We were very sorry to hear that the mother of the sisters who run City Roots had passed away this morning (and our thoughts are with them).  We found this out today when we called City Roots, and George from Metronation (less than a block away from City Roots) answered the phone.  Lisa and Kristen obviously had to take a leave from the business of the store, and George was filling in for them today, and possibly tomorrow as well.  

After a taking a minute to think about what had just transpired, it hit us how incredibly cool this was.  We don't know if George has the green thumb that Lisa and Kristen do, but it really says something about the power of community, and role of local business in it, that he held down the fort so they would have one less thing to worry about in a time of need.  Reason number 4197 that local independant businesses beat the pants off "supercenters."