Lotsa Stuff It Is!
I know I seem obsessed with the shop that sprouted toadstool-like in the spot where Browser's Nook was, but I can't help cringing at the missed possibilities there. Well, it seems that the former signage that went up was mostly correct, and the store is named Lotsa Stuff.
The name was on the first computer-printed signs, and it was confirmed on the hand-written sign posted to the right of the door in the photo above, except minus the extraneous apostrophe that had been between the "lot" and "sa." The big signs still trumpet "Collectibles" and "Antiques" but the hand-written sign concedes that the store also serves as a "flea market" of sorts.
Boding well for the life of the store, this ghastly four-foot statue in the window was already proudly proclaiming its status as "SOLD." I knew that statues prominently displaying boy-parts sell well in this neighborhood, but the speed of this sale surprised even me. Thank goodness it sold before another neighbor with small children demanded a tasteful kilt to be fitted over the statue's privates.
Note that the rental sign is also still up, giving hope that this is just a way for the landlord to clear out his basement while looking for a less musty tenant.
Update: The hand-written sign has changed, and the wayward apostrophe is back. So I guess the name is back to "Lot'sa Stuff".
