The Retail Therapy Guide - 5/15/2020

It's Reopening Day today in New York State! That brings mixed feelings for different people, but we know this: you need a face covering when you venture out to that gardening center, golf course (already has been open, sans bathrooms or food), or drive-in movie theater. And you need more than one face covering. A Little Beacon Blog has started our list of local recommendations - who is sewing and making local. See our Face Mask Gift Guide here. If you are making and selling dynamite masks, we want to know about it. Please contact us with details on how to purchase. We know that there is an army of Makers who have been strictly making for the front lines. Now that the public is mandated to wear them when 6' social distancing is not possible, we want to help people feel proud and confident in their mask fashion. PS: See how Beacon's floral shops, who need to remain closed because they are Retail, are still getting flowers to you. Sloop Clearwater To Raise Sails and Spirits Amid Pandemic Day: Sunday, May 17, 2020 Time: 1-4pm Location: Facebook Live Information > Check our Calendar and Events Guide regularly for upcoming events throughout the week!   See Who's Brewing Coffee In Beacon and  Who is Brewing Beer And Selling Cans In/Near Beacon!  Visit A Little Beacon Blog's Restaurant Guide for updates on who is open, delivering, or has paused for now. BEACON NATURAL MARKET Beginning Friday May 15, Beacon Natural Market will open their doors to the public with these Safety Guidelines: -Only Five customers allowed in the store at a time. -Mask must be worn to enter the store. -Hand sanitizer will be provided at the front of the store and must be applied upon entering. -Please observe the six foot distance tapes marked on the floor. -Additionally, only one customer at a time will be allowed in the bulk section. - Gloves provided at the station must be used. Hours are 10am-6pm Monday-Saturday & 10am-5pm Sunday. Curbside pickup and delivery orders will still be available with a processing fee of 5% (Min $5.00 charge) View ordering instructions at www.beaconnaturalmarket.com Information > EAT CHURCH Thursday through Sunday you can grab a bite to eat from Eat Church. You can grab their daily special or pick from their menu. Visit their website to view current menu & place your orders for pickup or delivery or call (917) 364-0838. Online ordering is super easy! And the view of the mountain is spectacular. Eat Church food truck located on the hill at Industrial Arts at 511 Fishkill Avenue.  Plenty of parking in the swooping parking lots. Follow them on Instagram (@eatchurch) for daily specials only available at the truck. Eat Church is a ALBB Sponsor!   BARB'S BUTCHERY We are absolutely drooling over this bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit sandwich from Barb's Butchery. (Have we mentioned how happy to have you back??) They're also keeping their cases filled with lamb hotdogs, smoked kielbasa, smoked linguica, and a new smoked tomato sausage!  Give them a follow on Instagram @barbsbutchery or on Facebook.     LAST OUTPOST It's chilly outside, now it's almost 80, back to chilly - we can't keep track! One day we are sipping iced coffee, the next a hot scotch! Get yerself a cup that does both! Stainless steel tumblers available on LastOutpostStore.com (free local delivery with code LOCALDELIVERY). Information > COLORANT Check the new naturally-dyed cotton face masks by Colorant. Infused with Indigo & Cutch. Solid & Two-tone available. Made in partnership with @sigunikstudio to support the continuation of mask donations to the frontlines and community organizations in NY's Hudson Valley region. Information > BINNACLE BOOKS If you see a book on Binnacle Books's Instagram account that you’d like or if you can think of a book you’d like that they might have, please special order it here. Include your address in the notes! They will find that book for you, invoice you, and then they will bike it over to your home or ship it, depending of course on where you are. View Binnacle Book's Instagram Here > Binnacle Books is a ALBB Sponsor, thank you! PTACEK HOME The Spring Sale continues! Your food is local, but your table might not be! Chow down on PTACEK's Chow Table!  Order now with curbside pickup or front door delivery.  The Chow Table is now 30% off which means now it is $1,330. Visit their website for more information! Shop Now > PTACEK Home is a Sponsor, thank you! LUXE OPTIQUE Remember this guy? Ryon from Luxe Optique misses you too. Check out this photo shoot he did pre-pandemic. Photographers are looking at ways to safely photograph once again. Luxe Optique is looking to work with new people for photo shoots. "Bringing together talented people from all over the Hudson Valley is one of the reasons we enjoy our photo shoots so much." Let them know if you or someone you know is interested in modeling for them! No prior experience required. Luxe Optique is a Sponsor, thank you! CUTE STYLES FOR KIDS Put the scissors away!!  Check out these cute style for the little ones! They are quick and easy.  Send a DM to @audrinashair on Instagram for suggestions on styles and products.  Let her know A Little Beacon Blog sent you!   BEAUTY TIP Are you trimming your own bangs? Shaping your own beard? Plucking your own eyebrows? Massaging your own neck? If you miss your stylist for these things, go ahead and send them some cash when you're doing this beauty update to yourself. They will thank you, and it helps them see you on the other side. Online Philosophers Youth Café via Zoom Day: Wednesday, May 17, 2020 Time: 4pm Location: Howland Public Library via Zoom Dan Fisherman will be hosting a Youth Philosophers Cafe for young inquiring minds in grades 6-9. Dan will lead students in in a discussion that explores a philosophical, ethical, or socio-political issue. Information > Online Socrates Cafe via Zoom Day: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Time: 4-5pm Location: Howland Public Library via Zoom join moderator and Beacon resident, Daniel Fisherman, online on as he leads a Socrates Café program. Email Adult Services Librarian, Alison Herrero, for the invitation link at adults@beaconlibrary.org. Information >   View more upcoming classes for in the Adult Classes Guide and Kids Classes Guide. ANTALEK & MOORE It's Foodie Friday at Antalek and Moore! They really want to know...What did you order tonight? Was it Brothers? Hattie's? Kitchen Sink? Eat Church? MOD's? The Beacon Hotel? The Beacon Daily? OMG, which one!?! Ok, ALBB will go first: Tonight we ordered a pizza from the wood burning oven of Ama. Last weekend Marilyn ordered from the Dutchessbier Cafe in Fishkill. Let Them Know! > Antalek & Moore is a Sponsor, thank you! TIN SHINGLE Are you trying to pitch the media, hoping to get PR about your company? Are you emailing a newspaper, blog or TV station to let them know about something interesting you have done with your business? There is a great way to do this, and an off-putting way to do this. Watch this video tip to learn the difference, and flip the switch on how you are communicating with the media! Watch This > We got a suggestion in from a reader, who wanted to know how to send A Little Beacon Blog financial support to help us continue to produce. Even just $5. First of all: THANK YOU to that reader for wanting to do this! Support Here > People Who Have Given Reading your comments of what ALBB means to your life has been humbling and keeps us going. Thank you. See Who Supported >

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