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This newsletter is sponsored by Las Rosas Colombian Cuisine & Catering This Week's Welcome I want to remind you that my wife, from Love At First Cookie, and our good friends from Frisch & Co. are having their Harvest Table High Tea on October 12th! (Wow! That's already this coming Sunday!) But you have 48 hours left to grab yourself and a friend or two a ticket! They will also be hosting a carefully curated mini pop-up inside! It will feature all of these amazing vendors/some of my faves!...

This Week's Welcome It's Friday! Hope you had a wonderful week! Before we get into all that's happening this weekend, I want to let you know that my wife, from Love At First Cookie, is having her Harvest Table High Tea on October 12th! It features teas and ample delights from her, Love At First Cookie, and from Frisch & Co.! (Which you've probably seen me mention many times!) Their amazing menu is below... They will also be hosting a carefully curated mini pop-up too! Who might those consists...

This Week's Welcome After a couple weeks off, we were back at it - but outdoors! We had a pop-up market at the Kitty Cat Lounge this past Saturday 😻 Thanks to all the vendors that were a part of it, those that came to shop and see the kitties, those that donated (we ended up with about 100lbs of cat food in the end), those who purchased these fundraising totes, and for KCL letting us setup there! If you're interested in one of the kitty totes, we have a few more on hand here. One final...

This Week's Welcome If you've opened every email we've sent this week then you already know about tomorrow's market! 😉 So, I won't bore you with all of the details once again. I'll just leave this flyer right here for you to see one more time, aye? In other news, be sure and scroll down a tad to see what else is going on for this final weekend in September! So many options! But I do hope to see you at the Kitty Cat Lounge 😺 -Chan "The Beard" Michaels Have you gotten your Swan City Promo Card...

This Week's Welcome After a weekend off, we're back with another market, but outdoors! We’re throwing a LKLD EDGE POP-UP at the Kitty Cat Lounge on Saturday, September 27th from 10AM-2PM! It’s actually my birthday weekend, so I thought it would be fun to do this little fundraiser for the cats! I’ll be donating a portion of vendor fees to KCL as well as from selling these amazing totes designed by Pink Vibe Designs! There’ll only be 25 available the day of! Also, if you bring treats, canned...

This Week's Welcome We’re throwing a LKLD EDGE POP-UP at the Kitty Cat Lounge on Saturday, September 27th from 10AM-2PM! We’ll be outside, but come grab lunch and check out the amazing vendors, and then go inside and love on some kitties! It’s actually my birthday weekend, so I thought it would be fun to do this little fundraiser for the cats! I’ll be donating a portion of vendor fees to KCL as well as from selling these amazing totes designed by Pink Vibe Designs! There’ll only be 25...

This Week's Welcome We ended our summer run of indoor markets! This last one was a good one :) More folks came to support local! Yay for ending on that note! Of course, we have more dates planned throughout the rest of the year, so keep an eye out for all of those... Thanks again to the vendors who vended our markets this summer, and as I said, thanks to all the people who came to see what we were up to! Next up is an outdoor market at Kitty Cat Lounge. Hope to see ya there! Come support the...

This Week's Welcome Meow! Meow! Our last indoor market for September is tomorrow - Saturday! We will be returning to the Black Swan Venue from 9am-1pm with even more new vendors! We're also having some kitties 🐱 from Purrology Cafe in attendance! So, come on out, support local, and make some new friends! 😻 -Chan "The Beard" Michaels Small Business Tips! If you missed Tuesday's podcast drop, we discussed the market season that is upon us... We’re sharing practical tips to help vendors make the...

This Week's Welcome Market #8 of the past month and a half down! I had high hopes with the return of the downtown farmers market, but you never know how these things will work out. Despite being a lower attending market, I thank all the vendors that came out :) I'll be honest, I spoke with tons of my farmers market friends and they said there were many lookers but not many buyers too. And this is something we address in today's podcast below for our "Featured..." this week! Also, our last...

This Week's Welcome Yes! We are back at the Black Swan Venue from 9am-1pm this Saturday! Last time, someone told me how they appreciated the assortment of vendors. Less duplicates and overlap. Well, this week is 80% made up of completely new vendors for the LKLD EDGE! We're so excited for you to come see them and hopefully do a little shopping!Many will be at the Downtown Farmers Curb Market, so please stop by and cool off in our cold A/C! It's also Friday, so that means it's time for a...