Furry Candles, Organic Pizza and Non-holiday Music

What is one to do during these "times are tough" holiday times? I say "Buy creatively, buy affordably, and buy locally." You can do all that tonight at our December First Friday event, 5:30-7:30pm. Affordable, locally created gifts for yourself, friends and family will be highlighted. Anomaly Farm has a huge variety of t-shirts, scarves and for the first time, paper prints of their awesome designs. Halo Hats, those hot sparkly gems you see on warm heads all over town, will be featuring some great deals on seconds. Vanessa Sulzer hand prints birds on scarves...I am a huge bird fan so will be sure to get a few of those. Miga Rossetti...original mixed media paintings, cards, journals. Wren and Brandy have been busy working on many creative ventures including...furry jesus candles...what? Sure, why not! Molly McLaughlin makes tote bags...perfect for the grocery store or yoga and this new green world. I love Alissa Davies' paintings!!! Last time Babs got the ones I wanted...this time I will get first pick! Peyton Copp will be contributing the the warm-head phenomenon that is popping up all over Jackson.

Yummy organic pizza with perfect thin-but-not-too-thin crust...where to find it in Jackson? I found it at the South Side Pub & Pizza and invited owner Chris O'Dennessy to join us in SoBo and share his special treats.(He accepted. He'll be here tonight with samples and gift certificates for purchase) I LOVE their green/organic mission! The napkin that was placed in front of me, in what looks like any log cabin/sportsbar/family restaurant, was emblazoned with a big green 100% recycled stamp. Can't miss the message there. Then I saw the menu and all of its organicness, and heard about the greenhouse plans, and then I ate the delicious garlic-loaded pizza and it was a perfect night. (hmmm, maybe I should start competing with the Stache...)

We will be grooving to the always hip and eclectic Mr. Whipple (AKA-dj Chris Howell). He just spent the fall in California selling the most magical pumpkins you can imagine in the Pumpkin Patch, along with spending some serious time searching the racks in Amoeba Music. I know that he was up all night pulling together the best of his new finds and I can't wait for him to fill our airwaves in the gallery tonight.

Bring your cash and checkbooks because there are no credit card machines tonight...who needs to add more debt to their list this year?