Mall misses its monkey From Cincinnati Enquirer Mall owner Judith Armstrong raised Bunky from a 6-week-old ball of fur to a 20-year-old speckle-faced simian who loved french fries and the tire swing inside her massive cage. In July, Armstrong sat down and wrote a letter to the people closest to Bunky: the mall owners, the veterinarian, a dog, a pair of antiques dealers. Armstrong made copies and set them near Bunky s cage, where the animal still played on her tire swing and snatched goodies from visitors hands. Friends and the lingering...

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Thoughts of Bunky pervade mall From Cincinnati Enquirer Mall owner Judith Armstrong raised Bunky from a 6-week-old ball of fur to a 20-year-old speckle-faced simian who loved french fries and the tire swing inside her massive cage. In July, Armstrong sat down and wrote a letter to the people closest to Bunky: the mall owners, the veterinarian, a dog, a pair of antiques dealers. Judy Armstrong stands next to Bunky the spider monkey's cage inside the Grand Antique Mall holding a photo of Bunky, who died of cancer at age 20.

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Five US ski picks From Globe and Mail Once there, you've got three distinct mountains to choose from: Park City for scope and cruisability, The Canyons for variety and Deer Valley for an exciting mix of plush grooming and challenging tree skiing. Aspen, Colorado Who knows how long dollar parity is going to last you need to ski Aspen at least once in your life. Stay slope-side at Snowmass, but sample skiing at Aspen's three other mountains: Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain all linked by free shuttles.

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Antiquing, Thrifting & a Few Laughs From sandyberry.typepad.com/vintage_collage_quilts/ On my way out of town I saw a Goodwill & another thrift store with a 50% off sale so had to check them out. Here are some glittery treasures. Here is one of Connie Govea Stuart's gems. Rather than posting her art twice I will put the rest in her Gallery. I have one of her Halloween china head CUPCAKE dolls.

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Antiquing in New Harmony From letajoy.com A little unsure about labeling this post under "Thrifty" considering I paid $22 for one of these items (I'll let you guess which one). I think it is from the 50's and it still works but it's electric (boogy woogy woogy woogy) so we need to find an aesthetically pleasing way to run the wire to the outlet.

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