Next Saturday is Small Business
Saturday. It's an opportunity for all of us to avoid the Big Box
Stores in favor of the Small Box Stores, preferably locally-owned and
locally-managed places. Buy your CDs, vinyl and funky clothing at
Cheyenne's
Ernie November's. Give your favorite beer drinker (hint,
hint) a selection of beers from Freedom's Edge Brewery just down 16th
Street from Ernie's. If you can wait until the following Saturday -- Dec. 1 -- local culinary artists (chocolate-covered bacon!) ply their wares at the
Winter Farmers Market at the Historic Depot. Or browse local art galleries and studios during
the next
Art Design and Dine on Dec. 13. You'll find a broad selection of
handmade/homemade items for the arts lover on your list. Buy books by Wyoming authors at City News or directly from the writers. For ideas, see
Wyoming Writers, Inc., or consult the list of writers on the
Wyoming Arts Council blog sidebar.
Speaking of
the arts.... Tickets to concerts and plays make for splendid holiday
presents. If I was Martha Stewart, I would buy tickets to a
Cheyenne Little Theatre Players show, put it in an envelope, place that in a
box, put that box inside a bigger box, wrap the big box in festive
wrapping and then place it under the boughs of a Christmas tree
harvested in the Snowy Range and decorated with dazzling homemade
ornaments, many of which are edible. Since I'm not Martha Stewart, I
shall still buy the theatre tickets at the last minute and stash them
in my loved one's Christmas stocking while I sip home-brewed grog late on
Christmas Eve as the Led Zeppelin Christmas album plays in the
background.
Check out more shopping ideas on the
Small
Business Saturday Facebook page. You can get free downloadable
signage at
www.shopsmall.com.
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