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Shop and Eat to Benefit Haiti at Westport Village

12. March 2010

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The shops and restaurants of Westport Village (which I still contend is in the East End) are dedicating a night of food and shopping for Haiti. Each store and restaurant will be donating a portion of their proceeds from the evening of March 18 to Hope for Haiti. B and I very well may have [...]

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A Closer Look at Red Tree

19. February 2010

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Kids, your humble host is a bit of a simpleton. What other explanation could there be for me to fundamentally misunderstand what Red Tree is all about? While long a fan of the East Market shop I never knew that they actually make the furniture they sell. Or have made, or whatever. The point is [...]

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Valentine Gift Fair at Rainbow Blossom February 13, 2010

4. February 2010

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Our friends at Rainbow Blossom and Stellar Sweets (the proprietress of Stellar Sweets comes from the Rainbow Blossom family tree by the way) are throwing a Valentine Gift Fair next Saturday February 13.
In an effort to provide shoppers with a more thoughtful and environmentally friendly alternative to the run of the mill valentine’s day [...]

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Rudy Lane Fresh Market Now Open

4. February 2010

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I got a chance to have a sneak preview of the new Fresh Market on Rudy Lane yesterday. It was very cool to be in the store when everything was absolutely pristine, no one had bought anything or messed up any displays. It was a marvelous show of foodstuff beauty.
I had been to a [...]

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Architectural Salvage & Alcott and Bentley for the win

20. January 2010

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Taking advice from you folks, last week B and I went shopping at Architectural Salvage, Habitat ReStore, Bluegrass Green Company and Alcott & Bentley. OK we went to Ikea to but let’s not talk about that, it’s a painful memory. We didn’t have much luck finding things we needed at Habitat ReStore or Bluegrass Green [...]

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Buy Local: Lighting? Sinks? Mailbox Made of Awesome?

8. January 2010

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As I have mentioned more than once (I know you’re probably tired of hearing about it already and I’m sorry for that but dude, it’s a big project and I need to talk about it) we have just bought a house and are now in the process of updating it a bit before we actually [...]

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WHY Louisville Wishlist

16. December 2009

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Holy internet awesomeness Batman! WHY Louisville now has online wishlist capability. 

Were you aware that you can make an online Wish List of your favorite WHY Louisville products and share it with friends and family? Get started on yours! Simply head to whylouisville.com, click on “Shop”, and choose “Wish List” from the right-hand menu.
  http://shop.whylouisville.com/

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Green Gift Fair at Rainbow Blossom Saturday December 12, 2009

9. December 2009

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It’s time for the fourth annual Green Gift Fair at Rainbow Blossom. 

Lots and lots of local shops and artisans are going to be represented at the fair including

• Amazing Green Planet
• Drepung Gomang 
• Glass Dreamz
• Red Hot Roasters
• Chakra T’s
• Jing Masters
• Just Creations
• Knit Nook 
• Old Louisville Candle Maker
• Sacred Herb Creations
• The Makery [...]

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Support Jefferson Memorial Forest By Shopping!

8. December 2009

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I’ve never been to Amazing Green Planet have you? I’m pretty sure I’d like the merchandise they sell and they’re obviously nice people since they’re helping Jefferson Memorial Forest out, so I’ll need to go check them out soon. 

Amazing Green Planet will donate 15% of the proceeds from all of its sales on Saturday, December [...]

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21c Artist Market Wednesday December 9, 2009

7. December 2009

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OK so I find the naked baby dolls with Santa hats a little bizarre but that’s ok. As they say in one of my very favorite movies “It’s not funny, it’s art.”
Dreaming of a green Christmas? Fill those stockings with the wares of local
artists. We’ve invited some of the areas most talented craftsman to join [...]

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