Buy in NoMi on Small Business Saturday

Post and image by the Hawthorne Hawkman, image initially from the West Broadway Business & Area Coalition.

If you believe the big box retail industry, customers are clamoring for earlier and earlier opening times for Black Friday.  And in their benevolence, they have responded by taking their employees away from their families on a holiday so that stores can open at midnight as Thanksgiving turns to Black Friday.  Remember, they're doing it just for you!

Or if you're like me, you can express disgust by closely tracking which stores open at midnight, and vowing not to shop at any of them in between November 25th and December 31st.  And if that's the case, you may be looking for deals at your local small retailers.  If any other local businesses want to be written about here, use the comment section or contact me.  The West Broadway Business Coalition sent out an email listing deals from NoMi businesses on Saturday, November 26th.

The deals are as follows (click for more, as the deals aren't fully shown in the image above)...

Tanzania Portrait Framed by the Goddess of Glass!

Post and photo by the Hawthorne Hawkman

So the highlight of my trip to Tanzania this summer was visiting the historic housing district of Stone Town on the island of Zanzibar. The painting above was the one souvenir item that spoke to me and said, "Jeff Skrenes, you and I belong together."

Even bringing something this large back home was a challenge (although not as difficult as getting hula hoops past customs in Arusha). Once I had it here though, I began to look for a local place where I could get this framed. Connie Beckers, the Goddess of Glass, came through, with quality work at a great price. And I'm told that the person who did the framing is also a NoMi resident. Thanks Connie! You have a very satisfied customer here at NXNS.

(Editorial note: this post was done on the fly using only my new phone. Hyperlinks may be added later.)

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