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Seen in a traffic jam on the way to New York. Do you think there is a GOOCH #2?

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Essentials Job Opportunities
Video/Animation/ Graphic Design Internships
Essentials, a boutique retailer with two stores in Western Mass and three online e-commerce sites, and a growing distribution/wholesale business specializing in cutting edge American and Japanese designs, is seeking a video/animation intern and a graphic design intern. Our office is located in downtown Northampton. The internship starts immediately!
The video/animation [...]

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File under: “one more reason to live in the Valley”
The family went to Holyoke this evening to see Wire Monkey Dance. It was basically a dress rehearsal for the big event tomorrow night at Jacob’s Pillow in the Berkshires. But whether it was a rehearsal or not, they rocked! Amazing physicality, interesting narratives, and lovely [...]

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We love critters. We can go completely overboard with cards featuring animals wearing outfits and saying funny things. We waste too much time on cute overload. It makes sense that we couldn’t resist these guys, who fill the store with squirrely love. Cuddly, even in hardwood, these two are beloved by everyone in the store. [...]

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We put these up at ShopEssentials.net and sold through an entire batch of the black-and-white tea towels within the first hour. Sheesh! We still have a bunch in stock, but that won’t last for long the way our customers are responding. Check them out here. Buy them online or at the Northampton AND Amherst stores.

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We are having an online sale on Morgan and Milo Children’s Shoes. Save 25% off regularly priced shoes through the remainder of August. This is an online sale, so if you are a local customer, you can buy on-line and pick up at the Amherst store. Here are the details:

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We were poking around online and just stumbled across these FREE downloads of Robert le Heros textile images. A couple are new designs, and a couple represent the classic RLH look. Dowload them for free below (they are saved at 1024 x 768), or at ShopEssentials.net, or at the RLH website.

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My wife and son went to NYC this weekend and I got left behind with some sort of bug. Poor me. But my wife, because she is freakin’ awesome, bought me this ULTRAMAN as a get well/we-missed-you gift. For the record, I am not some sort of crazed anime/Japanese B-Movie fan. However, I have the [...]

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Sydne and I started watching season three of Weeds a few nights ago and we saw something slightly familiar in a restaurant scene. The mugs used in the table setting are the same ones we used to sell in the store. HA! Serves us right for being behind on our TV watching…

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Customers at Essentials have known for a while now that we have a keen interest in Japanese design. What customers might NOT know is that we also have a website devoted exclusively to product from Japan or product inspired by Japanese design. The site is called Japanistic.com.
This month’s window at our Northampton store is a [...]

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