Ten More Winners Today...Nearly 40 Overall

It was a busy day for "Shop the Village" on Saturday, as 10 customers received $25 certificates from a variety of participating businesses throughout Oak Park.

Of the 10 prizes, four were $25 gift cards to Trader's Joe (which has contributed six overall) and two were for Trattoria 225, the fine restaurant in the Arts District. (Though participation requires only one gift card, some merchants are opting to give multiple prizes.)

One especially fun moment occurred at Snip City, 819 S. Oak Park Ave., where salon owner Pasquale Russo was in the midst of an appointment with Sara Hamilton of Oak Park when Triple S came on the scene. That's the trio in the photo above.

Immediately below is one video from the day's excursion, at Wonder Works, the Children's Museum on North Avenue. More videos are at the Shop the Village channel on YouTube.




Videos to follow, but for now, below are some other snapshots from today's outing.

Joining Shoppers in Braving The Elements

On Thursday, even sub-zero wind chills couldn't stop people from patronizing businesses in Oak Park--or Super Shopper Spotter from spotting them.

He tapped four winners: one came shortly after 5 p.m. at Trattoria 225 in the Arts District and features a video that you can see below.

Two winners were spotted at the Village Players Theatre's holiday party (one, pictured below, was John Reardon of Oak Park, who won an Oak Park Visitors Center certificate).

And one came at La Bella Pasteria (above, from among a large dinner party) near downtown. Trader Joe's, which contributed six gift cards to the "Shop the Village" effort, saw its first gift card shared in the La Bella encounter.

Entering this weekend, 25 gift cards have been shared with shoppers....and much more activity is in store for the Dec. 11-12 weekend period, so keep an eye out to try to spot Triple S before he spots you! The campaign lasts through Thursday, Dec. 24.

Enjoy below the two videos from the Thursday night outing: