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"Barstools & Dinettes"
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Barstools & Dinettes
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2358 E. Main Street, Suite C
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 641-3265
Store Front Faces Arcade
Comic Bookstore
2379 E. Main Street
Ventura, CA 93003
(805)653-2732
www.ralphscomiccorner.com
Studio 1
Jewelry, Sculpture, Photographer
(805) 483-7074 Oxnard
(805) 648-5954 Ventura
(By Appointment Only)
George A. Roberts
Photographer
Ventura, Oxnard, CA
American Eagle Flags
& Banners
Boulder City, NV
(805)648-6556 Phone
(805)648-6464 FAX
flags754@yahoo.com email
rtown.biz/flagman.html
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Ventura Shopping Collage
By: J. B. Robinson
Republished: 05/18/11
Economics according to moi is simple. If the public shops the economy will roll. Okay, shop and fix the economics woos. Oh yes, by the way, it's your job as women to shop. It's time to hit the streets to go shopping and why not support small business by shopping at boutiques and shops. Yes, that shopping economic fix job now includes all of you - men, women, children, young, old, tall, short and me. It's fun too browse, shop and buy in person.
Make that short distances trip to Ventura shops and boutiques without the mall crowds. If you live further away, make it a day trip. Better yet stay longer. Real Venturians love both their locals as well as their tourists - tourists from countywide to worldwide.
Enjoy a breakfast, lunch and/or dinner at the "Sportsman Restaurant & Lounge" now 63 plus years in business located at 53 South California Street, Ventura, CA 93001 or call (805) 643-2851. As owner, not only does Jenny run the restaurant, she often still welcomes her customers by working as hostess.
The big news is that Kris Putina is bringing the old original Franky's Restaurant with its original menu back to its original location. I'll get you more on the scoop of the return of what we all use to love, Franky's Restaurant, as this project comes together.
Now that you're in Downtown Ventura, you've eaten and you're ready to shop at Ventura's local boutiques. Step outside to California Street and, walla, there you are in Ventura's walking shopping district or you can get in your car and drive to Midtown Ventura.
In Midtown, in the 2300 block at 2304 East Main Street is the "Couch Potato" the FUTON SPECIALISTS, which was established in Ventura County in 1990. The store, also, includes a large selection of futon mattresses, futon covers, nine sizes of beanbags, and foam furniture on display. Find this store on the Southwest Corner of Seaward and Main Street. Go to: http://couchpotatoventura.com to Chuck's great new Website displaying so much of what the Couch Potato carries.
From casual dining to casual living to casual playing furniture, stop by and check out "Barstools & Dinettes" where owner Santa Cruz carries living room furniture, bedroom sets, dining tables, entertainment center, kids furniture, sofas, and lounge chairs in a variety of styles. Also, both "Couch Potato" and "Barstools & Dinettes" can special order to meet your furniture needs.
"Barstools & Dinettes" is another Midtown Ventura, 2300 block business, at 2358 E. Main Street, Suite C, Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 641-3265. The storefront faces Arcade. http://outletfurnitureonthenet.com or see Santa Cruz's Town Biz 101 ad located at: http://rtown.biz/barstools_dinettes.html
Back to Historical Downtown Ventura where "Town Biz 101" wants to remind you of Wild Planet downtown's funky department store destination - a store that specializes in ironic gifts for everyone, including finicky teenagers, goofy uncles, and you. You're bound to find something from our selection of over 500 styles of shoes, CD's, LP's, DVD's, incense, candles, body jewelry, house wares, tobacco accessories, purses, clothing, baby gear, and more. Wild Planet carries nothing you need and everything you want. Did we mention SHOOOOOOOOOOES? Cute shoes, funky shoes, stylish shoes, and during the winter months, BOOOOOOOOTS! You will find Wild Planet located across from the movie theater at 560 East Main Street. (805) 643 5238.
Among the latest newcomers is Dee Dee's Dog Spot - Ventura's premier full-service pet spa. Have your dog pampered at this pet spa where Dee Dee provides professional pet grooming including nail trim. Other doggie services are self-serve pet Wash-N-Dry availability, doggie day care, pet sitting, dog training, and pet taxi service.
Dee Dee brings to her business 10-years experience in the pet care industry. Have your dog pampered at "Dee Dee's Dog Spot" located at 973 East Front Street across from the Wharf. Via phone reach Dee Dee at: (805) 648-SPOT (7768).
...and as always, there is more to come.
Posted: 05/18/11
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Shopping Collage
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Getting To Know Ventura
One Neighborhood At a Time
By: Kathy O'Keefe
Republished: 05/18/11
To really get to know someone, you need to spend sometime with them. It's much the same with a town or city and Ventura is no exception to that rule. With a variety of neighborhoods over a several mile radius, getting to know Ventura,
"One Neighborhood At A Time" is one good way to go about this.
