Shopping at Moscow businesses

[Priscilla Salant <psalant@moscow.com>]

Visionaries,

It's that time of year when people give me lists of things they want. My
tendency is to deal with the lists as efficiently as possible. In one case,
I found a retailer on-line that sold precisely the shirts my son had on his
list ... I was a nanosecond away from pushing the "buy now" shopping cart
button when I had another idea.  I visited a downtown store where I know
the owner.  While he didn't have those particular items in stock, he was
happy to order them, and I'd pay the same price as I would have on-line.

Bottom line for me -- personal and friendly service from a local business,
no extra cost, and a few more dollars in the downtown cash register. A no
brainer.

Thanks to Barbara Richardson and others who have worked so hard to dress up
our downtown this Christmas.  Let the holidays begin!

Priscilla Salant