Fig Lancaster Holiday 2011 | vol 24 - 41
♥ HOLIDAY FIG ® FIND FIND THE QUIRKY, CUTE AND ONE-OF-A-KIND AT MOMMALICIOUS & MY AUNT DEBBIE JEREMY HESS PHOTOGRAPHERS / JH Authentic Mommalicious The authentics: alicia byler & debbie serdy "WHAT'S BETTER THAN AN ORGAN IN A JAR?" Mommalicious owner Alicia Byler poses this quirky question while reminiscing about a shark suspended in a jar of fermaldahyde, a favorite "oddity" that she recently sold in her shop of funky items. "It's amazing what people make," she marvels. How true this axiom is, too, for Alicia and My Aunt Debbie's proprietor, Debbie Serdy, who together in four short years have made collaborating a tangible way to bolster the local art scene, to model for downtown retailers how they can help advance Lancaster artisans, also. How they do it ranges the gamut from the pair's shared building, allowing them to save on expenses and remain open seven days a week; to lending knitters and crocheters the poles outside their store to "cozy up" with their fabrications; to offering a local artist, each month, the front window to design with an original installation. Or spearheading events, like the 300 block of North Queen Street's "Rock the Block." The party started as a way to say "thanks" to their customers, but now the yearly bash-featuring local bands, foods, and artists-closes the street for a day. And opens the doors to new patrons for the entire neighborhood. "I like to look at it as a community event," says Alicia. And though challenging, with monthly meetings of core shop owners, it's another aspect of community service. "Everybody's busy, but we still do it." read on! visit figlancaster.com/authentics figlancaster.com facebook.com/figlancaster 41
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