Valentine's Day: Discounts, Date Ideas and Dining Options

Here are a few ideas for gift ideas and ways to spend Valentine's Day in Glen Ellyn. Is your business planning something special? Add it in comments.

Whether you need to buy a gift for your sweetheart, want something new and different to do with date or want to pamper yourself (whether you are single, dating or married) we have a few ideas for ways to spend your time and your cash on Valentine’s Day. A number of businesses will have special promotions and or events happening in Glen Ellyn. If your business is doing something special and you want everyone to know, share it in our comments.  Ten Thousand Villages At the store, which provides stable employment for artisans from across the world and is a leader in fair trade, Valentine’s Day shoppers can find deals on jewelry. The store is holding a buy one, get on half-off jewelry sale through Valentine’s Day. Enchantments Valentine’s Day …

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Sustainability in the Suburbs

Where's the Beef (From)?

Restaurants like Glen Ellyn's Honey join national movement to provide more locally produced food.

"I remember being under the weather one day, going around town unable to find someone who sold homemade chicken soup," explains Elizabeth Janus, owner of the downtown Glen Ellyn cafe Honey. "I knew that people, like me, wanted to eat fresh organic food." That was the tipping point for Janus, who decided to open her cafe in 2007 with an angle unique to the area at the time. She wanted to use as many locally grown ingredients as possible—including grass-fed beef, home-grown herbs and as many organic foods as she could afford. She wanted to know exactly where her food was coming from and who produced it.   Her experience mirrors a national back-to-basics movement that shuns industrialized food miracles like genetically modified ingredients …

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Matthew Hendrickson

11:56 pm on Monday, November 29, 2010

Thanks for the comments guys. I loved this article too. We'll have more coming up soon! Stay tuned.   more ›