Episode 157 – A Few of TFAL’s Favorite Things – Small Businesses to Support this Holiday Season

In this episode, we shout out some of the many Filipino Small Businesses that we are personal fans of, ones that you should definitely support this Holiday season!  Here is the list of who we mentioned on the show, along with some other ones that are also near and dear to our hearts:

Jewelry

•         Honey My Heart –  honeymyheart.com / @honeymyheart
•         Maaari – maaari.co / @maaari_co
•         Cambio & Co. – shopcambio.co / @cambio_co

Clothing

•         Illa Manila – illamanila.com / @illamanila
•         Pineapple Industries – pineappleind.com / @pineappleindm2m
•         Emortal – emortalshop.com / @emortal_brand
•         Crooks & Castles – crooksncastles.com / @crooksncastles
•         Kampeon Co – kampeon.co / @kampeonco
•         Beatrock Music – beatrockmusic.com / @beatrockmusic

Art

•         Le Petit Elefant – lepetitelefant.com / @lepetitelefant
•         Bayani Art – bayaniart.com / @bayaniart
•         The Map’d Project – themapdproject.com / @themapdproject
•         Janelle Quibuyen – janellequibuyen.com / @phatlip
•         Patrick Ballesteros – patrickballesterosart.com / @patrickballesteros
•         YellowStainedBlue – www.etsy.com/shop/yellowstainedblue / @yellowstainedblue
•         Tree – www.etsy.com/shop/KrystalTREE / @tre3art

Food

•         Kombucha Kat – kombuchakat.com / @kombuchakat
•         Kuya Lord – @kuyalord_la
•         Abaca – restaurantabaca.com / @restaurantabaca
•         Magna Kusina and Kantina – magnapdx.com / @magnapdx
•         Petite Peso – petitepeso.com / @petitepeso
•         Lasita – lasita-la.com / @lasita.la
•         Spoon and Pork – spoonandpork.com / @spoonandporkla
•         Ensaymada Project – ensaymadaproject.com / @ensaymadaproject
•         Philippine Sea Salts – philippineseasalts.com / @xroadssalts
•         Eat Delishaz – eatdelishaz.com / @eatdelishaz
•         Batchoyan Illonggo Restaurant – @batchoyan
•         Kusina New Orleans –  @kusinanola

Desserts

•         Oodaalolly – oodaalolly.com / @oodaalolly
•         Kasama Chocolate – kasamachocolate.com / @kasamachocolate
•         Romeo Chocolates – romeochocolates.com / @romeochocolates
•         Wanderlust Creamery – wanderlustcreamery.com / @wanderlustcreamery
•         Café 86 – cafe-86.com / @cafe_86
•         Meryienda – meryienda.com / @meryienda
•         Brown Baked Desserts – brownbakeddesserts.com / @brown.baked
•         Treat Yourself Cookies – treatyourselfcookies.com / @treatyourself_cookies
•         Salamat Cookies – salamatcookies.com / @salamatcookies

Books

•         Arkipelago Books – arkipelagobooks.com / @arkipelagobooks
•         Bel Canto Books – belcantobooks.net / @belcantobooks
•         Now Serving – nowservingla.com / @nowservingla
•         Prospect – prospect.la / @prospect.la
•         Philippine Expressions – philippinebookshop.com / @philippineexpressions

Other

•         ANAK toy KOmpany – anaktoykompany.com / @anaktoykompany
•         Para Sa’yo – shopparasayo.com / @shopparasayo
•         Herbalaria – herbalaria.com / @iamherbalaria

 If you’re in the LA metro area, we even have a map of small businesses throughout the southland that you should check out:  tiny.cc/tfalmap

And don’t forget, we also have our own storefront and Patreon page, both of which you can check out on our website at thisfilipinoamericanlife.com. 

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Is there a small business you want to give a shout out to?  Let us know by leaving a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or email us at thisfilipinoamericanlife@gmail.com.

Thank You, and Happy Holidays!