So, there are people who still don’t know about Etsy. Its true. I come across them all the time. I’m definitely not one to judge … but, really?  So, just in case you’re not in the loop  -  I shop Etsy for gifts, housewares, clothes, special treats, etc, like some people shop Bloomingdales, except when I buy its likely one of kind, and handmade.  Shop Etsy. Think about what you buy.  Support local artisans and craftsmen.   (oh, all right.  not to say that i never shop at Bloomingdales … )

So, there are people who still don’t know about Etsy. Its true. I come across them all the time. I’m definitely not one to judge … but, really?  So, just in case you’re not in the loop  -  I shop Etsy for gifts, housewares, clothes, special treats, etc, like some people shop Bloomingdales, except when I buy its likely one of kind, and handmade. 

Shop Etsy. Think about what you buy.  Support local artisans and craftsmen.  

(oh, all right.  not to say that i never shop at Bloomingdales … )

SUNDAY FUNDAY Hop shops around the western most corner of the lower east side and check out my favorite stores. Start with the Young Designers Market on Mulberry.  Say hello to some of my new and old friends Issy Salomon Jewelry, Devils May Care T-shirts and belt buckles, and Alexandra Beth leather and costume jewlery. Walk Mott Street and stop in the lovely Coclico.   Head East to Elizabeth and Bowery. I can always find at least one thing at Anemone that I must have (most recently a grandfather like cropped boxy woven cardigan) and can actually afford.  miss hoe’s new store makes me smile.  And, its particularly satisfying to know she began at young designer markets and fairs.  Her store is the realized dream.   stop for food or just an incredible ice cream sundae at DBGB Kitchen.   And if day is turning to night, check out bingo night at Bowery Poetry Club for two dollar cards at 6 pm.   click pic for more on DBGB

SUNDAY FUNDAY

Hop shops around the western most corner of the lower east side and check out my favorite stores. Start with the Young Designers Market on Mulberry.  Say hello to some of my new and old friends Issy Salomon Jewelry, Devils May Care T-shirts and belt buckles, and Alexandra Beth leather and costume jewlery.

Walk Mott Street and stop in the lovely Coclico.  

Head East to Elizabeth and Bowery. I can always find at least one thing at Anemone that I must have (most recently a grandfather like cropped boxy woven cardigan) and can actually afford.  miss hoe’s new store makes me smile.  And, its particularly satisfying to know she began at young designer markets and fairs.  Her store is the realized dream.  

stop for food or just an incredible ice cream sundae at DBGB Kitchen.  

And if day is turning to night, check out bingo night at Bowery Poetry Club for two dollar cards at 6 pm.  

click pic for more on DBGB

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LOCAL ARTISAN: We Are Land Rich in Brooklyn, NY I came across the above pictured dreamcatcher at the renegade craft fair last weekend and bought one for a friend who just completed her PHD in psychology.  So beautiful. A bit pricey, but sometimes you happen upon something and you realize it’s what you’ve been looking for the whole time. Check out what they’re about on their website.   click pic 

LOCAL ARTISAN: We Are Land Rich in Brooklyn, NY

I came across the above pictured dreamcatcher at the renegade craft fair last weekend and bought one for a friend who just completed her PHD in psychology.  So beautiful. A bit pricey, but sometimes you happen upon something and you realize it’s what you’ve been looking for the whole time.

Check out what they’re about on their website.  

click pic 

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Orange County Antique Fair and Flea Market in Middletown, NY About an hour and a half from NYC, this fair has 100’s of vendors and if nothing else is a great stop-off on your way Upstate (NY upstate).  Free admission, free parking - sounds like you can’t really lose.  But I haven’t been yet so don’t hold me to that.  Whether you’re coming from Jersey, PA or NY, get directions here.  Open April through November - check out calendar here.  click pic

Orange County Antique Fair and Flea Market in Middletown, NY

About an hour and a half from NYC, this fair has 100’s of vendors and if nothing else is a great stop-off on your way Upstate (NY upstate).  Free admission, free parking - sounds like you can’t really lose.  But I haven’t been yet so don’t hold me to that. 

Whether you’re coming from Jersey, PA or NY, get directions here.  Open April through November - check out calendar here. 

click pic

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Mardi Gras Productions These street fairs are everywhere.  They just pop up between Spring and Fall and clog up the street with the same old vendors.  But, sometimes you actually may need a cheap pair of sunglasses or a stick of chocolate dipped strawberries.  And so, click here for the schedule of street fairs around NYC this season that are produced by Mardi Gras productions.  and here if you wonder how you can get yourself a table/booth and if you hate these street fairs you may be interested to read this from 2006 and this complaint in 2008

Mardi Gras Productions

These street fairs are everywhere.  They just pop up between Spring and Fall and clog up the street with the same old vendors.  But, sometimes you actually may need a cheap pair of sunglasses or a stick of chocolate dipped strawberries.  And so, click here for the schedule of street fairs around NYC this season that are produced by Mardi Gras productions. 

and here if you wonder how you can get yourself a table/booth

and if you hate these street fairs you may be interested to read this from 2006 and this complaint in 2008

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