Today is small business Saturday all over the U.S.  If you’re thinking about Christmas, contemplating Kwanza, stumped for those last nights of Hanukah, or just searching for a birthday, thank you or welcoming gift, go out in your neighborhood, look for inspiration and shop local.  Shopping local supports people who live and work in your community.  This is a good practice year ’round and world ’round.  So if you’re one of Chanel’s readers in the U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Russia, China, Australia, Japan, Brazil or anywhere you can participate as well!

If your local bookstore is Vroman’s in Pasadena, California, I’ll be volunteering there today from 3 to 5PM –recommending books.  Come on down!