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

by Chriss Slevin, Leah Smith

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

275 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2004

Reviews

[Anna&Scott Stockdale/Guggenheimer · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you live in DC this book is awesome. some of stores are long gone. call ahead.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent guide, well written and thorough.