TC Green

I did a little holiday shopping this weekend. The first place I hit was a store I've been reading a lot of press about: Twin Cities Green.

The store is operated by a Twin Cities couple. This is their second store front. The first, Re-Gift, is also in Minneapolis.

The stores specialize in selling recycled and reclaimed goods that are fairly-traded or made from organic/sustainable materials.

There was furniture big and small. For example, there was an entire bedroom set but there were also end tables. There were Christmas tree ornaments, lamp shades, martini glasses, tins of lip balm, tubes of diaper rash cream, squares of dark chocolate and rolls of 100 percent recycled toilet paper called Shit-B-Gone.

It certainly wasn't crowded when I stopped by, however, there were a fair number of people milling about and I did have to wait in a line two-deep before making my purchase.

I only found a couple items as it seemed the shelves had been picked over, which (while frustrating as a shopper) made me happy for the retailers. My visit made me curious enough to want to seek out Re-Gifts. I didn't make it this weekend, but it's now on my shortened to-do list.