Apartment Therapy Tagged: shopping

Contribute 2009: Big Help for Small Businesses

Earlier this year Idaho-based small business, Scentsy, celebrated its 5th Anniversary by giving its employees $100,000 to spend at 40 family-owned businesses nominated by employees. The event was so...

Montgomery Farm Women's Cooperative Market
Bethesda MD

Driving through Bethesda this weekend, we happened upon the Montgomery Farm Women's Cooperative Market and wandered in for the first time in years. We were delighted to find that the flea market el...

The 3/50 Project: Support and Save Your Local Business

One of our favorite perks of living in the city, is being able to form relationships with our local businesses — we count on them to deliver the coolest flowers, great gifts, and local gardeni...

Best Market Baskets

French Market Basket, $39 We love the bounty of summer. The stands at the farmer's market this past weekend were heavy with high summer produce. I had my reusable bags with me at the time, but I co...

The Experience of Bulk Spices

One small way to go green is to return to an older style of grocery shopping—before the first supermarket opened, grocery stores were full-service affairs, where you'd walk in and hand your list...

Green Phenomenon: Carrotmob

We know we've asked you this before, but let's revisit the subject, because it's always an interesting one to discuss ... Do you think that green consumerism can/will play a serious role in solving ...

Baggu Bags

Yes, it's another reusable bag. Wait! Before you roll your eyes, take another look. Although we've been talking about reusable bags for some time now -- and places like San Francisco have banned th...

AT On... Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping

We've often groused about our hyper-consumer culture -- usually as we've tossed another 16-pack of paper towels into our cart at Costco. What is it, exactly, about shopping that is so good... even th...