holy crap it snowed a lot on the east coast this weekend! being out here in california makes me miss the snow so much! when it’s blizzarding and powdery everywhere else all we get is rain rain rain. not that i’m complaining…i don’t know if i could handle 20″ of the white stuff right...
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we thought we’d take a moment away from our busy thanksgiving cookie baking schedule to bring you a few favorites from the BIG THINGS SHOP. forget about the black friday silliness and shop handmade & local w/BT! our master gift wrappers would be honored to wrap your gift (no charge!) and bonus: Bay Area...
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originally i wanted to write about my search for the perfect winter parka…but while researching the history of parkas and looking for images in the alaska’s digital archives, i quickly realized that shopping for outerwear is incredibly boring in comparison to the inuit blanket toss! nalukataq is the harvest festival celebrating the end of...
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