It's Happening - Holidays, Wreaths, The Works. Retail Therapy Guide 11/27/2020

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and props to those of you who did it for the first time - If you usually travel, and hosted it yourself this year! Word on the street is that kitchen and food stores like Utensil and Key Food were giving out lots of last minute advice. Today is Black Friday, and it's not always about the sales (see Beacon Mercantile's approach below, where she donates a portion of a purchase during the weekend instead of offering a discount). This year, it's about the business - keeping our shops in business because they are people just like you. Running their business is their job. This is a time when Retail Therapy feels as good for you as it does for them. Pays their rent, pays their bills, pays their paychecks. Even if you go to the mall (we are not mall-shamers!) you are keeping someone employed who goes to work there every day or every week, stocking the shelves, answering customer's questions. If you don't have the budget to buy this year - don't you worry! You being you here in Beacon is all that matters. Keep smiling, and keep in touch with your people. Light a candle, and have a relaxing evening. If you are having a hard time, you are not alone. An early tinsel tree triggered a mini-meltdown 2 weeks ago for this blogger, so if you need to identify, you can read this article. And now, on to the Things To Do! THE RETAIL THERAPY GUIDE Edited and Written By: Marilyn Perez and Katie Hellmuth Martin Grand Opening Holistic Living with Dr. Dardano Day: Friday to Sunday, November 27-29 Time: 11am-7pm (Fri), 10am-6pm (Sat), 11am-6pm (Sun) Location: 520 Main Street, Beacon, NY A uniquely holistic-based approach that fully encompasses the mind, body, and spirit, the Holistic Living Store offers chiropractic, nutrition, reiki, massage therapy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, thermography, cranio sacral therapy, homeopathy, holistic skin care, meditation, infrared therapy, sound therapy, and ionic detoxifying foot bath therapy. 2020 Tree Lighting Goes Virtual Day: Saturday, November 28, 2020 Time: 5pm Location: Online On behalf of our community, the Traditional Tree Lighting Committee volunteers, and the City of Beacon Recreation Department invites you to the 2020 Virtual Tree Lighting. Most years Beacon has an annual lighting at Pohill Park, but this year’s event cannot be held in a traditional sense. Join the City starting Saturday November 28th at 5:00pm for the release of their virtual lighting video. Information > SAVE THE DATE! In addition to any amazing sales you will find on Main Street this weekend (starting today!), Hop & Shop Beacon is a GO for 2020 and will take place this coming Thursday and Friday, December 3-4th.  Check our Calendar and Events Guide regularly for upcoming events throughout the week! Howland Cultural Center Holiday Small Gift Show Day: Friday to Monday, November 21 through December 23, 2020 Time: 1-5pm Location: Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St, Beacon, NY Shop Local and celebrate handmade local artists every Friday through Sunday and the Tuesday and Wednesday before Christmas Eve - December 23rd. Information > SallyeAnder Small Business Saturday Factory Sale Day: Saturday, November 28, 2020 Time: 10am-3pm Location: SallyeAnder, 18 W Main St, Beacon, NY SallyeAnder is opening their workshop doors for Small Business Saturday! Fill your holiday shopping sacks and pick up a little something for your post-Thanksgiving self-care from 10am-3pm on Saturday, November 28th. DEAL: 15% off on all purchases up to $100 and then 25% off on all purchases $100+. Enter door between Brett's Hardware and Two Way Brewing.  Information > SallyeAnder is an ALBB Sponsor!       EAT CHURCH 3091 U.S. 9, Cold Spring, NY Eat Church continues to take their much needed break this weekend. They will be back at Marbled on Route 9 in Cold Spring December 4th and 5th. Stay tuned and keep updated by following them on Instagram @eatchurch. Information > Eat Church is an ALBB Sponsor!   MEYERS OLDE DUTCH 184 Main Street, Beacon, NY New Salad Alert! Check out this roasted local beets from @fieldandlarder with feta, hazelnuts, currants, baby kale and ginger vinaigrette. You can order food online by clicking here, and get it delivered! No delivery is too short or close. Please wear your mask for the delivery person. More > Meyers Olde Dutch is an ALBB Sponsor! HOMESPUN 232 Main Street, Beacon, NY and the Cafe at the Dia : Beacon Behold! All the ingredients you need for a Hot Cider Cocktail from @homespunfoods . Hot Cider for here or to go with amazing products from @varnelli1868 @orchardhillny @minardfarms #valdespino #nymaplesyrup They add star anise, ginger, a bit of clove, green cardamom and a cinnamon stick to garnish. HOT TIP: Buying wine and beer from Homespun has helped their business very much. Stock up this weekend! View Menu > Homespun is an ALBB Sponsor!    HUDSON VALLEY FOOD HALL 288 Main Street, Beacon, NY It's been getting quite chilly outside so Himalayan Dumpling Soup is on! @momovalley2018 is back open! Stop by today and try this savory dish! (open at 12). Information > Hudson Valley Food Hall is an ALBB Sponsor! BAJA 328 328 Main Street, Beacon, NY Baja 328 invites you to come see Bones playing the guitar and enjoy an ice cold Modelo with some of their amazing Southwest creations: Baja Nachos, Korean BBQ Wings, Empanadas’s and many more delicious choices. Open all weekend and practicing safe distancing protocol. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Baja 328 is an ALBB Sponsor!   