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| - I feel like I need to define a couple of terms here. To a novice antique shopper "antique mall" is a bit of a misnomer, since much stuff sold here is old, but not antique. There ARE plenty of antiques, mind you, which generally means stuff over 100 years of age, but most of the merchandise here qualifies as vintage- over 25 but under 100. The word "mall" simply means the space is arranged by "booths," areas rented by various vendors.
Having said that, Sleepy Poet, situated in a warehouse on South Boulevard, has loads of display space for vendors to sell any and everything they want: from furniture to paper ephemera, vintage hats, cigar boxes, radios, bric-a-brac, books, and dinnerware, it's all here. That's good news for those of us who like digging, poking, and prowling our way around old merchandise, looking for that piece to "speak" to us.
One cool item I found for my Mama: a small, semi-porcelain, Art-Deco era covered bowl trimmed in a geometric purple and black design. "What is it?" I wondered. I uncovered it. Inside the bowl was a smaller bowl with perforations- sort of like a strainer- I thought. "But what on earth is it for?" Then it hit me like a flash, so I rushed up to the counter and bought it without even asking if the vendor could give me a better price. It was only twenty-five bucks after all. What was it, you wonder? I'll tell you. It was the PERFECT gift for my Mom. It was a bowl in which to soak her dentures.
A trip to the Sleepy Poet may well be worth it for those who love the thrill of the hunt.
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