Past the storefronts, past the signs or pictures on the wall, past the front door of each small shop in the City of Ventura and there is a story one that is unique to that store and to that storeowner.
It may come as a surprise to some or unnecessary information to others; however, for those who wish to learn more, these stories are worth the telling.
Just a few short East Main Street blocks (between Santa Cruz and Seaward) there is easy parking and the ocean scent in the breezy air. Through each of the owner's stories runs a common thread - their appreciation of doing business in Ventura plus the value they place on their service and the people who frequent their shops.
Here are just a couple of these stories starting with Dawn Moran who welcomes "children of all ages" at her Jack N Jill's hair salon at 1984 East Main Street. Established 14 years ago, stylist and owner Dawn takes special care with her younger patrons to make their haircut a comfortable experience for them. Her philosophy is simple and reflected in her bright face and the environment she has created.
Understanding that working with kids is different than working with adults. She chats with them and entertains them as she cuts their hair. Dawn feels it is most important to be "compassionate, patient and quick". With ride-on and play toys for the younger set along with foos ball, air hockey and Ms. Pac Man ready to go as well, she works to make it a "family salon" where parents can come and get their own hair cut while the kids play safely right there.
Colorful ocean murals painted by a local Ventura artist add just the right touch to it all and it would be hard to imagine a family not feeling welcomed and valued here.
This Midtown salon adds the unique to what Ventura offers. If this were just a review of the shops, it would end here. But these are stories, their stories of the people who own their own shops and the people who work there, thereby adding to the community they do business in. When you pass through the doors of these shops take another look, ask a few questions and take the time to make it a bit more personal. You'll find it becomes much more than it seems on first glance. Tell them "Kathy O'Keefe" and "Town Biz 101" sent you.
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Save Our Country
Buy American
By: R. Ellis Smith
Posted: 09/01/10
It all started for me when I was looking to buy a Christmas bicycle for my granddaughter. I went to all the usual places, Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart, and etc. To my amazement and utter disgust the only bicycles I could find were made in China. I went on the Internet and searched for American made bicycles, there are a plethora of them.
They are slightly more expensive than the cheap Chinese bicycles, however, considering you are getting a product made in the United States of America by American workers, and considering the product is much superior to the Chinese product, I didn't mind the extra cost at all.
Since that time I have looked on the Internet for just about everything I feel I want to buy at any given time:
- Shoes, (American made)
- Socks, (American made)
- Shirts, (American made)
- Pants, (American made)
I have a very extensive list of products that I have bought in the past year that are all American made. When I walk into a store for a particular item and upon looking at the label find it is made in China, I put it back and continue my search until I find what I am looking for made in the U. S. A.
Everybody talks about the economy being the main reason for the lack of jobs in the United States of America; of course, the economy does have much to do with it; however, the fact that in the past 20 years the largest percentage of our (use too be) American manufacturing companies have moved all of their product manufacturing to other countries, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Canada, Philippines, and most of all to China because of the cheap labor, is the biggest reason we are in the lowest job market in history in the U. S.
I have gone so far as to stop buying my (use too be) favorite beer, All American Budweiser, since they sold out to a foreign company. I now drink only small label beer made in America. It is such a shame when you go into a store like Wal-Mart, which I consider to be an extension of China and see hundreds of people filling their shopping carts with all those foreign made products, if only ½ of them would discontinue buying those Chinese made products I feel we would see an extreme upward movement in the American job market.
So if you or any of your friends are looking for a job and you continue to purchase those foreign made products you have nothing to gripe about. It may cost a bit more to always look for American made products; but, you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing you are doing your part to bring America back to being the world leader in product manufacturing and supplying jobs for American citizens.
rellis39@sbcglobal.net
www.californiachile.com
Dated: 08/10/09
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Made In America - Buying
One Light Bulb At A Time
By: R. Ellis Smith
Posted: 02/01/10
A physics teacher in high school once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would.
With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American ... Good idea...one light bulb at a time . . .
Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China. The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA. Start looking.
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even his or her jobs. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!
My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it anymore. My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico now. I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.
This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 -Watt light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off brand labeled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in a company in Cleveland, Ohio.
So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here. So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets - yep, you guessed it. Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada. The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!
(We should have awakened a decade ago.)
Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the USA.
PASS THIS ON AND LETS BRING THE JOBS BACK TO THE USA.
www.californiachile.com
rellis39@sbcglobal.net
Dated: 02/01/10/
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In addition to writing for Town Biz 101, Kathy O'Keefe, also, promotes another entity:
Ventura Knowledge Group
"Designed for Joy" DVD
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