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OurPDX Shared Links

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments):
Save Money at Local Businesses With Choose Local Card | Around the Sun
Do check the map to see where you can pick the card up; you’ll then register it online at ChooseLocal.com.
View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

12.25.2008 See the rest →

Where to go for locally-made gift options

by A. L. Venable

This is piggybacking on Betsy’s post about Black Friday and whether or not we opt to get up before the crack of dawn to get discounted products at the big stores around town.
My mother is one of those people who make it a tradition to awaken at a ridiculous hour the day after Thanksgiving [...]

11.30.2008 See the rest →

Black Friday — In or Out?

by Betsy Richter

I should confess right up front that I am definitely, absolutely, positively 100% in the ‘Out’ camp. (Yes, I am a Scrooge.) My kids get plenty during the course of the year. We don’t really celebrate Christmas, and Chanukah is also really de-gift-emphasized. And, finally – I am lazy. After [...]

11.28.2008 See the rest → 12 comments
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