There are many advantages to having locally-owned businesses in the neighborhood, but one advantage that perhaps I don't mention often enough is how delightful it is to strike up a conversation with the shopkeeper. Last fall (this post has been a long time coming) I stopped in to Big Sleep Books with my visiting sisters-in-law….
Category: Shop News
Entre.(underground) surfaces with Le Coq
In February 2010 I posted a story about an underground dinner staged by an incognito group collectively known as The Clandestine Chef. The dinner was set in a borrowed office space at 360 N. Boyle, next to the Actors Studio and West End Grill. Subsequent dinners by the group were announced via email. Locations varied…
A thank you on behalf of Trinity Church’s Food Pantry
A very grateful Adrienne Anderson Fly, Interim Director of Trinity Episcopal Church's Food Ministry at Euclid and Washington, asked if I would give a "shout-out" to two neighborhood businesses that collect canned and packaged foods for the church's food pantry each winter. The Great Frame-Up at 22 S. Euclid offers a 40% discount on framing…