Local Author, Local Actors, Local Businesses = Video Promo!

Loren — Aug 30, 2009, 8:16pm

The long-awaited video promo for C.M. Barons' novel In the Midst Of is HERE, starring Lynda Hodgins and John McGee and filmed at Calista Miakoda Boutique, 238 Ellicott Street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLnA7woEAs&feature=channel_page

(Be sure to watch it in HD!)

Calista Miakoda, a new boutique, opens on Ellicott Street

Howard Owens — Apr 22, 2009, 4:32pm

Calista Miakoda, a second-hand clothing and accessory boutique, opened today on Ellicott Street in Downtown Batavia.

Owner Kaitlin McGratf is 19 and spent her whole life in Genesee County, growing up in Bergen.

She's dreamed of owning her own clothing store since she was 12, she said, which is when she picked the name for the business. She doesn't remember which language the words come from, but Calista means "most beautiful" and Miakoda means "night sky" (roughly).

"My dad always owned his own business," Kaitlin said. "I don't like working for other people too much, and I thought it would be fun (to own her own business). It's (clothing) has always been a hobby of mine."