Empower Girls, Be a Troop Leader! The Live LocaL cornucopia

All of these products are the work of neighborhood-based entrepreneurs. Give them as hostess gifts, stocking stuffers or prezzies for the office. Better yet, buy one of each and make a Live Local gift basket for your favorite neighbor.

Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters www.gsnetx.org

Girl Scouts need individuals to provide a great leadership experience. You will help them become girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

As a troop leader, you will receive training opportunities and experience to build your confidence, public speaking, problem-solving, and career skills, while also making new friends.

To find out more information on becoming a troop leader, visit www.gsnetx.org/volunteer.

Phone: 1-800-442-2260

Marta and Kevin Sprague started roasting coffee fulltime almost two years ago after many years as serious hobbyists. All of Noble Coyote’s coffee beans are certified organic or from farms that use fair-trade and shadegrown farming practices. Part of the proceeds of their Café Momentum Blend go to Café Momentum’s mission of teaching culinary skills to at-risk youth in Dallas. Find Noble Coyote at Jimmy’s Food Store, White Rock Local Market and artizone.com Order from noblecoyotecoffee.com and get free delivery in the White Rock area.

Lakewood Brewing Co

The first kegs rolled out of neighborhood-based Lakewood Brewing Co. this past summer. The local brew is available by the glass at Goodfriend, Bryan Street Tavern, Cock & Bull Pub, Cosmos and too many places to mention here. But if all goes according to plan, our neighborhood beer label will be available in bottles at Lakewood Whole Foods (which also serves the beer on draft) before the holidays, says Lakewood Brewing Co. owner and brewer Wim Bens. lakewoodbrewingcompany.com

Wackym’s Kitchen

Neighborhood resident Paul Wackym started this cookie-baking business in 2009 after the company he worked for folded. Thank goodness for silver linings. Wackym’s crispy cookies, in flavors including margarita, salted caramel and oatmeal walnut currant, are delightful. Find them at Central Market, Green Spot, Good 2 Go Taco, The Grape, Jimmy’s Food Store, White Rock Local Market and several other places around Dallas. wackymskitchen.com

1888 Dirtiest Martini Mix

This martini mix is not just the brine from an olive jar. Rather, it is the juice of olives. Neighborhood resident Kenneth Hamburger II basically revolutionized the dirty martini after losing his job as a Lamborghini salesman in 2008. His mix is featured in many neighborhood bars, and you can buy it by the bottle at Spec’s, Central Market, Centennial, Big Daddy’s, Sigel’s and other liquor stores. 1888olivepress.com

Garden District bloody Mary mix

Our neighbors know how to mix a drink. Neighborhood resident Stephanie Sanoja spent two-and-a-half years working with vendors and manufacturers to have her Aunt Gladys’s bloody mary mix commercially produced exactly how she wanted it. And we all benefit from Sanoja’s hard work because her perfect bloody mary mix is available at Talulah Belle, Brumley Gardens, Kindred Spirits and Spec’s. gardendistrictbloodymarys.com

Carnival Barker’s carnivalbarkers@gmail.com

It’s a little dangerous to give ice cream as a gift because, you know, it melts. But for the ice-cream fiend in your life, Carnival Barker’s is sublime. Owners Aaron Barker and Sarah Miller produce flavors including the Fat Elvis, with peanut butter, bananas, candied bacon and a honey swirl. But there are simpler flavors, including strawberry and vanilla bean. Find it in the neighborhood at Jimmy’s Food Store.