Comments on: Photos and Written Memories http://www.coolstuffland.com the Store to Explore! Sun, 06 May 2012 23:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Joanne http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-29 Joanne Sun, 06 May 2012 23:03:32 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-29 Broadway, Columbia, will never be the same! Arnie is closing his Cool Stuff Store! The color, the drama, the uniqueness--all going, all gone. "Arnie making his last stand". Shake in your boots! He's my Poster Hero! Cool Stuff is Gone, Gone, Gone! Great while it Lasted! Yes, Cool Stuff was a great store, brightening up downtown. Gave Arnie a place to bring home many fascinating objects, trophies , and glamorous what-not. Could Arnie be settling down to be just another business man? No, that would never happen! Broadway, Columbia, will never be the same! Arnie is closing his Cool Stuff Store! The color, the drama, the uniqueness–all going, all gone. “Arnie making his last stand”. Shake in your boots! He’s my Poster Hero!

Cool Stuff is Gone, Gone, Gone! Great while it Lasted!

Yes, Cool Stuff was a great store, brightening up downtown. Gave Arnie a place to bring home many fascinating objects, trophies , and glamorous what-not. Could Arnie be settling down to be just another business man? No, that would never happen!

]]> By: Nicole http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-28 Nicole Thu, 03 May 2012 20:25:36 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-28 Loved this place!!! Love that the memeory still lives on!!!! Loved this place!!! Love that the memeory still lives on!!!!

]]> By: Joni http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-25 Joni Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:11:04 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-25 Read Maria Kalaitzandonakes' article on Cool Stuff http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/rbhs/bearingnews/2012/03/23/closing-causes-skepticism/ "Hallie Galvin bought a brass knuckles mug from Cool Stuff, 808 E. Broadway, for her mother a few months ago. Now Galvin said it’s a little more precious to her because the iconic store on Broadway is closing. Housewives everywhere are tucking away their ninja breadmen for safekeeping, and the many owners of squirrel underpants are putting the tiny briefs at the back of their drawers as Cool Stuff shuts its doors this April." “I’m not a one trick pony,” Fagan said. “My best accomplishments and my best days are still ahead of me.” Read Maria Kalaitzandonakes’ article on Cool Stuff

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/rbhs/bearingnews/2012/03/23/closing-causes-skepticism/

“Hallie Galvin bought a brass knuckles mug from Cool Stuff, 808 E. Broadway, for her mother a few months ago. Now Galvin said it’s a little more precious to her because the iconic store on Broadway is closing.

Housewives everywhere are tucking away their ninja breadmen for safekeeping, and the many owners of squirrel underpants are putting the tiny briefs at the back of their drawers as Cool Stuff shuts its doors this April.”

“I’m not a one trick pony,” Fagan said. “My best accomplishments and my best days are still ahead of me.”

]]> By: Jones http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-24 Jones Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:12:56 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-24 Milia Robins gets creative with Japanese Erasers from Cool Stuff!! http://www.voxmagazine.com/stories/2011/08/04/columbia-girl-creates-artistic-scenes-japanese-era/ Milia Robins gets creative with Japanese Erasers from Cool Stuff!!

http://www.voxmagazine.com/stories/2011/08/04/columbia-girl-creates-artistic-scenes-japanese-era/

]]> By: Jones http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-23 Jones Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:05:23 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-23 Helen Fletcher and the BEST Handmade Duct-tape wallets...a young entrepreneur who sold her wares at Cool Stuff http://www.voxmagazine.com/stories/2011/01/20/preteen-makes-handmade-duct-tape-wallets/ Helen Fletcher and the BEST Handmade Duct-tape wallets…a young entrepreneur who sold her wares at Cool Stuff

http://www.voxmagazine.com/stories/2011/01/20/preteen-makes-handmade-duct-tape-wallets/

]]> By: J. Michael Roach http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-22 J. Michael Roach Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:55:59 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-22 I still remember leaving from St. Louis to come to Columbia, and all my friends would ask me to buy them something from Cool Stuff ... thanks for being such a big part of what Columbia is today! I still remember leaving from St. Louis to come to Columbia, and all my friends would ask me to buy them something from Cool Stuff … thanks for being such a big part of what Columbia is today!

]]> By: Calevir http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-10 Calevir Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:24 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-10 We LOVE Cool Stuff! We LOVE Cool Stuff!

]]> By: Jones http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-8 Jones Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:30:07 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-8 Thanks Cool Stuff for bringing laughter, silliness & culture from around the globe to Columbia! Thanks Cool Stuff for bringing laughter, silliness & culture from around the globe to Columbia!

]]> By: Arnie http://www.coolstuffland.com/art/#comment-7 Arnie Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:24:22 +0000 http://216.106.58.188/?page_id=10#comment-7 Thanks for being such great customers! Thanks for being such great customers!

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