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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Gallery: Montco Heads Out for Black Friday

Patch photographer Kristen McMaster-Heffintrayer snaps photos of shoppers throughout Montco on Black Friday.

As shoppers throughout Montgomery County hit stores in the hopes of landing a few good deals, Patch photographer Kristen McMaster-Heffintrayer followed behind to capture all the sights Black Friday had to offer. Do you take any photos while you were out shopping? Add them to our gallery!

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Not Too Early To Start Christmas Planning

It's just 86 days away.

Christmas is 86 days away. Are you ready? I know what you’re thinking. “Christmas? Really? I’m barely thinking about Halloween.”  If it seems strange to be thinking of a holiday more than three months in the future, imagine yourself savoring one of the biggest holidays of the year without stress or big-time debt or last-minute shopping and cooking. You have time to enjoy celebrating with your family, rather than losing the day in a flurry of “Hurry, we have tos” and “Oh, shoot, I forgots.”   Sound too good to be true? It’s not. If you were to start thinking about Christmas now, get organized and begin preparations, you’d have more than 12 weeks over which to spread your lengthy to do list. And you’ll have plenty of time to shop for deals …

Monday, September 19, 2011

Wine Review: Something Sparkling for Your Stocking

Grandin Brut Methode Champenoise will have you making that Christmas list early.

I don’t want to upset you, but we're about to head down the home stretch on the calendar. The little date boxes will soon be filled with memos about gifts and parties and things to remember. You know how quickly the holiday season comes around once summer goes into the history books, so before the panic sets in, and everyone makes a mad dash for the mall, frantically searching for that perfect pair of socks or a tie, or anything else they can think of that falls into the nondescript, oh-so-impersonal, "Does it go with blue, pink, lavender, ultramarine or Scottish tartan?" category, wait up—I've got an idea for you. Sparkling wine is a superb gift for any occasion—absolutely any occasion. If there isn't an occasion, make one up. Fizz is the…

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