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rebeccmeisterWell, that art supply place was a nice little shop, but the expedition to get there unavoidably took me through some of my least favorite places to ride a bike. Although it had a reasonable range of supplies, it will take some extenuating circumstances for me to ever want to go back out there again.
Now if they were located somewhere in Albany's core, for instance, on Lark Street, that would be a different story. I would patronize them much more readily. But no, they're tucked in among some of the worst of the suburban malls, strip malls, and roads on the western edge of Albany. It's an area that most people wind up frequenting to conduct their various Middle America errands by car, which means it's full of infrastructure that's incredibly hostile to people on foot or on a bicycle.
I don't have a great mental inventory of the kinds of things the Albany Art Room carries, but I need to remember that they DO have some art supplies, and that they are within (quite pleasant!) easy walking distance of the house.
On the other claw, I was able to get a couple of pens, tubes of watercolor paint, and paintbrushes, so it wasn't a complete waste of a trip.
Now if they were located somewhere in Albany's core, for instance, on Lark Street, that would be a different story. I would patronize them much more readily. But no, they're tucked in among some of the worst of the suburban malls, strip malls, and roads on the western edge of Albany. It's an area that most people wind up frequenting to conduct their various Middle America errands by car, which means it's full of infrastructure that's incredibly hostile to people on foot or on a bicycle.
I don't have a great mental inventory of the kinds of things the Albany Art Room carries, but I need to remember that they DO have some art supplies, and that they are within (quite pleasant!) easy walking distance of the house.
On the other claw, I was able to get a couple of pens, tubes of watercolor paint, and paintbrushes, so it wasn't a complete waste of a trip.
