Dirt Cheap Real Good or The Living End

Dirt Cheap, Real Good: A Highway Guide to Thrift Stores in the Washington, D. C. Area

Author: Chriss Slevin

Dirt Cheap, Real Good is a take-along travel guide to the best second-hand shops in the Mid-Atlantic region. It leads readers on six adventurous road trips, featuring the very best of local thrifting. The network of routes, which map the finest second-hand, antique, and vintage shops, all originate from Washington, DC, allowing you to create your own weekend thrift expeditions. Dirt Cheap, Real Good offers the low-down on the merchandise, hours, and phone numbers for each location, plus colorful descriptions of each stop, as well as photos, road maps, and quotes from local characters. As the icing on the cake, Dirt Cheap, Real Good notes pits stops at quirky bars, cheap motels, greasy spoon diners, off-the-wall amusements and miscellaneous roadside oddities.

Route #1: Washington DC to Philadelphia, PA
Route #2: Washington DC to Pittsburgh, PA
Route #3: Washington DC to Charleston, WV
Route #4: Washington DC to Winston Salem, NC
Route #5: Washington, DC to Raleigh, NC
Route #6: Washington, DC to the Delaware and Maryland Coasts

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	ix
	Map of Routes	xi
	How to Use this Book and All About Our Dirt-Cheap Philosophy	xiii
	Home Base: Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area	1
Route #1	Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	23
Route #2	Washington, D.C., to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	57
Route #3	Washington, D.C., to Charleston, West Virginia	85
Route #4	Washington, D.C., to Winston-Salem, North Carolina	115
Route #5	Washington, D.C., to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina	153
Route #6	Washington, D.C., to the Delaware and Maryland Coasts	185
	Favorite Stops	213
	Index	215
	About the Authors	231

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