Sunday, December 23, 2012
Most college students are in recovery mode from finals week and have left few hints about what they'd like for Christmas. This list might help.
I asked my son Sam, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, to come up with some last minute gift ideas for college students. Below are his suggestions. Being a second-year college student, I found that more practical gifts had many benefits to them, especially as I got older. The easiest way to find good gift ideas for your college student is to think of items that you are certain they will use. Anything from new accessories for their phone to cooking utensils can go a long way. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook Check out some of today's other top stories here .
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great presents for loved ones. Today, the 12th day of Christmas, it’s Mars Beads in Mars. Located in the Brickyard Plaza off Route 228, Mars Beads allows customers to design and create their own jewelry. The shop offers, beads, supplies, classes and bead parties, including “Ladies Night Out” parties. Throughout December, Mars Beads held Santa’s Workshops, where kids could make their own Christmas jewelry for loved ones. The shop will be closed from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1 for the holidays. To learn more about Marts Beads, click here. Now that the 12 Days of Small …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great presents for loved ones. Today, the 11th day of Christmas, it’s Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts in Harmony. Located the heart of the town’s historic district, Bottlebrush features original creations from regional artists and monthly concerts by traveling and local musicians. Among the artwork inside the gallery is jewelry, glass, pottery, fibers, sculpture, photography and paintings. The gallery also hosts monthly singer/songwriter workshops, reading groups and art classes for children. Bottlebrush is owned by Dennis and MJ McCurdy. Dennis McCurdy also recently…
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Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main St, Harmony, PA
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Friday, December 21, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great presents for loved ones. Today, the 10th day of Christmas, it’s a gift for the foodie in your life, The Enchanted Olive in Harmony. Located across the street from Northgate Plaza on Route 19, The Enchanted Olive offers regional and imported oils and vinegars. Customers can find natural, flavored and infused blends. Each variety is available for tasting and samples are dispensed from the many fustis lining the space. Owner Sherry Cepek opened The Enchanted Olive in 2011 after falling in love with a similar spot while at a wedding in North Carolina. She arrived home …
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The Enchanted Olive
120 Perry Hwy, Harmony, PA
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great gifts for loved ones. Today, the ninth day of Christmas, it’s The Body Bar in Cranberry, a place where you can pamper your loved one this holiday season. The facility, which also has a location on McKnight Road in McCandless, offers massages, spa and waxing treatments, fitness classes and tanning, including spray tanning. Among the massage specialties are aromatherapy, deep tissue, hot stone, pregnancy/prenatal, reflexology, Reiki, sports and Swedish massage. To learn more about The Body Bar, click here. Do you know of a small business that should be part of our …
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The Body Bar Massage & Tanning
20111 Route 19, Cranberry Twp, PA
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great gifts for loved ones. Today, the eighth day of Christmas, it's Wunderbar Coffee House in Harmony, a cozy place to relax between all that holiday shopping. Husband-and-wife team Roc and Vicky Dornbrook opened Wunderbar inside the Center of Harmony on Mercer Street in 2012. Roc Dornbrook, a native of Argentina, told Cranberry Patch he and his wife decided to open the coffee shop after the closure of Beecher’s, a Zelienople coffeehouse that burned down in 2008. “They were the only coffee shop in the area,” he said. “We really missed them.” The coffee house serves …
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Wunderbar Coffee House
253a Mercer St, Harmony, PA
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great gifts for loved ones. Today, the seventh day of Christmas, it's Wolf Stop Barkery in Cranberry. After all, your best friend (a.ka. the family dog) deserves Christmas treats, too. Owner Nancy Hans has been baking healthy dog treats since 2001. In 2011, she began selling the grain-free, organic goodies through Woof Stop Barkery’s online store. All treats are made to order to ensure freshness. Some of the shop specialties include peanut butter and honey “Daily Delights” and “Bone Cakes.” Free delivery also is available to residents of Cranberry, Seven Fields and Mars…
Monday, December 17, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great gifts for loved ones. Today, the sixth day of Christmas, it's McGinnis Sisters Special Food Store along Route 228 in Adams Township. Sisters Bonnie McGinnis Vello, Sharon McGinnis Young and Noreen McGinnis Campbell run the family-owned grocery store, which has several locations in the Pittsburgh area. The sisters took over the business, originally opened by their parents as a small produce stand in Baldwin, in 1981. In 2008, they opened the Adams Shoppes location. If you’re cooking dinner for Christmas this year, the store offers a variety of holiday hams. The …
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700 Adams Shoppes, Mars, PA
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great gifts for loved ones. Today, the fifth day of Christmas, it's Mathew Jewelers, which has locations in Zelienople and Cranberry. The family-owned shop offers custom jewelry, a large selection of watches and fine giftware. In 1947, Andrew Mathew Sr. opened his jewelry store in the town of Zelienople. In 2007, the family opened a second location in The Streets of Cranberry on Route 19 in Cranberry. The boutiques carry many top designers as well as their own Mathew Jewelers Designs. Do you know of a small business that should be part of our 12 days of Small Businesses…
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Mathew Jewelers
122 N Main St, Zelienople, PA
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Mathew Jewelers
20430 Route 19, Cranberry Twp, PA
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
On each of the remaining days leading up to Christmas, we’ll feature a different local business.
Looking for unique and creative holiday gifts? Throughout the 12 days leading up to Christmas, we're highlighting small businesses in the Cranberry area where you can find great gifts for loved ones. Today, the fourth day of Christmas, it's the Gilded Lily Gifts & Collectibles, which has locations in Evans City and Adams Township. The shops offer home decor items, gifts, accessories and collectibles, including everything from custom-made silk floral arrangements and unusual outdoor and garden products to unique and varied framed prints, lamps and custom gift baskets. Owner Ruth Ann Helwig opened the Gilded Lily Gifts & Collectibles in May 2002. According to the Gilded Lily Gifts website, Helwig once owned a gift shop in central …
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Gilded Lily Gifts & Collectibles
301 E Main St, Evans City, PA
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Deb Ramage
12:54 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
You HAVE to stop in & taste her olive oils & balsamic vinegrettes....THEY are LUSCIOUS....have learned soo much from her & will NEVER buy any other olive oil again....helped with my Christmas gift shopping too!! more ›