Everyday is small business saturday

📷: Provisions Restaurant + Market/IG

Food. Pacific Northwest Fresh and McIlrath Family Farms produce boxes have been our go-tos to balance out our COVID-19 eating (raise your hand if this is you, too 🙋). We can get local goods (think bread, milk, beer, coffee, honey, local meat, etc.) from both, so we add-on as needed. They differ slightly in offerings, but both deliver, and McIlrath has pick-up options.

Provisions Market is where we go for treats, like fancy cheese, ice cream, and pickled stuff. They are also ordering bulk items for you if you’re short on things. Check out their FB page (it's public so no need for a Facebook account to access) for the latest offerings and how to order. Also, order some takeout from the restaurant while you're shopping. (Maximum comfort dish: Chef Lindsay's Mac & Cheese.) Ask about their specials. Celebrate. Join our friends at Fortuity Cellars (Wapato) next Friday (4/10), at their “We’re Not Going to Let the Coronavirus Stop Us from Celebrating Virtual Winery Opening Party' – aka Fortuity’s Virtual Opening Party! They'll have music, swag, and more.

Details here. Congrats Fortuity! We can't wait to visit! Outside. The Yakima Arboretum, Yakima Greenway, and Cowiche Canyon Conservancy collaborated to make a special resource for getting outside during this time. Check it out here. Our backyard is the best. Help. Want to help, but don't know where to start? We've got ideas. There is a blood bank shortage. Virginia Mason Memorial has a list of things they need, and there’s Yakima Valley Needs, which is a site dedicated to local nonprofit needs (if you or someone you know has an excess of canned or dried goods, definitely check out this list). Music. Isaac Gambito of Jayleigh Ann and The Lost Boys has been posting past performances and going live on IG every once in a while, making us feel like we’re out at Cowiche Creek Brewing, eating some Huck and Bean ice cream, hanging out on the grass and listening to them jam. Only we are still in our pajamas, staring at a tiny screen, and trying to decide between making vegetables or ordering a pizza for delivery. 🤦 Biz Support. Are you a brick and mortar Washington State small business owner and want to monitor your business from home? Seattle’s Wyze is giving out free webcams to you. They have limited inventory, but they are donating thousands of cameras on a first-come, first-serve basis over the next several days. Check it out here.