Most evenings, Becca Hoppy settles into the âcozy little shackâ in her brotherâs backyard, pours a drink into a mug she created and turns on the pottery wheel.
This 24-by-10-foot shed is the studio for her business, Peach Pit Pottery. Hoppy arrives by 7 p.m. following a full day in her marketing role at Rich Products, fires up the space heater, flips on the string lights lining the wooden walls and gets to work. She stays until 11, creating mugs, vases, soap rests, taper holders and other vessels forged from lumps of clay while blasting her favorite music.
The 23-year-old East Aurora native and SUNY Geneseo graduate never imagined owning her own pottery business growing up, only taking her first ceramics class in 2019. But the weeknight routine she developed in this shed by the woods on the edge of East Aurora has become a new dream realized.
Buffalo-area holiday shoppers have confronted a dilemma as cold weather hits during the Covid-19 pandemic: How can struggling local businesses â especially restaurants, producers and artisans â be supported in light of restrictions on gathering size and mandated mask-wearing?
Market organizers are preparing diligently to meet safety concerns of patrons while giving a crucial platform for local producers who watch Amazon s success in frustration, worried about their own futures. Here s a rundown of some of the markets and shopping efforts approaching this weekend.
All day Dec. 11 at South Buffalo businesses.Â
Abbott Road and Seneca Street typically bustle with holiday shoppers on a Friday in early December â followed by revelry at a nearby bar â with Councilman Christopher Scanlon and his office presenting the annual Shop South Buffalo. The shop local initiative isn t canceled for 2020, but the process has been altered to encourage safe participation dur