What is a Swurfer? It’s a swing. Learn more about it here or visit Treehouse’s website here.
Treehouse is participating in “Good Karma” on black Friday and Small Business Saturday. The shop will be donating 10 percent of all its proceeds to two charities.
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30 Days of Shopping in Decatur this November: Jump-start your holiday spirit – and your holiday shopping – with local daily tips in November on The Decatur Minute. Click here to see previous days.
One trip to Decatur’s Splash of Olive and your worries of what to buy for the hostesses and hosts of all of your holiday parties completely goes away. The hostess/host doesn’t even have to be a foodie or cook. All you need is some perfectly crusty French bread to dip into the olive oil and you’ve got the best appetizer in town. Pick up a couple of the vinegar and olive oil gift boxes (pictured) and you’re set for the season.
Tip: You can taste all of the olive oils available for sale at the shop. I would just recommend you don’t taste them all in one go. You know. That might be a bit much.
Extra tip: The shop also sells all natural oil olive skincare products that are ideal for sensitive skin.
Splash of Olive
201 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA 30030
404-600-2414
www.splasholive.com
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This is a weekly blog post that lists all of the events and sales going on around town. It will be updated daily. If you would like to add an event, email Catherine.lee@decaturga.com.
Wednesday, Nov. 25
• Decatur Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 26
Happy Thanksgiving!
Saturday, Nov. 28
• Small Business Saturday on the Square, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
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30 Days of Shopping in Decatur this November: Jump-start your holiday spirit – and your holiday shopping – with local daily tips in November on The Decatur Minute. Click here to see previous days.
The scented candle market is pretty insane. You can’t go into a big box store without finding shelf after shelf of sickly sweet smelling candles. This is especially true during the holiday season. There are holiday scented candles galore. But not all scented candles are created equal and you have to tread carefully with scents like “apple cinnamon pie” and “nutcracker suite.” But then there’s the Balsam & Cedar candles at Trinity that smell like heaven. Well, a very outdoorsy, evergreen holiday-y heaven. Trust me, as soon as you smell it, you’re going to have to buy it. Plus, it comes in one of the most elegant looking containers I’ve ever seen so your living room will smell and look fantastic this season.
Tip: Trinity is first and foremost an interior design showroom. Visit the Trinity Tumblr page for endless interior decor inspiration.
Extra tip: In December, the shop will host Sip and Shop days every Saturday. Stay tuned to this blog for updates.
Trinity Mercantile & Design
116 E. Trinity Pl., Decatur, GA 30030
404-371-0197
www.trinity-decatur.com
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30 Days of Shopping in Decatur this November: Jump-start your holiday spirit – and your holiday shopping – with local daily tips in November on The Decatur Minute. Click here to see previous days.
Does anyone know the history of the evil eye? How about the lucky eye? Is it the same thing? I have no idea! What I do know is that I love the lucky eye display at Kismet Jewelers. It’s right by the door when you walk in. The store also carries some on-trend (and not expensive) lucky eye bracelets and necklaces. And apparently Kim K is a big fan of lucky eye jewelry, so there’s that. Plus, we can all use a little more luck in our lives, so why not purchase a whole arm party of lucky eye bracelets? In addition to eye jewelry, the shop has some gorgeous Turkish glass lanterns that you have to check out (or, you know, purchase). The lanterns look gorgeous, especially if you visit the shop at night.
Tip: Stop by Kismet on a Terrific Thursday and you get offered a snack of Turkish Delight.
Kismet Jewelers
414 Church St., Decatur, GA 30030
404-377-5250
www.kismetfinejewelryandart.com
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Acting on Principle B from our 2010 Strategic Plan Decatur’s Better Together Initiative is a currently active effort to build deeper connection, understanding, and mutual respect among the Decatur community.
Through successive meetings, hundreds of Decatur neighbors have come to the table, engaged in face-to-face conversation, and developed a proposed list of steps – action items – that the city, non-profit partners, and even individuals can take forward to help preserve and foster diversity of all kinds.
Those action items are now available for your review and comment via Open City Hall. Click here for all the details or go directly to the forum here.
In-person opportunities to review and comment can also be found at City Hall, the Decatur Rec, Ebster Recreation Center, and the Decatur Public Library.
Commenting ends Monday, November 30.
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Please be advised that SeeClickFix will be performing system maintenance on Monday, November 23rd from 10:00 P.M to 12:00 A.M. This means that the MyDecaturGA mobile app and the web-based SeeClickFix request management system will likely experience an interruption in service.
If you find yourself needing to report an issue during that time, leave a voicemail message at 404-377-5571 and staff will assist you during regular business hours.
Haven’t downloaded the app yet? You can find it here:
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-decatur-ga/id1017611883?mt=8
Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seeclickfix.mydecaturga.app&hl=en
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We’ve heard from a number of residents that the November issue of the Decatur Focus was delivered late this month. We apologize for the inconvenience and know many of the listed events have already passed. We’ve reached out to the post office to figure out the cause of the delay, but have not heard back. For those of you who haven’t received The Focus this month or are interested in reading the digital version every month, you can access it online here. We’ll update this blog post once we get to the bottom of this issue. Thank you for your patience.
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The weather forecast calls for cold temperatures starting Sunday night, which means the city’s public works department will be turning off the water fountains throughout the city. If there is an extended period of above freezing temperatures in the future, a handful of fountains will be turned back on until the next cold spell.
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30 Days of Shopping in Decatur this November: Jump-start your holiday spirit – and your holiday shopping – with local daily tips in November on The Decatur Minute. Click here to see previous days.
Did you know that foxes are the new owls? You know what I mean. For the past few years, owls have been on everything – tea towels, shirts, buttons, bags, etc. Well, now it’s the fox’s time to shine. If you don’t believe me, just take a look around when you’re shopping this holiday season. Foxes. Everywhere. Including this (see photo) gorgeous, vintage-y, sparkly fox ornament at The 17 Steps. And I think that might be another fox ornament off to the left of it, wearing a red scarf. See?! Foxes everywhere! The 17 Steps also has plenty of non-fox items like Downtown Abbey teas, Crabtree & Evelyn products, cards galore, holiday wreaths, Vera Bradley wallets, and jewelry. So the shop is pretty much your go to gift shop whether or not you’ve bought into the whole fox trend.
Tip: The shop stays open until 8 p.m. on Terrific Thursdays.
The 17 Steps
235-M Ponce de Leon Pl., Decatur, GA 30030 (in the CVS shopping center)
404-377-7564
www.the17steps.com
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