Not many times do you get to see pictures of a particular piece of furniture photographed over a span of a hundred years. I don’t normally do furniture restoration, but this particular piece was so cool and interesting I had to take it on. photo via-The Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois. About a month […]

This month I’ve been digging a lot… For treasure… The good kind. Sense of place in a small town comes from knowing where you came from and the currency of memories is something that The H.S.O.M.C. deals heavily in.  My prospecting adventures have not yielded any gold doubloons or filthy lucre but it has given me […]

Thanks so much to everyone for coming out to the pop-up on the 23rd! Everybody came out and bought (a lot!) of coffee drinks and bagged beans. The mayor pulled up in a crane to fix the Christmas lights.  Josh sold more than half of his photos. (at his first ever show!)  We’re super thankful […]

Ever heard of a Michelin Star? It’s a system of rating restaurants.  If they have three stars, it means it’s worth traveling to the country just to experience that restaurant. The Orpheum Theatre in Hillsboro (pop 4,000) should definitely get some sort of super awesome, gold star or something crazy for what they’ve been pulling off.  Once or […]

Hillsboro, IL Alex Bradburn filming, Hunter Cambell skating Gritty, dangerous, fun, stylish, and sometimes even illegal, the underground sport of skateboarding is a social activity, an adventure to find, a mountain to conquer. In short, it’s totally awesome… Josh Randle has been taking those adventures for years, and along the way has become a very […]

“I’m sorry mama, I didn’t mean to hurt you, I didn’t mean to make you cry but tonight, I’m cleaning out my closet.” I don’t think Eminem was talking about cleaning the house and throwing things away, but for some reason I always get that song in my head while I’m cleaning.   So catchy.. Today […]

-8:30 a.m. Hillsboro, IL As I walk down the street, I’m greeted with a big smile from Vince Vitali. Starbucks in hand and a quick step, Vince is obviously very excited to get working on the last few details of the  building he is renovating next to his family’s restaurant.  Today he’s here before work to […]

Cars, have famously been designed to make last years model look out of date. 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s… There was something so powerfully right about cars in their design heyday.. The Greenville car show this year had a few good ones..