Gainesville is a great place, made even better by great hosts like Keith and Senta. Our stay there consisted of us riding bikes around, picking up some great books and cloths, and eating amazing food both at local restaurants and in the RV. We were lucky to catch up with Tony Foresta when No Friends played Tony W. and Ryan Geis' birthday party. The temperature dropped pretty low, and on our second night there it hit 32 degrees.
We did get to finally ride our bikes around, and spent most of our time wheeling around Gainesville. We found some great thrift stores, a cool bike shop/cafe (if you spent more than $10 on bike parts, you got a free coffee!), and saw some really beautiful Arts & Crafts style houses. Oh, we also started our list of cool business names:
Doggy Styles (mobile pet care and grooming)
Fades and Fros (barbershop)
Captain SeaNiles Pub
Tan Fannies (strip club)
Bambi's Dollhouse (um, duh)
There will definitely be more of those over then next 6 months!
Our favorite store in Gainesville actually had the best name. Ward's Supermarket is one of those rare places that somehow still exists among the chain stores. It has been a family store for over 50 years, and we actually got to meet one of the owners, the great granddaughter of the man who started the grocery. They have a smaller space, but somehow fit in the best variety of groceries we have seen. They are a health food store without being a "Health Food Store," a local market without being a "Local Market," and all around a great place. We told the owner how much we liked the store, and she responded with sincere humbleness, as if they had opened 5 months ago and it mattered what every person thought of their store. She told us that they had just shut down their second location, not because it wasn't doing well, but because it didn't feel like a family business anymore. She told us all of this while bagging our groceries. So rad!
Gainesville was also the site of our first booksale, though it was more of a CD sale with some books thrown in. Ward picked up some good titles for the store, but over the four days we were there we ended up finding some really awesome clothes. Maynee from Bygones asked us to look for nice vintage men's wear, and we scored in Gainesville. We're shipping back a good amount of Western Wear shirts, some Guayaberas, and some vintage vests and suits. We hope to find a larger amount of books soon, but for now, vintage clothes are kicking ass!
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