Friday, May 10, 2013
Want to show mom you love her? Shop local.
Last-minute shoppers, there's still time to get your cards and gifts for mom (along with those Mother's Day meal reservations at Collingswood's top-notch restaurants). Why not patronize your neighbors' shops? Here's a selection of some of the gifts available downtown. Charles Viancin silicone lids at The American Table Want to cut back on cling wrap and foil? Cover your leftovers with these airtight, watertight reusable silicone lids. They go from refrigerator/freezer to oven/microwave without getting damaged, and they're dishwasher-safe. The lily pad lids come in three sizes ($10, $11 and $12); the banana leaf cover fits a 13-inch casserole dish ($17.95). Roses at Warner Landscape and Patio Flowers are a conventional Mother's Day gift, …
Monday, February 11, 2013
The garland's come down, and the summer dollars are months away. So what are borough businesses doing to drive traffic in the winter?
Look around your favorite Haddon Avenue shops these days, and you might be surprised at what’s in their inventories. It’s not that they’re carrying anything unusual. But they are carrying more and different items, sharing more products among themselves, and fitting out their displays with products from their neighbors. Like that mint green dress that perfectly matches the swing-arm lamp in the window of Dig This? Surprise, it’s from Frugal Resale (whose monthly ladies night is catered by neighbors at Casona and The Candy Jar). Picking up a bottle or two of olive oil at Blue Moon? You might also go home with a handmade dipping tray produced by local artist Eric Wolff. This kind of cross-promotion helps sustain the flow of business in the …
Love is in the air this week, with classes on cooking with chocolate and writing love poetry as well as how to tap a maple tree in time for sugaring season. Plus: Fiddler on the Roof and knitting to your heart's content.
7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12—The American Table For $35, The Bicycle Chef, Denine Gorniak, will teach you to work with chocolate as a featured ingredient in entree planning. Tuesday's recipe features pasta, fennel, blood oranges and white chocolate salad with a special "mocktail" (alcohol-free) beverage. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12—820 Mercer St, Cherry Hill, NJ Speaker Susan Bufalino of the Rancocas Nature Center teaches budding horticulturists how to recognize and tap Sugar Maple trees in their own backyards "just in time for the sugaring season." 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12—ExtraordinaryED "We welcome anyone interested in working with fiber of any sort. Are you interested in learning to spin (make your own yarn), knit, crochet, quilt, …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
At The American Table, "Made in the U.S.A." is more than just a slogan to owner Cyndi Zippilli.
For as much as she enjoyed the ins and outs of business, Cyndi Zippilli never liked being an accountant. Crunching numbers was never as fulfilling as crunching dunkers, her Italian grandmother’s oversized coffee cookies. With a certificate in pastry arts and a Mediterranean love-food emotional connection, Zippilli admits that the spreadsheet game often left her hungry. “I kind of struggled with my career always, not feeling fulfilled,” she said. “There’s a piece of me that always wanted to have my own business.” Wednesday morning represented the culmination of that dream, as Zippilli cut the ribbon on The American Table, the latest retail destination to join the ranks of downtown Collingswood. The name is a statement of intention, she said…
Michael Bruce Florist
7:23 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Collingswood is a gift to open! My favorite current obsession is "The Candy Jar" (http://www.thecandyjarnj.com/). Wonderful aromas wafting out the front door lead me back to childhood memories of similar stores. Collingswood offers options aplenty (see article) when thinking of gifts for all occasions (I'm a non-traditionalist). Happy shopping! -- Michael Bruce Michael Bruce Florist 823 Haddon … more ›