Oakland, Shop Local This Holiday Season

I won't blather on, but pumping money into the local economy is so important, especially during the holiday season. If we don't support local business then they disappear, and with it, a respectable entrepreneurial middle-class, the supposed backbone of America.

Plaid Friday was the Oakland community response to Black Friday, and now tonight we have another great opportunity to shop local with Oakland Unwrapped's Holiday Buy Night. This sounds a bit more manageable than my mom's holiday gift giving suggestion. She proposed that this year each family member buy all their gifts on one Oakland street. In other words, I would have to buy all my presents on E. 14th, my brother would take MacArthur, etc. It's a cool idea actually, but I think this is a great compromise.