5th Anniversary Party

To celebrate our 5th year in Wayne, we're throwing ourselves a great birthday bash!  To make it even better, Patagonia is celebrating it's 40th year this fall.  On Saturday, November 9th we'll be celebrating form 1-9pm.  Food and beverages will show up around 5. Teresa's Next Door will be catering, so you can bet the food and beer will be amazing!

There will also be tons of giveaways, everyone who attends gets entered into a raffle for gift certificates from Patagonia, Arc'teryx, North Face, Horny Toad and Sorel.  Other brands will have free gifts with purchase.  For those of you that still rock your vintage Patagonia, make sure to wear it to the party.  We're giving away a $250 Patagonia gift certificate for the best vintage Patagonia piece.

In honor of Patagonia's commitment to the environment, we will also be donating 5% of sales from the day to the Willistown Conversation Trust.  The trust non-profit land trust dedicated to preserving the rural beauty Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMONPublished: October 18, 2013

New York Times

Starting in desert chaparral near the Mexican border, the route climbs (and climbs some more) along the spine of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges as it pushes relentlessly northward. It crosses the western arm of the Mojave Desert. It traverses the lonesome high country of Sequoia National Park in California and Yosemite’s magazine-cover Tuolumne Meadows. It winds through stately Oregon forests near Crater Lake National Park and it skirts along the shoulders of volcanoes like Mount Rainier in Washington. Along the way, backpack-freighted hikers descend nearly to sea level (at the Columbia River) and tramp higher than 13,000 feet (at Forester Pass in the Sierra).The Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile hiking and equestrian trail that reaches from Mexico to Canada, has been called the Appalachian Trail of the West Coast. But that description does it a disservice, for the Pacific trail is longer, wilder, more punishing and also grander than its East Coast cousin.

As a memorable character, the trail is perhaps second only to Cheryl Strayed, 45, the author of the memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” which has sold more than a million copies since appearing in March 2012.

Continue Reading at  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/fashion/the-call-of-Cheryl-Strayeds-Wild-on-the-pacific-crest-trail.html 

We're super excited about Emily Harrington! Are you? Emily will be speaking at the Chester County Historical Society, in West Chester on October 16th at 7 PM.

Tickets are FREE but you must request them ahead of time at:   thenorthface.com/speakerseries

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The Enduring Appeal of the Patagonia Fleece

Feeling For | The Enduring Appeal of the Patagonia Fleece

By DAVID HELLQVIST

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013, 7:00 AM

Illustrations by Konstantin Kakanias

The more Patagonia remains the same, the more cool it becomes.

Patagonia — the Southern California-based sportswear brand once relegated to the world of steel pitons and bivouac sacks — has become the outdoorsy label of choice for the stylish set, with vintage versions of the classic Retro-X fleece today as likely to be worn by hipsters as they are by hippies. While Patrik Ervell and Marc Jacobs showed Patagonia-inspired jackets and sweatshirts in their fall collections, the trend seems to have originated with the Japanese, who have recently revived other earthy items like Tevas and Birkenstocks — accessorized, of course, with ragg wool socks. “It’s a style that becomes shorthand for a certain kind of lifestyle,” Ervell says about the durable fleece, which he argues is as archetypal a garment as the biker jacket or the trench. “Simple and utilitarian: it’s a very California ethos.”

-From The New York Times Magazine

Employee Pick - Carve Designs Holton Dress

Owner - Tory

I picked this dress from Carve Designs as my Employee Pick because it's really a great dress.  The denim is super soft and comfortable.  It's great to wear on it's own on those warmer fall days, or with tights and a sweater for those cooler winter nights.  Made from Tencel, it wears and washes well.