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Franchise opportunities

Potential stores to be seen at your local strip mall.
Big Fat Whale
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | December 30, 2011

If it seems like the year of the Occupy movement, that's a huge testament to the power of the effort that arose in New York on September 17, and had its Maine debut on October 1, spreading from Portland through the entire state over the course of that mo
Portland's year in progressive politics, the Press Herald , and pop-up shopping
By DEIRDRE FULTON, JEFF INGLIS, AND NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 23, 2011

Gifts for the 99%

Plaid Friday has come and gone, but no time like the present to stick it to capitalism this holiday season.
Plaid tidings we bring to you and your kin
By JASMINE LYWEN-DILL AND LIZ PELLY | December 09, 2011

Picking the season’s best books — for everyone from plutocrats to paupers

In recent months, Americans have become acutely aware of class divisions — thus it’s possible to choose books for your friends and family based on their income bracket.
Reading class
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 09, 2011

Gadgets for both sides of the Occupy divide

Is Santa a one-percenter? Sometimes it seems that way.
Gearing up
By MIKE MILIARD | December 09, 2011

Holiday treasure hunt

Is it trash or treasure? The editorial team here at the Portland Phoenix compiled this year's incarnation of our annual local gift guide by searching for diamonds in the rough.
We search high and low for great gifts at thrift and secondhand shops
By DEIRDRE FULTON, NICHOLAS SCHROEDER, AND JEFF INGLIS | December 09, 2011

Deep tracks and minutiae for music lovers, rich and poor

Ah, box-set season, that time of year when you go to your nearest record store, looking for gifts for that special someone you know who would really appreciate a super-cool addition to their record collection.
Box-set match
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 09, 2011

Gifts for the 1%

They say the best things in life are free. But you know what makes those things even better ? Swag!
Deck the halls with wretched excess
By | December 05, 2011

Shopping, simplified

With the holidays, and their attendant sturm und drang , upon us again, I was thinking about sports news in the context of Thanksgiving.
Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | December 02, 2011

28 cent book bin

For some reason, these books have been relegated to the bargain bin.
Big Fat Whale
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | May 20, 2011

Customer service

It's that special time of year ...
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | December 24, 2010

Adventures at Tech Mart

Finding a cell phone is a little different these days.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | December 10, 2010

Providence Student Survival Guide: List of lists

It's back-to-campus time. You've got shopping lists, book lists, syllabi, class rosters, and Facebook. Who would possibly think you could handle more lists? We would, that's who.
New to Vo Dilun? Trust us, you need this
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | September 03, 2010

Regier's NuPenny hits Portland

The latest incarnation of Randy Regier's NuPenny Toy Store installation is sequestered in Portland's Bayside neighborhood, tucked under an overhang behind the white-washed New System Laundry building on Parris Street.
Roving installations
By ANNIE LARMON | June 18, 2010

Layers of buying local

When we drink a glass of organic milk, or eat organic pork sausage with our organic scrambled eggs, it’s easy to forget what goes into securing that “organic” label.
Going green
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 11, 2010

Photos: Crystal Friends at the MEME Gallery

The Crystal Friends, a.k.a. Dave Ortega and Ken B, showcased their art and wares at the MEME Gallery on May 28-30.
Crystal Friends at the MEME Gallery | May 28-30, 2010
By SCOTT LACEY | June 04, 2010

Enterprise Records Vinyl Sale at Port City

And if mom's extra cool, take her to the latest Enterprise Records vinyl sale at Port City Music Hall (504 Congress St.), which begins at...
By webteam | May 05, 2010

Petite Revolution Holiday Shindig + Feast of Friends

Before a big night of holiday merriment, there’s another day of awesome DIY holiday sales to get through. At the Hogfarm Studios Annex in Biddeford,...
By webteam | December 17, 2009

Merry Madness 2009

The greater Portland downtown district turns itself over to Merry Madness from 5-10 pm. The eighth annual localist stimulus event kicks off with an official...
By webteam | December 16, 2009

24th Annual Harvard Square Holiday Craft Fair

We haven't even digested the turkey and already it's time for the holiday season, which for the past 24 years has meant the Harvard Square Holiday Craft Fair....
By Jason OBryan | November 21, 2009

Cultural Survival Bazaar 2009

It's Black Friday, so the brave will go to Copley Place, the masochists will go to Cambridgeside Galleria, and the smart will go to the...
By Jason OBryan | November 21, 2009

October already!

Only 11 weeks and counting of Christmas shopping remain, so head out to some budget-friendly shows in the meantime.
Folk + blues + noise + alt-pop + Mr. Young
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 02, 2009

Johnny Cupcakes 3-Year Anniversary

Once upon a time, Johnny Cupcakes was a nomad, peddling his wares online -- or, if you were an especially special muckety-muck, he would wheel...
By Shaula Clark | May 21, 2009

Boston's Best in City Life 2009

There’s so much to love about Boston, it’s hard sometimes to know where to start. Traffic? Obnoxious Sox fans? Irritating students? Norway rats? Inflated rents? An inferiority complex unlike any on the Eastern seaboard?
Rocking in the cradle of eccentricity
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | April 17, 2009

Boston's Best Shopping 2009

There are two kinds of people in the world: people who love to shop and people who would rather prepare for a colonoscopy than enter a store. This latter bunch could account for the Best Readers’ Poll write-in “votes."
Rocking in the cradle of eccentricity
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | April 15, 2009

Shopping Sprees: A natural occurence

A LOT of women love to shop, and buy things -- expensive things. But really it's not our fault! It's completely natural I swear. Of course like our bad mood swings, and our thirst for chocolate and cheese (not together), it's all linked to our monthly cycle. And now we can all blame a trip down Newbury Street, maxed credit cards in hand, on our bodies. At least that's what a new study coming out in Britain is saying anyway.

By Lisa Spinelli | March 30, 2009

Confessions of a Shopaholic

"Your mom and I think that if the American economy can be billions in debt and still be fine, then so can you," reason the absurdly accepting parents of Rebecca Bloomwood.
Plausibility is not its strongest suit
By BRETT MICHEL | February 18, 2009

Budgeting your time

There are two possible reasons Friday is the best day of the week for a college student.
For students, part-time jobs mean pocket money, freedom, scheduling conflicts, and stress
By CASSANDRA LANDRY | January 08, 2009

’Tis the season to buy local

Frog and Toad, an idiosyncratic gift store on Providence’s East Side, is your quintessential mom and pop shop.
Tips for keeping your holiday gift-giving bucks in the ocean state
By IAN DONNIS | December 10, 2008

Gone More Than Fishing

Adventure gifts for the fearless on your list

Me, I'm an armchair adventurer. Sure, I jumped out of an airplane once. But I’m also the girl who screamed “When will it be over?” throughout my one and only rollercoaster ride, and the person who literally keeps the home fires burning in the slopeside condo while my friends are whizzing down the mountain. Were it not captured on video, I might even doubt that my afternoon of skydiving ever took place at all.

Still, I recognize that there are (crazy) people out there who actually enjoy the rush of adrenaline that comes from speed, turbulence, and pushing limits. For them, try these appropriately adventurous gifts on for terror — er, size.
By Tamara Wieder | December 02, 2008

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