Sep 23 2008: The world's foremost chocolate expert, Chloe Doutre-Roussel, will be at Biagio Fine Chocolate September 26th and 27th, 2008. Author of "The Chocolate Connoisseur," her book is considered by many to be "the chocolate bible" and a necessary resource for those with a passion for chocolate. This will be Doutre-Roussel's first visit to Washington, DC. [0 comments] more...
Aug 26 2008: Austin is a city that strongly supports its local businesses. Many local stores, restaurants, and bars proudly sport the logo “Keep Austin Weird,” and adorn their merchandise with this phrase. Although not a weird place necessarily, Satellite Bistro and Bar is an off the beaten path gem that is locally and independently owned and operated by the same owners of Flipnotics Coffeespace Café, an Austin icon. [0 comments] more...
Jul 29 2008: Just a quick note to let our users know a couple of things. First we've just crossed the 2000 indie store mark. We're still slowly gathering that list of independent stores and we need your help. Use that Submit Shop link up top and keep us going! Second thing is that there are major changes coming soon. If you have a feature request or some change that you'd like to see, now is a great time to hit the comments and let us know! [0 comments] more...
Jul 01 2008: Good news! Looks like Starbucks is going to shut down about 600 stores. According to NPR, that represents about 19% of the stores they opened since 2006. That's a huge blow and reflects increasing competition from chains (sure) but also from independently owned shops. Keep up the good work everyone! [0 comments] more...
Jun 10 2008: Just a quick reminder that even if you don't want to register that you can still log into Buyindie using OpenID. If you have an AOL or Typekey account chances are you already have OpenID! [0 comments] more...
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