It's December 1st already! Only 24 days to find a special gift for everyone on my list -- and that includes some hard to please friends and relatives. Where do you shop in Cleveland if you hate Walmart and try to avoid the crowds and monotonous merchandise of the malls? There are plenty of galleries, boutiques, books stores, thrift stores and websites with unique gifts and shopping them can help support local artists, entreprenuers and charities.

Check out my blog regularly because I plan to visit a few places each day until December 25th. I will fill you in on what I buy, post a few choice pictures, and let you know where to find the best deals and the coolest stuff.