STRIP GUIDE TO THE HOLIDAYS
Solve all your holiday shopping needs with this one guide
Strip Distric t Guide to the Holidays
The Strip District – Your One-Stop Holiday Readiness Headquarters
Bored with mall shopping? Tired of giving chain store gifts that are the same as the chain store gifts that people are giving in Everytown, USA? Will the carefully chosen red cashmere sweater you gave sister be returned the next day because you inadvertently forgot you gave her one last year? Are you tired of trying desparately to thaw a 35 lb. turkey so that dinner will be ready before 10 pm? Do you long for a time when the holidays were filled with the sense of discovery and fun, instead of frustration and stress? Try something different this year and alter your perception of holiday shopping… just keep repeating “It’s not a chore, it’s a joy” and, if you shop in the Strip, it will be! Just click on the Index for a Holiday Guide to the best the Strip has to offer. So keep your Holiday happy—visit us soon and often during this festive season. And remember, that in the Strip you’ll always find something new and always an old friend!
Top 5 Reasons to Shop in the Strip
5. Rediscover Your Roots or Go Gourmet! Find all the ingredients to prepare a traditional holiday feast, no matter what your ethnic background, or challenge yourself and amaze your family and friends with a lavish new menu…shop the Strip for the highest quality, hard-to-find components and make it yourself, or take the easy way out with the many freshly prepared options available in the Strip. 4. Support the Local Economy by Shopping Locally. Why send your hard-earned Pittsburgh dollars to some distant corporate headquarters. Studies show that shopping locally has three times the impact on your community as dollars spent at national chains. 3. Diversity and Choice. The Strip is “Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood,” where people of all nationalities and socio-economic groups come together… sometimes even crossing a river to do so! In the Strip, you can probably find exactly what you want in a quantity that suits you, rather than what a corporate office somewhere far, far away has decided that the “average” consumer wants and needs. 2. Festival Atmosphere. In Pittsburgh there is no need to wait for an annual celebration of something or other in order to have fun, because every Saturday is a festival in the Strip. It’s a sensory extravaganza, with something to delight every member of the family. 1. Service and Stories. Whether it is a multigenerational business or an enterprise founded by a new generation of entrepreneurs, the merchants in the Strip love what they are doing and the customer benefits. The merchants pay attention, remember preferences, and respond to requests. You’ll know what you’re buying and from whom. It has been said that everyone has a story to tell; in the Strip everyone has dozens of stories to tell and they love to tell them. Ask a question and you’ll receive an education.
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Yum’s Guide to Holiday Dining and Entertaining Steel Magnolia’s Guide to Shoppin’ till Y’all Drop Chum’s Guide to A Festival of Holiday Food Fluff’s Guide to Gifting Outside the Box Sib’s Guide to a Purely Pittsburgh Holiday Who Are Yum, Steel Magnolia, Chum, Fluff and Sib?