LEWIS & PINE 133 Main Street, Beacon Lewis + Pine is known for very large, signature styles. However, their collection of small stud earrings cannot go unnoticed. From plain silver hoops in various sizes - large, medium to tiny - there is also this collection of stones in the small settings. Designed for big impact. Do browse the small earrings at Lewis & Pine online if you can't get to the store, which is open Friday-Sunday. Shop Now > Lewis & Pine is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! Live Light Travel Often (LLTO) 464 Main Street, Beacon This soap, carried by LLTO is the most slipperiest slope-y soap you will ever find. Adorable on a dish, the Erode Soap Summit Series becomes one of desire and play, adding a different kind of beauty to the daily ritual of bathing. Each organic soap is poured and cast by hand, so that the organic scents and botanic ingredients are revealed in layers, carefully chosen to blend together. The design’s luscious and unique shape suggests its own obsolescence—the slopes are meant to be rubbed, the ridges meant to be worn off. Made in Oakland, CA. Pink grapefruit essential oil, purifying rose clay, goji berry extract, and clarifying papaya enzymes combine forces to make abrilliant bar soap. The lather is creamy, moisture rich and gentle and the scent is delicately tart and fresh. Vegan, cruelty free and wonderful for all skin types. The soap pictured here, White Grapefruit, is spotted like a dalmatian. See it in person, or Shop Now > LLTO is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! PTACEK Home 464 Main Street, Beacon This little pop-up store by Beacon Realty and Beacon Bagel Shoppe is just waiting for you to discover it. You will see the items on the tables - but know this - the table pictured here could be in your home or office. Yes, PTACEK Home has put some of their pieces into this seasonal pop-up shop for you to discover and buy. Or, custom order your own piece. But taking home this coffee table made of reclaimed wood is easier. Our hunch is, this will be your first piece... Shop Now > BRETT'S HARDWARE 18 West Main Street, Beacon THIS JUST IN: Puzzles for your fidgety fingers. Memory Matching. Make A Pie Fractions. Women's Suffrage. Brett just got these on the shelf - and it's a restock. Customers were buying the puzzles and games as they were placed onto the shelves. Give your game-bin a refresh. Do you have many games that are missing pieces or incomplete? Consider discarding or re-purposing them, get a new system for keeping pieces, and add these to your collection. Information > Brett's Hardware is a Sponsor, thank you! LUXE OPTIQUE 181-183 Main Street, Beacon What might be under the tree for you from Luxe Optique? They are holiday ready for you, with a Johnny Cash carol playing in the background as you finish your eye appointment or browse the styles. Like these high-concept Rigards. Or go with something more casual from La Font. Most frames have been handmade for your face. Now, you just need to  get your face to Luxe Opituqe. Shop Now > Luxe Optique is a Sponsor, thank you! BINNACLE BOOKS 321 Main Street, Beacon Available at Binnacle Books - “Feminism for the 99%”  by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser. “Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, inadequate healthcare, border policing, climate change—these are not what you ordinarily hear feminists talking about. But aren’t they the biggest issues for the vast majority of women around the globe?  Taking as its inspiration the new wave of feminist militancy that has erupted globally, this manifesto makes a simple but powerful case: feminism shouldn’t start—or stop—with the drive to have women represented at the top of their professions. It must focus on those at the bottom, and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism. Feminism must be anticapitalist, eco-socialist and antiracist.”  Binnacle Books is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! LA MÉRE CLOTHING AND GOODS 436 Main Street, Beacon Check out La Mére Clothing And Goods Black Friday Deals! Their hours this weekend are:  Friday 11am-7pm Saturday 11am-7pm Sunday 11am-6pm You can also always and keep supporting small, local business -->  shop online! Also PS: They are moving!! Starting Sunday, La Mére will be moving into the former Echo space (honoring and missing that space). Information > La Mere is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! BEACON MERCANTILE 493 Main Street Beacon Mercantile is donating 10% of their online sales from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday to Feeding America, who Beacon Mercantile has been working with and donating to during the pandemic. Donation dollars to their organization go a long way ($100 provides 1,000 meals to individuals and families in need) + they have great community outreach. Learn more about Feed America at https://www.feedingamerica.org/ HOWLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY 313 Main St. The Howland Public Library & book drop will be closed Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th. They will reopen on Monday, November 30th. While the library is closed, their digital library is always open at www.beaconlibrary.org. BEBHAKTI YOGA CENTER 89 DeWindt St. Help keep beBhakti Yoga Center alive! If you can, please make a small donation to keep their doors (virtual and physical) open.You can make a donation through Venmo - click here. Please also check out their online store.  They have many on-demand classes, mala beads, clothing, mats and props available for sale. Perfect for holiday gifts!  ANTALEK & MOORE INSURANCE AGENCY 340 Main Street, Beacon Antalek & Moore is proud to support Rebuilding Together Dutchess County. What started as a simple act of helping neighbors has now turned into serving over 900 homeowners. Learn more about their story from Executive Director Christina Boryk in their November Spotlight. Click here to watch their video. Information > Antalek & Moore is a Sponsor, thank you!   TIN SHINGLE Tin Shingle's advice to their business community as they market to their newsletter lists is: "Words matter, and saying the right words helps fight denial of actual events." The next time you write a blog post, share on social media, send out a newsletter or podcast, be mindful of the words you choose to define your message. Read All About It >   KATIE JAMES, INC. Katie James, Inc. finished the design of the painter Stanley Lindwasser's website. He did pass away in 2020, and Katie James, Inc. has been working with his manager and wife to feature more of his work on the website, in order to reach the public for private sales or licensing. In making these website design updates, Katie has been making videos of her work under-the-hood of the SquareSpace website at their new Instagram account: @katiejamesdesign. Watch a couple - you might get a fresh idea for your own website! Watch Now >

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