OTBKB friend and fave, Wendy Ponte, pens the Brooklyn Paper’s PS I Love You column and she did some FUN local shopping recently. Here’s an excerpt. Read more here.

I have decided that this year I am going to do as much of my holiday shopping right here in Park Slope as I can.

I
made this decision for virtuous reasons. The Park Slope Civic Council
says that when you buy from local merchants, more of every dollar stays
in the community than if you use that same dollar at the neighborhood
Starbucks or Barnes & Noble.

Plus, if more people would buy locally and shop online less, there will be more choices and lower prices in the smaller stores.

But
I discovered an even better reason to shop locally. It’s funny! Funny
as in humorous, amusing, and good for a whole bunch of laughs