Category: Christmas
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SHOPLOCAL3
<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> This is #3 in a series I’ve been doing about Shopping Local. My hope is that others do this in their home town. The other two posts are here and here. Mission Hills Area Maison En Provence is a beautiful little store filled with household and other gift items hand…
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#SHOPLOCAL1
So after a recent chain email about not buying crappy things made in China for gifts, I thought I would create a list of local (San Diego) places to buy things and I’m also listing a few friends that sell online goods and what they are. 1. Toys/Fun Things: Squid Hats/Funny Hats Josh Freeman makes…
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Posted this yesterday more to follow later = SHOP LOCAL
While this rants a lot about China, I think it’s a great suggestion on alternative ways to give this yea. I will be reposting another note with a list of where to buy toys and other great things locally here in SD that aren’t from a chain store and support local business:Christmas 2011 — Birth…
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Christmas thoughts
A complicated time of year. I went into a store yesterday and became very, very, present. I made my way slowly, patiently and carefully through a crowded parking lot and a crowded store. I watched as people often mindlessly rushed through, if you weren’t watching where they were going, they were going to run into…
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Holidays
As the Holidays approach, I am taking the time to think and reflect about the past year before I plunge into the season. I say plunge because this is such a period of time where I can either be in the happiness or merriment of the season or swim through a turbulent and emotional fraught…
Jennie Olson Six 