The MSPA Welcomes A New Year Just a few days into the new year, the board of the Montrose Shopping Park Association assembled early in the morning for our first meeting of the year. As vice president, I had the pleasure of presiding over the beginning of the meeting as this is the time of […]
Welcome Baked! Calling all pastry and bread fans! You are in for a major treat! We now have an instructor from Le Cordon Bleu, Gena Lora, and her pastry-loving student Sharon Kenneally who have decided to open their bakery right in the heart of the Montrose Shopping Park. Newly remodeled, just opened, “Baked” has several […]
New Year’s Resolution: Try Giuseppe’s! I have been looking forward to writing this article since I first tried Giuseppe’s. Those of you who follow this column know that I am a major “foodie.” I love everything to do with food including preparation, presentation, recipes, the dining experience and entertaining. It would be pure bliss to […]
Evolution of a Small Town It is the nature of things to change. Times change. Trends change. Economies change. None of this is new. Hence the famous verse in Ecclesiastes 1:9, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” The Montrose Shopping […]
Merry Christmas, “Montrose Falls” What is the first thing that comes to mind when reading the title of this article? If you are like me, it’s the famous line joyfully shouted by Jimmy Stewart in my all time favorite Christmas movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Eleven years ago when my husband and I first discovered […]
Shop and Enjoy “Old Town Christmas” In Montrose Last Saturday I had the pleasure of working in my store on Honolulu Avenue. Normally this time of year we play nostalgic Christmas CDs throughout the day. On this crisp and sunny December day we happened to have the Ann Louise Trio set up in the circle […]
White Friday … It Started In Montrose I can remember the moment as if it were yesterday. It was a warm summer evening and the MSPA (Montrose Shopping Park Association) Events Committee was seated on the pleasant patio of Ocean View Bistro. The subject at hand was the holiday season. The table was large and […]
The Making of the Montrose Commercial It’s not every day one gets to experience the making of a television commercial. It’s something the MSPA (Montrose Shopping Park Assn.) board has long wanted to do but the funding and time to pursue it never seemed to happen … until this year. Yes, this year lots of […]
Thanksgiving at Twigs and Things There is a comment I’ve heard from customers many times over the years and it goes like this, “I see a lot of Halloween and Christmas decorations when I shop but everyone seems to forget about Thanksgiving.” Now I know the answer. Go to Twigs and Things (2266 Honolulu Ave.)! […]
It’s A Wonderful Montrose Life It’s a wonderful Montrose life, or at least we can create the fantasy of one. In a time swirling with recession, change and unrest, we sometimes can feel helpless as we watch the things we cherish threatened or taken away. A climate like this makes us appreciate all the more […]