By Audrey van Petegem, Contributing Editor
I delighted in discovering these yummy Crisps when I went to a cocktail party a friend of mine was having. I was familiar with the very cocktail-friendly Margaret’s Artisan Flatbread by the same company, but these Crisps were entirely new to me.  Our hostess paired the Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Crisp with goats cheese and hot pepper jelly.  I have a favorite expression for such oral delights: I use the MO acronym in public (Mouth Orgasm). And, MO these crisps cause. I have kept a box (or two) in my pantry ever since.  I love the [...]

Remember when our parents used to bring the television or the toaster to the repair shop? Wow, that’s ancient history. I don’t know that I’ve crossed a single repair shop in the last 10 years. 20 years maybe. Just like mending clothing might just be coming back in vogue (see article on Michael Swaine, mender to the people), so might be repairing our stuff. It makes so much sense given our financial and environmental concerns of the moment.

By Audrey van Petegem, Contributing Editor
I was visiting a friend of mine just before Christmas. I had not seen her in ages.  We love to catch up over a bottle of wine. She was very excited about the Breathable wine glasses that she had just purchased. She proposed a little taste test. We opened the bottle of Merlot and poured some wine in a regular wine glass and then some in the Eisch Breathable wine glass.  After a recommended four minute time lapse, I tasted the same wine from both glasses.  All I can say is “what a difference”.  The [...]

WE HAVE OUR WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS  Marci!
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I wrote about these gorgeous necklaces just a little while ago. Here is your chance to WIN one. Thank you to Andrea and April at Nikaya for offering this very beautiful giveaway prize.

To enter the giveaway, you will need to visit the Nikaya website and tell us, by its name, which one of [...]

Launched  by Matthew Trifiro just a few months ago, 1000markets.com (it’s still in sneak preview, aka beta mode) is already attracting the attention of hundreds of artisan merchants and indie-minded shoppers.
I would liken Matthew to a “marketplace anthropologist” as he has attentively studied and observed marketplaces in the real and the online world to develop his model. He explains that, without the proper support, opening a website is akin to setting up a stand in your own backyard… where there is no – foot – traffic and where no one but your immediate neighbors will know you exist. If you’ve [...]