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Category Archives: Excellent Local People
Love is Brewing in Montclair
I love coffee. If I had to choose between wine and coffee, it’d had to be coffee. If I had to choose between chocolate and coffee, it’d be a tougher decision, but I think I’d still choose coffee. And lucky … Continue reading
Posted in Excellent Local People, Review, Suburban Life, Things I love
Tagged Bellevue Avenue, Coffee, Coffee and Tea, Iced coffee, Java Love, Montclair, nj
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Love Thy Neighbor with Italian Pastry
Today is about getting back to hyper-local love. As I came back from the bus stop yesterday afternoon, I saw a crinkly white bag on top of my mailbox. Oh Jeez, I thought, did someone leave something nasty as a “quit being … Continue reading
Posted in Excellent Local People, People are Good, Suburban Life
Tagged Italian Pastry, neighbors, Nicolo's Bakery, sfogliatelle
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Seen Around Town: Sticky Notes
Johari Fuentes, the creative powerhouse behind MyJoshu kids t-shirts, snapped this photo at a cross-walk in Montclair. Johari said there are several sticky notes around town with similarly positive messages. Sometimes even the most common and corny of phrases still have … Continue reading
Posted in Excellent Local People, People do silly things
Tagged Johari Fuentes, Montclair, MyJoshu, Post-it note
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Local and Consumable Gifts for Grown-Ups
Do adults really have to give each other gifts for the holidays? Well, no, they don’t. Being a grown-up means not HAVING to do anything you don’t want to do, right? And feeling an obligation to give a gift kind … Continue reading
Creative Women’s Collective Artisan Holiday Market
There are amazing craft fairs and art shows going on now in our area – and I love seeing the items that the artists come up with to show. This weekend, I stopped by at the Creative Women’s Collective Artisan … Continue reading
A Handmade and Local Touch to Gift-Giving: Child Edition
I’m a big fan of supporting small business over the convenience of chain stores. In addition, I love to purchase products made with care and creativity, which is why Etsy and other handmade sites are my go-to when I shop … Continue reading
Posted in Excellent Local People, Parenthood, People are Good, Things I love
Tagged Christmas, gifts, Hanukkah, holidays, local artists, local business, small business.
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Glad I Saw It: Zombie Children
I’ve never watched The Walking Dead, but I keep hearing about it being the best thing ever. I doubt that, but I’m sure it fills a rotting, fetid need of some sort. It was inevitable, I suppose, that we went … Continue reading
Glad I Saw It: Leaf Bag
Growing up, I remember jumping in huge piles of leaves, and in my joy, destroying the back-breaking work my father had just performed. These days, the idea of jumping into the piles we’ve raked up kind of grosses me out … Continue reading
Posted in Excellent Local People, Glad I Saw It, Suburban Life
Tagged duct tape, leaf bags, raking
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