Welcome to Part 5 of the Atlanta Local Gift Guide! This one is all about my favorite past time – reading.
5.) A Book by a Local Author – Now that more and more people are self-publishing, authors are becoming their own marketers and sellers. Even major publishing houses are slashing marketing budgets, meaning that there may [...]
Today’s local gift guide is probably my personal favorite. Har har. Yes, it’s obvious that I love food. Shush. But anyway:
4.) Locally Produced Food – Jams, jellies, salsas, sausages, cupcakes, beer, etc. Somewhere in your town somebody is brewing up something tasty right this second. Google, or head to a farmer’s market (sadly, usually closed during winter) [...]
More local gift ideas today!
3.) A Cleaning or Personal Organizing Service – Who couldn’t use a good deep cleaning in their house or a new organizational system for a room or two? Contact a local cleaning or organizing business and find out if they offer pre-paid services or gift certificates. Plus, low-income women – one of [...]
Welcome to Part #2 in Arepas and Gravy’s series on where to buy local holiday gifts in the grand city of Atlanta (and surrounding bergs.) Who says decent jewelry has to come in a little blue box? Or that all fine art is created in Paris? Me, that’s who. You don’t have to leave Atlanta [...]
I recently posted all the reasons why its better to buy holiday gifts from local businesses. For the next few days, I’m going to be a little more helpful and actually make some Atlanta-centric local gift recommendations. I’ll go straight down the list in the original post, meaning today’s recommendations are all about local restaurants.
1.) Gift Certificate [...]
Best Buy is selling 99” plasma televisions for $500. Heck, Wal-Mart is selling Blu-ray players for -$14.99. Or so it seems. And what’s to stop you from doing all your holiday shopping at the big chains? We’re in a down economy and ever dollar saved helps, right? Actually, you may not be saving as much [...]
