Speaking of Grad School Town, one thing that I love about it is its abundance of small, privately owned businesses.
Lucky you! Actually, as far as Maryland towns go, I can't complain. Ellicott City is home to far more privately owned small businesses than most places in this state. Certainly more than my hometown a bit further north. This is especially true of restaurants; Bobby and I enjoy eating out (we call it a hobby, but I'm not sure it counts as such) and we love living in Howard County, where it is harder to find the Applebees or Olive Garden than it is to find something locally owned and unique. We "settle" for chain restaurants sometimes when we want something "cheap and quick," as we say, but when we want to enjoy ourselves, we go to one of the local places.
You'd be using fair-trade chocolate, right?
I haven't looked into wholesale chocolate yet. Currently, I use Merckens because Merckens is what's available at candy supply stores. But I'd love to, of course, yes!
You could become one of those lovely bohemian little places that attract students and become festooned with posters advertising The Revolution.
Lol! That's kind of what I'm hoping for, actually! I get literally sickened--and Bobby will vouch for this--by cutesy, pastel ice cream stores. And historic Ellicott City, where I would *love* to open my shop, is very welcoming to liberal, artistic-types. When we walk there, we always see anti-Bush bumperstickers everywhere, and I smugly nod and say, "My people." It's actually become a bit of a joke between us and our best friend. "Ellicott City: Dawn's people."
I should shut up now. I sense that I'm making rather less sense than usual.
You made perfect sense to me! (If that's any consolation.)
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Lucky you! Actually, as far as Maryland towns go, I can't complain. Ellicott City is home to far more privately owned small businesses than most places in this state. Certainly more than my hometown a bit further north. This is especially true of restaurants; Bobby and I enjoy eating out (we call it a hobby, but I'm not sure it counts as such) and we love living in Howard County, where it is harder to find the Applebees or Olive Garden than it is to find something locally owned and unique. We "settle" for chain restaurants sometimes when we want something "cheap and quick," as we say, but when we want to enjoy ourselves, we go to one of the local places.
You'd be using fair-trade chocolate, right?
I haven't looked into wholesale chocolate yet. Currently, I use Merckens because Merckens is what's available at candy supply stores. But I'd love to, of course, yes!
You could become one of those lovely bohemian little places that attract students and become festooned with posters advertising The Revolution.
Lol! That's kind of what I'm hoping for, actually! I get literally sickened--and Bobby will vouch for this--by cutesy, pastel ice cream stores. And historic Ellicott City, where I would *love* to open my shop, is very welcoming to liberal, artistic-types. When we walk there, we always see anti-Bush bumperstickers everywhere, and I smugly nod and say, "My people." It's actually become a bit of a joke between us and our best friend. "Ellicott City: Dawn's people."
I should shut up now. I sense that I'm making rather less sense than usual.
You made perfect sense to me! (If that's any consolation.)