rock paper scissors

i can see russia from my house

election fever is spreading here in charlottesville and probably even more so since our once solid red state could go either way this year. michelle obama and jill biden came to uva, the campaign offices are open day and night, and well, i can't count how many times i've been asked if i'm registered to vote. as the boss lady so aptly commented today, "we're living history."

at rps we're doing our part to get out the vote. you must get your hands on the nifty vote cards from our friends at set! editions. these simple little white cards take the less is more approach with a single word printed in red: vote. point taken.

whatever your political affiliation you have to admit that snl was pretty darn funny this past weekend and tina fey is a dead ringer as the republican vice presidential candidate. we just can't stop watching.

newsflash: we'll be unveiling our election 2008 window in the coming week so make sure you amble down second street northeast whether on your way to a political rally or zocalo for dinner.

rps has summer fever

just a heads up that our store hours are going to be a little tweaked for the month of august as we all try to get in our last-minute summer vacations (who can say no to a good water park in heat like this?!).

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we'll be closed august 4th, 5th, and 6th but will be open thursday the 7th, friday the 8th and saturday the 9th from 11am-5pm.

after that our august hours will be monday-saturday, 10am-6pm.

happy summer!

(image borrowed from pools by kelly klein)

THE SALE OF ALL SALES!

SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE!

that's right.  rock paper scissors is kicking off summer with the sale of all sales.  not only is the whole store 25% off (time to get that michael ruh vase you've had your eye on for pretty much forever), but we also have a sale section with deals so good you will pretty much black out (we're talking 75% off here people).  fear not, we're not going out of business. we're just itching to get in fun new wares but currently have no where to put them (that, and we're trying to do our part to help stimulate the economy). 

don't live in charlottesville?  that's ok.  you can still get in on the action at the sale section of our website. 

shop soon, shop often.

when it rains, it pours

gas prices have never been higher. virginia has never been hotter (temperature wise). the economy has seen better days. and that's just the tip of the iceberg. while the outlook is bleak, and there seems to be no relief in sight, here in our own little piece of the world, rps has much to celebrate.

part-time rps-er and full time mom alissa welcomed the newest addition to her family, little miss maeve madeline, in late may. miss maeve kept us all on our toes awaiting her arrival, and now that she's here, we couldn't be happier...but probably no one more so than big sis cora (that smile couldn't get any bigger!).

our other invaluable set of hands shannon will sadly be leaving us, but will be moving on to greener pastures none of us dare venture: resuming her post as a middle school english teacher. while we cower at the thought of overseeing 20-30 hormone-ravaged tweens, shannon can't wait to get back to the land of emotional distress and leave her mark.

last, but certainly not least, after a near-six month stint in iraq, shannon's husband morgan has returned to US soil, safe and sound.

indeed, when it rains, it pours.

Charlottesville is booming

This is the talk of our little town this week: There used to be a building the size of a city block there! Slated to be a fancy-pants new luxury hotel, Charlottesville is expanding in monumental porportions, so much so that if you haven't been to the Downtown Mall in more than a week, you could seriously get lost!

Note to tourists: You people better get yourselves here to visit T.J.'s Crib (that's The Home of Thomas Jefferson to you out-of-towners) before our smidgen of a town grows even larger and more vainglorious than it already is! And just think, you could pop into Rock Paper Scissors while you're visiting...