With this past weekend marking Small Business Saturday during a day out with my mom and friend Stef in my neighborhood, I knew a couple of beloved, local places I frequent regularly that I wanted to try to visit and pick up things for my ongoing holiday-gift-buying-excursions – including cafés, restaurants, and independently owned boutiques […]
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A question I get asked with some regularity every holiday season is how, even at the height of stressful situations (and this season has been right up there in terms of stress!), I still manage to not only get my gift shopping done timely but also succeed in getting gifts that go over well each […]
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Although I’ve never experienced a global pandemic before, I think it goes without saying that in times like these- with social distancing, mandated quarantines and lockdowns- a lot of small businesses take a significant financial hit. Restaurants and bars, family-owned shops, salons and spas- nearly all of them have had to close their doors as […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 