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GADABOUT AND THE SHAPE OF WATER
These Top-Secret Vintage Stores Set the Scene for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water The set decorator reveals how he mastered 1960s America for del Toro’s latest film By Elizabeth Stamp Some horror movie directors could be accused of focusing too much on the creatures and not enough on the world in which they live—but not Guillermo […]
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Meet the owner of Gadabout Victoria Dinnick
How did Gadabout Vintage come about? The name of the store is actually Gadabout. I opened the store in 1997 on Markham St. while working a full-time position in the corporate world. I had had a booth at the Harbourfront Antique market and loved buying and selling antiques, nostalgia, ephemera and vintage clothing and textiles. […]
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What’s a Gadabout?
gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\, noun: Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity. In his unorthodox and callow way, he frequently upset and annoyed his countrymen, but they continued to vote for him, perhaps taking a vicarious pleasure in being led by such a world-famous gadabout. “Milestones of 2000,” Times (London), December 29, 2000 […]