Welcome

Ladies & Gentlemen! Allow me to introduce the Official Volksboutique Web Presence.

Do not be alarmed at the implementation of well-designed, user-friendly Blog Software (thank you Movable Type!) - we are not joining the masses of blogging pundits. We are as overwhelmed by this phenomenon as you must be. If you are a regular customer, you may have missed the arrival of a Volksboutique Seasonal Update Email in your inbox of late. These quarterly updates, along with any other helpful information we might need to share, will now be revealed to you on this page, which we call the 'Bulletin Board'.

If you are new to the Volksboutique, we welcome you wholeheartedly and invite you to look around the shop.

Please now, a round of virtual applause to Jesse James Arnold, the designer and technological master of this domain. He's done so right by us, we can only offer praise and admiration.

You may too by writing him at: jessejamesarnold@slowbot.com

I end this introductory Hello with a list of items that have recently entered the Volksboutique Accounting Archive.

* One (1) Set of Postcards from Peter the Great's Kunstkammer in St. Petersburg

* "Touch Typewriting for All" from the Everyday Handbook Series published by Barnes & Nobel, Inc. ©1948

* Two (2) Black Wing Pencils, manufactured by Eberhard Faber Co. "Half the Pressure, Twice the Speed"

* Set of vintage building blocks, acquired at a Chelsea flea market, packaged in a net bag previously known to have contained onions.

* Stack of "Return to Sender" mailed invitations to Christine's 'Home Office' exhibition from November 2003, each wonderfully marked by the USPS in its own unique way.

* One (1) Kelly Green Ball Pen Writing Tablet - "The Perfect Writing Surface for your Ballpoint Pen", contributed by our esteemed colleaugue and collaborator, Mr. Mark Wagner.

* Mint condition IBM Think Pad (notepad, not laptop) featuring the company motto "Think" on exterior and tips for salesmen on the interior.

* Pink Royal Quiet De Luxe Typewriter, graciously donated via Christina from Glowlab, thank you.

* Folio of collected prose/poetic spam from 2004, of the following nature:
motherhood constantine tweedy baseline dreamt depressant vacillate camera grand short procrustes persian deactivate du whee effloresce ego brushlike
postoperative psychometry curran demo dunlop colorimeter boyar amoebae chair litigant arithmetic marcus bertha conch eagan haphazard hampshire nothing dominican bagel shoo crocodile infatuate eclogue balkan wilhelmina combat splash than dr sniffly hondo depose penal occlude starvation quill kodak weco grievance possess seahorse clank synapse carburetor elector phosphorescent propos dew chancel cheerleader rater defrock conclusion vexation eastward salish gong classy cervantes dress dahomey strikebreak

* One copy of The New Tenth Street Visitor's Guide, a zine manufactured by our very own former superstar intern, Eric Adolfsen.

Christine at the cash register of the former Jos. Meyers Stationers, with proprietor Gene Frank, and his right-hand man, Anthony. The bulk of this stationery oasis' remaining inventory is now housed within the confines of the Volksboutique Accounting Archive. August 2002.
Photo: Lary Lamay

Be well, check back with us again soon.

Christine Hill
Proprietor

Posted by management at January 1, 2005 10:03 PM