Worried About that Borders Gift Card? Carmichael’s Has You Covered

The interwebs were abuzz a couple days ago with the news of Borders financial trouble and the fact that two of their Louisville stores (4th Street & Hurstbourne Lane) are on the chopping block. While what I’m about to share won’t ease the sting of losing a bookstore in your neighborhood it might help a [...]

Super Bowl Sunday Sale at the Knit Nook

I got an email reminding me that Super Bowl Sunday is not just the occasion of football and the PuppyBowl. It’s also the occasional of a great sale at the Knit Nook. It’s that time of year again! Our SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SALE is FEBRUARY 6 which is only a few short weeks away! Everything [...]

Downtown Holiday Artistan Market December 10, 2010

Tomorrow, Friday December 10, there will be a “Downtown Holiday Artisan Market” bought to us by the Louisville Downtown Management District folks. It will be taking place at two different locations on 4th Street: 640 S. 4th Street (across from Theater Square) and the Wright-Taylor Building (corner of 4th and Chestnut). more than 60 booths [...]

Rainbow Blossom Green Gift Fair December 11, 2010

Well Hanukkah will have already passed us by but if you’re doing Christmas shopping you need to hit Rainbow Blossom on Saturday for their annual Green Gift Fair. If holidays represent a culture’s values, it is easy to see why more and more people feel disillusioned by the commercialism of the holiday season. In America, [...]

Hey, there are snowglobes again this year

Looking for a totally Louisville-centric gift to give this holiday season? Maybe a snowglobe fits the bill? A limited supply of the 2010 snow globes is on sale at the three area A Taste of Kentucky stores: 11800 Shelbyville Road, 400 W. Market Street, #150 in the Aegon Center, or the location in the St. [...]

Small Business Saturday

We hired a new intern at the day gig recently and jokingly I told him what kind of latte I like and hinted that he’d be smart to bring me a latte daily. He played along and asked what size latte do I prefer and I said “medium.” He noted that I must have not [...]

Consider Boutique Grand Opening Party Tonight November 12, 2010

Greenhaus Opening Today

Melissa at The Makery tipped me off about a new business coming to Shnitzelburg and then the business owner, Daniel, was nice enough to give me the scoop on Greenhaus himself. It sounds like a really cool new retail addition for our city. Here’s Daniel explaining: Greenhaus is a retail store my parents and I [...]

Fall Sale at The Knit Nook November 13 and 14, 2010

It’s fall, it’s getting colder. That means those of you who are more talented than I am should be considering knitting lovely, warm things like hats and scarves and socks and sweaters. To help you with these projects The Knit Nook is throwing a big sale this weekend. On the weekend of November 13 and [...]

New Cooking Store Coming to the Vogue

Well this is exciting news. Campbell’s Gourmet Cottage permanently closed its doors on September 1st of this year. We were all saddened that this had to happen but under the circumsances, there was no choice. My husband, Mark, and I believed in the store and the classes so much that we purchased the assets of [...]