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The Gen X Last-Minute-Get-Creative Xmas Present Alternative

Posted December 18, 2008 - 15:54 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Shopping, Lifestyle

Does nothing in the mall or your craft book seem like it will please the discerning taste of the Gen-Xer on your Christmas list? Don't want to spend a lot on them anyway? Consider their psyche, their aging, and my three point shopping guide that will yield a bag of cheap they'll respect you for...

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Local Flavor

Posted August 21, 2007 - 17:36 by Ed O'Reilly

Shopping, Art and Leisure, Lifestyle

It was time again to stock up on some things, and so this past weekend I went to my usual places: the fish market in Pyrmont (where one employee asked me how work was going since the last time I saw him), the bakery in Coogee (where the owner told me how the surf was that day) and a stop for a long black at one of the many sidewalk cafes with a great view of the ocean in Bronte.

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