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Shop The Plateau from Home
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: 2020/05 - May
It’s no secret that, for many people, the Plateau’s shopping opportunities are a reason to visit for a weekend or a week, or to buy a second (or third) home.
It’s an astonishingly rich collection of shops, galleries and boutiques, their goods assembled with care and an eye toward quality. And it’s all served up with deeply personal service, at once warm and knowing.
That’s why it’s so jarring to realize that within the space of a few months, this could all change. The sensible precautions taken by local merchants to protect their customers, their staffs, and themselves from the threat of coronavirus could end up costing them everything.
If you’re one of those people who’ve been beguiled by the shops, or you’ve come to know and treasure the people who serve you, well, this is the time to make your appreciation known.
Let me suggest, no, beg you, to consider online shopping with these remarkable businesses.
Most of them have their own websites, or a presence on Facebook. Or if they don’t, visit highlands-cashiers.info/shop-the-plateau (we’re acting as a clearinghouse and pop-up bazaar for a lot of local businesses).
Use your ample free time during this era of social distancing to browse collections. Think of upcoming birthdays. Consider gift certificates to be used at that glorious time when we can all finally visit these shops at our leisure.
Buy Christmas presents in May. (I know some of you, like my hyper-organized sweetie Tricia, are already deep in your Christmas shopping, but to people like me who habitually stroll comfortably along the edge of Chaos, this is a forehead-palming revelation on the order of Tupperware or quilted toilet paper.)
If we can do this, diligently patronizing these local businesses, then, at the end of all this, we’ll find that they’re waiting for us with open doors and filled-to-bursting inventories and warm, welcoming smiles.
