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Portland Shopping Mall Santas – A Comparative Study

by Radio Gretchen

I did not believe in Santa when I was a little girl. For some inexplicable reason, my parents told my brothers and me that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. We did not hang our stockings by the chimney with care. We did not write letters to or leave cookies for the Jolly [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest →

Attention Holiday Shoppers

by Radio Gretchen

One of my major complaints about growing up in a small town was that we didn’t have a mall. Every teenaged girl needs a mall, right? Of course they do. But I’m much older now and just the idea of going to the mall fills me with anxiety. The parking, the crowds, the bad lighting, [...]

12.03.2008 See the rest →

SLL: Ho Ho Ho Holidays & Guest Will Radik

by CamiKaos

Settle in around the fire everyone and I’ll tell you a story. A tale of two people who started a podcast just about a year ago with a silly little song contest. Dr. Normal lured me into our basement studio to record a short audio clip announcing our song contest (which was being held on [...]

11.30.2008 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 →

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas….

by Dieselboi

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by dieselboi Yep, it is that time of the year again. Pull out those credit cards you had stashed in the freezer for emergencies – it is Christmas shopping season! I haven’t been shopping much at the big stores lately, so don’t know if this is the first spotting of Christmasness, but [...]

09.22.2008 See the rest → 8 comments