talked a bit about these trade beads in last week’s ezine, but what was so crazy about this one is that we started it at auction for $49.99 and it was bid up to $76.00 which is the exact price we had on it in my grandmother’s antique store. Weird!

Check out the listing here.

Here is the necklace ready to be shipped with my I Sell sheet and you can see the original price tag for $76.00. Oh crap! I just noticed that this strand sold for $71.00 not $76.00. There goes my story!

Oh crap, it was the white hearts that sold for the $76.00. Here is a link to that completed auction.

On Monday, Memorial Day, I did Fit Buddha with Sandy and we went out for Martini Monday. Let me tell you, I sure needed that after the weekend with Houston.

I would also like to thank our service men and women who have given their lives for this country. It is greatly appreciated!

OK, on Tuesday I did a lot of eBay shipping and even made a little Tik Tok that you can watch here.

Sorry, it is sideways. I just don’t know how to do a TikTok horizontally and there may not be a way.

For my consignors, here is more info about the closing.

This has been an incredibly difficult decision for me. Here are the details of the closing process for my consignors.

Consignor Instructions

1.) If you have consigned items with us, you may pick them up or leave them with us to sell during the liquidation process at a discounted price.

You will still receive payment for these items.

2.) If it doesn’t sell during the next 90 days, we will donate it to one of the following local charities: Habitat for Humanity or The Boys and Girls Club.

3.) We will still be taking in new consignments during this process.

4.) For those of you with items that sold over a year ago, your consignor credit has been converted to store credit as per the contract.

5.) I will be writing the next consignor checks on Monday, June 30th. Until then, please feel free to use your consignor credit to shop in the store.

After, June 30th, we will go back to the traditional Wednesday check writing day.

In Fun News, we got in a bunch of brand new purses that are marked at $39.95 and are in the back 50% off garage. Check them out!

Tuesday afternoon, Jo Dallas was flying in from Seattle. I grabbed Cha Cha and we headed up to the Santa Barbara airport to pick her up.

We decided to grab dinner and since it was Tuesday, I suggested that we go to Casa Bella for their $20 dinner special. Stuffed mushrooms, house salad and two steak medallions with shrimp, carrots and mashed potatoes. It was delicious.

I didn’t know what to do with Cha Cha, so again I let her chill in the empty store. How cute is this doggy in the window?

Here we are in the store on Wednesday. And THANK YOU to our customers and consignors…we were super busy! It is greatly appreciated!

OK, one more eBay score. I sold this Dorothy Stratton business card for a friend and we took a best offer of $50. I called her the Dorothy Stratton Playboy playmate and I received an email right away.

Here is a link to the listing.

Here is that email. I swear it is payback for me telling that TikToker to do their research! Hahaha. Well we will see if the sale sticks!

“It’s not the Dorothy Stratten playboy playmate. Her last name ends in en, not on, Also the photo isn’t of her. She wasn’t a singer or musician. Just model actress. You should do a little research. I have an elaborate collection of memorabilia Of hers, and also work with Steve Norquist that has a website dedicated to her.”

Whatever!
Back to my nephew, Zach. He is in the Bishop area on his PCT hike. He has gone 800 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. Congrats!

He called me on Monday to see how Houston was and I learned that Zach even owns a “Garmin In Reach”…smart boy! Houston should be receiving his any day now.

Here is a picture from Zach’s trek.

Marc stopped in the store on Wednesday and even bought a chair. What in the World?

Jo and I are headed to Palm Desert this weekend. Can’t wait to see the desert girls, my mom’s cousin Gwen, my former neighbor Sandra and hopefully Linda McCoy Murray.

Spencer from Ventura Forward stopped in the store this past week and did a great video about the store. Spencer is the best!

Things we need for the store…..

AND PLEASE NO CONSIGNMENTS ON WEDNESDAYS….this is our big furniture take in and catch up day. THANK YOU!

Night Stands
End Tables
Rugs
Lamps…both table and floor
Nice Throw Pillows
Wicker/Baskets
Metalware
Woodenware
Garden
Outdoor
Dressers
Desks
Oil Paintings

Susan and I are ready for our next design job! There are so many great things in the store and we have the inventory to do a beach house or any other style you may be considering. It can be a small job or a big job. Reach out for more details!