4 Small Wine Glasses (used)

Item Purchased: 4 Small Wine Glasses (used)
Location Purchased: Unique Thrift Store / 3000 S. Halsted St. / Chicago, IL
Price: $1.00 + tax

Review: Ah, thrift stores! Havens of the ultimate recyclical resale! Troves of treasures the Smithsonian never knew or will know existed. Personal biographers of entire communities. Thrift stores, outside of the stale air, screaming children and rigidly obedient sales clerks (more on that in my next review), are one of shopping's ultimate experiences.

On this trip to my local thrift store, I wasn't looking for anything in particular. I simply wandered in with my roommate Josh and traipsed up and down the aisles brainlessly. When I came upon the small shelving unit of kitchenware in the back of the store, I couldn't help but remember a few nights ago when three women sat in my apartment drinking wine out of old coffee cups. I'm not much for show or formality, but there is just something crude (even for a man like me) about drinking wine out of anything but wine glasses. There is something even more crude, however, about paying several dollars or more for a glass that is guaranteed to reflect wine aroma molecules in such a way to fill your nostrils with the sweet/sour aroma of fermented grapes. Helping me to overcome this personal paradox of particularity was a barely readable handwritten sign that said: "glasses. 4 for $1." High ratings for this value alone!

Lo! I was able to find four wine glasses of the same size and style on the dusty shelves. My roommate criticized my choice of china by suggesting that these glasses would only be capable of holding a shot of wine. I chose to ignore him, since he doesn't drink wine much anyway. Wine, in my opinion, is best enjoyed with a meal, with friends and with small sips to accent the other flavors and scents surrounding you. These small glasses will surely stir interaction between people at my dinner parties as a cat's cradle of wine-hungry reaching arms dart back and forth across the table to fill and refill these chalices. Thick and sturdy, I am sure these glasses can take the love/abuse.

My roommate can join in or drink straight from his own bottle. That is up to him.

Rating: 4.5 / 5