Authors Man Bookstore Registers on Small Business Saturday

If you're lucky, you might get rung up by your favorite author at the local indie bookstore on Small Business Saturday, November 30.

The event is called Indies First, a Small Business Saturday feature started by Sherman Alexie, one of my favorite authors.

Indies First allows authors to show their love for their favorite indie bookstore
by volunteering to work the store register on

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Apple Pie Bake-Off at Bay Ridge Greenmarket

I'm crazy about apples. And where there's apples, pies cannot be far behind.

On Saturday, November 23, the Bay Ridge Greenmarket, at Walgreen's parking lot at the corner of 95th and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, will host an Apple Pie Bake-Off.

If you think your pie recipe is a prize-winner, sign up for the Bake-Off at the Market Info tent or email acampbell@grownyc.org.

The first place winner

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