Tag Archives: Steeple People

When Craigslist Gives You Lemons

Posted on March 14, 2017 by anne

My favorite thrift store, Steeple People, closed up shop at the end of January.  Our building, at the corner of Franklin and Lyndale in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, will be torn down and a big old condo complex will … Continue reading →

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Everyday Physics: In Which We Explore Antoine Lavoisier’s Law of Conservation of Mass

Posted on February 2, 2014 by anne

I’m the jewelry volunteer for Steeple People Thrift Store.  Whenever anyone donates a watch or necklace or fancy hair barrette or ring or dental gold (!!!) or bracelet, the item gets dumped in a plastic tub labeled “jewelry”.  I haul … Continue reading →

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Here’s What I Wore – Anne Lippin

Posted on December 11, 2013 by anne

Woke up to minus three degree weather today.  Refreshing!  Started with a bowl of shredded cardboard (Kashi GOLEAN).  Threw on a pair of holey Jockey Elance periwinkle blue cotton undies (JCPenney clearance bin), Thorio brown + baby blue x-c ski … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Dessa of the Doomtree Collective

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Anne

Dear Dessa: I met you yesterday at Steeple People Thrift Store in Uptown.  Let me paint the scene to refresh your memory as I’m certain people say idiotic things to you all the time. Me: (standing at the front counter … Continue reading →

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