"Don't Help A CEO Buy A New Yacht": Beastly Bites On Court Street Reminds Community To Shop Locally

You may be tempted to purchase your pet's food and accessories at Pet Smart on Atlantic Avenue or place an order on Amazon, but that would hurt the family-owned pet shops in our neighborhood.

The owner of Beastly Bites at 155 Court Street near Pacific Street in Cobble Hill would like to remind you that shopping locally helps keep shop owners right here in the community. A sign in the store's window makes the argument that buying from this business, which has been in the community for over 40 years, will help a family father support his children instead of "helping a CEO buy a second summer home or a new yacht."

That is true. This would not be a real neighborhood without our locally owned shops. Let us make an effort to keep them in business.

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Shop Locally: Deluxa On Sackett Street

Kristen Stocks has been running DELUXA, a vintage fashion, furniture and home decor store at 187 Sackett Street for the last two months. She wrote to me to introduce herself and her boutique. I am glad she did. I am always happy to spend my money in the neighborhood and to support local merchants instead of throwing it at big chain stores. Though I haven't yet visited Deluxa, I will take a walk there this week. Hope you willl do the same.

I have wanted to share with you and the readers (if you're so inclined) that I've opened a new(ish) vintage store in Carroll Gardens, in the former Go Fish! Brooklyn location. The store is now called Deluxa, and while I originally had most of Go Fish's inventory, much of that has been sold and purged, so I'd love to reinvite people to the spot to check out the new merchandise and new price points. Its been Deluxa since October, but we are really just starting to get around now to spreading the word and reaching out to let people know we are out there, especially as a great alternative to big retailers with better style and lower prices. I've opened up the back room too, so there are now 3 whole rooms to shop in. We're a great place for a unique holiday present, and of course, as always, vintage is super duper friendly on the environment. We've got clothing for ladies, gents, and babies, great mid century modern furniture, housewares, dishware, brickabrac, records, and a small but growing new local music section. The website is deluxanyc.com, and I've also got a blog and myspace that I use fairly heavily, albeit only since the last 2 months while also opening and running my first business.

Deluxa

Brooklyn Vintage For Him, Her, and Baby
Furniture, Housewares, Gifts And Loveliness
187 Sackett Brooklyn, NY 11231

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Window Shopping: Smith Street Featured Item Of The Week

Every time I have walked past Environment 337 on Smith Street in the last two weeks, I have been admiring this wonderful woven handbag displayed in the window. Today, I could no longer resist and went into the store to take a closer look at the bag. Sure enough, it looks even more beautiful up close. It is lined in a fun floral cotton print and has thin black leather straps. Pretty cool, no?

While in the store, I also spied these cute wind-up plush toys. They look so delightfully old fashioned. I think I had one when I was a child. Clapping their little cymbals together, these little guys would make a child ( or the inner child in you) truly happy.

Environment 337 is located at:
337 Smith Street
between President and Carroll Street.
Tel:718 522 1767
open Tues- Sat 11-7
Sunday 11-5

In Manhattan:
56 University Place 212 254 3400

On the web:
http://www.environment337.com

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