Go Local - Shift Happens

Interested in forming stronger community in Tacoma? Want to meet others who have the same vision? Come to Shift Happens on Monday, January 30, 2012.

1:00-4:00 pm

Sustainability Smart Labs -

Just $10 for one Smart Lab or all!

4:00-5:45 pm

Local Food and Beverage Extravaganza Happy Hour – FREE

6:00-6:45 pm

Shift Happens 2012 program – FREE

6:45-9:00 pm

Local Vendor Showcase – FREE

Two Tacoma Events

Want to see some of the best of Tacoma? Then on January 30, 2012 come to the Greater Tacoma Convention Center and be a part of Tacoma Shift happens.
There will be 80 vendors showing off their wares, local food and beverage extravaganza happy hour, Mayor Strickland will be giving a State of the City address, live music, and MORE!
All the info you need can be found here: http://tacomashifthappens.com/
Don't miss this opportunity to share in the wonder that is Tacoma.

The other great event is on February 3, 2012.
Embellish will be going RED!
From 10 am - 2 pm everything will be red in support of American Heart Association.
There will be treats, all red. Najamonique and Del will be spinning tunes!
Any red color or highlights for your hair will be 20% off, and Embellish will match that price in donation to the American Heart Association.
There is also a drawing for a great gift basket. One dollar gives you a chance!
Come in and spend some time with us. You'll have a good time and get to help support a great cause.
Stay tuned for more info as the date gets closer.

Shop Local with the Daymakers

Your Daymakers are planning on shopping local tomorrow - we're calling it a Local Black Out shopping day.

We're starting at Caffe Dei, 2607 6th Avenue, at 10:00 am. From there we will hit Megs and Moe, Vanity, 9 Lives Vintage, Box Top Vintage, and Urban Xchange.

We'll be ice skating downtown at Tollefson Plaza at 5 pm and joining the Christmas Tree lighting at 6 pm.

This is your invitation to join us. Shop local this holiday season and start tomorrow with us!

Planning Ahead

If you're like me, you like to know what you're doing on any given Thursday. The third Thursday is always a given - Third Thursday Art Walk in Tacoma. Grab some friends and explore the art scene of Tacoma; just from the map on the website there are 11 places to go explore in the downtown area. Don't forget to visit the local independent shops and restaurants while you're there.

There is another way to explore the goodness of Tacoma on a Third Thursday ArtWalk, and that's the Art Bus. Tickets are $10 and include a button designed by a local artist, transportation on a Big Yellow School Bus to several galleries, and a good time while doing it all. The Art Bus starts the journey at the Tacoma Art Museum. Check out the Facebook post on the day of for a listing of galleries.

Now if that's not enough to get you out and about tomorrow night, there is the BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin) carving at Embellish! Bring your pumpkin, yourself, the kids, and the neighbors! Come for the carving - stay to check out Scott McGee's artwork hanging in the salon.

A good time for all!

Save The Date!!! Shift Happens!!

Small business owners and Tacomans alike should mark your calendars for January 31st!! The salon is all a buzz with talk of Go Local happenings and how could we not be with "Shift Happening" coming soon after the beginning of next year?!? I know it's kind of early to be thinking about 2011 because we haven't even made it past Halloween, Turkey Day, Black Friday or any of our Winter celebrations but it's creeping up on us whether we like it or not!!

Shift Happens is an event designed to celebrate local independent businesses and bring awareness of local business' roll in sustainability in our community. The day will unfold with a set of speakers on sustainability in business called "Be Green South Sound" peeling back to a Pecha Kucha segment about WASTE then peeling further into Go Local's Biz Fair and Key Note Speaker Event. Go Local will be partnering with City of Tacoma Office of Sustainability, Business Examiner, Tacoma ACTS & Pecha Kucha.

Exciting announcements will happen on that day so be sure to keep your eye out for more information!!

GO!!!

Have you visited Go Local's new "Go Page"? Well, if you haven't here's an opportunity to become more in tune with your community and on that journey, save with some of your favorite local businesses. From Federal Way all the way down to Olympia, you can find a smorgasbord of deals and local choices that will keep our local economy strong and healthy. This is also a great opportunity for local business owners to get the word our about what they're doing in the community!! Check it out, tell a friend and whatever you do GO!!!

Oh Tacoma, Where Art Thou

The count down has begun and we know you've marked your calendar for this month's Art Walk. Now all you have to do is add to that the 8:30pm showing of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" in Tollefson Plaza. Go Local, Click Cable and all sorts of other Tacoma types have put there heads together to bring us an outdoor movie. Word on the streets is that there will be popcorn and goodies of all kinds so make sure you make it down to Tollefson Plaza on the 19th!! It's bound to be a great time!!

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Keep in mind that we're donating 10% of your service to NLF's Fab5 (see previous post: Embellish and the Fab5) so let us know when you book your appointments that you'd like to donate to this very worth cause!!