http://www.marketsofnewyork.com All About the City's Best Artisan, Farmer, Food, and Flea Markets Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/09/every-weekend-is-fashion-week-at-the-markets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=every-weekend-is-fashion-week-at-the-markets http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/09/every-weekend-is-fashion-week-at-the-markets/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:25:57 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3148
I  write a monthly column for The Three Tomatoes, and this month’s piece is about the wonderful fashion designers who sell their unique clothing at the markets every weekend. The article features five designers: Roxi Suger of Angelrox Designs – St. Anthony’s Market Nina Valenti of Nature vs. Future – Young Designers Market/The MarketNYC Karin Persan of Better Than [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/09/every-weekend-is-fashion-week-at-the-markets/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/09/photos-of-the-day-september-2-2010-peppers-from-s-s-o-produce-farms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-of-the-day-september-2-2010-peppers-from-s-s-o-produce-farms http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/09/photos-of-the-day-september-2-2010-peppers-from-s-s-o-produce-farms/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:36:30 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3123
Remember that glorious, perfect day last Saturday?  I had the great good fortune to spend it doing a book signing at the Greenpoint Greenmarket in McCarren Park.  One of the larger markets, it has been fully embraced by the community, and it is also the perfect destination for people exploring the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods.  [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/09/photos-of-the-day-september-2-2010-peppers-from-s-s-o-produce-farms/feed/ 1 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-31-2010-sock-monkeys-from-brooklyn-craft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-31-2010-sock-monkeys-from-brooklyn-craft http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-31-2010-sock-monkeys-from-brooklyn-craft/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:10:07 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3106
I seriously love sock monkeys.  I have never see a cooler sock monkey than this black skeleton bad boy by Brooklyn Craft.  Tamara Stoddard, the crafter, stitcher and designer behind the sock monkeys, also creates other great soft toys, including terrycloth elephants, catnip mice, and many more.  Her appliqued onesies sell like hotcakes at the [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-31-2010-sock-monkeys-from-brooklyn-craft/feed/ 1 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-30-2010-zucchini-and-yellow-squash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-30-2010-zucchini-and-yellow-squash http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-30-2010-zucchini-and-yellow-squash/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:21:34 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3086
Zucchini is at its finest in the Greenmarkets right now.  I saw people munching on mini loaves of mouth watering zucchini bread from Baker’s Bounty as they strolled through the Greenpoint/McCarren Park market on Saturday.  What really got me thinking about zucchini, though, was this recipe for Rigatoni with Fried Zucchini from The City Cook, [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-30-2010-zucchini-and-yellow-squash/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-27-2010-soigne-hand-painted-tees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-27-2010-soigne-hand-painted-tees http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-27-2010-soigne-hand-painted-tees/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:07:16 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3073
Soigné doesn’t just hand paint his vivid menagerie of creatures on brightly colored shirts and canvasses.  He creates stories to describe the worlds they live in.  Each wide-eyed beastie has a name, like Dad E. Longlegs, one of the newest residents of Soigné’s tabletop at Union Square (pictured on the blue tee-shirt on the far [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-27-2010-soigne-hand-painted-tees/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-26-2010-agneta-p-millinary-and-fine-knits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-26-2010-agneta-p-millinary-and-fine-knits http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-26-2010-agneta-p-millinary-and-fine-knits/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:26:45 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3058
As I was strolling among the tents at Crafts on Columbus last fall, the sumptuous knit caps and felt hats by Agneta P made me long for the dead of winter.  Agneta P is an extremely talented designer, knitter, and milliner.  Her sense of color and texture is distinctly Nordic yet with a New [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-26-2010-agneta-p-millinary-and-fine-knits/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-24-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-24-2010 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-24-2010/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:05:41 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3037
As I wrote in Markets of New York City, the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market is where fabulous shoes go to find a new and worthy home.  It’s as if Carrie Bradshaw emptied her closet every weekend and brought her gently worn shoes to the flea market.  Jimmy Choos? Ferragamo? Prada?  I regularly catch up with [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-24-2010/feed/ 1 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-23-2010-spices-and-tease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-23-2010-spices-and-tease http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-23-2010-spices-and-tease/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:17:41 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=3021
You might first see the long tables covered in hot pink cloth with row after row of spice-filled bowls, or you may smell the rich, intense fragrances emanating from the bowls, especially on hot summer days.  Spices and Tease sells an incredible variety of spices, mixes, black teas, and herbal teas at the Fulton Stall [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-23-2010-spices-and-tease/feed/ 2 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/spend-a-tasty-afternoon-at-the-bed-stuy-fly-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spend-a-tasty-afternoon-at-the-bed-stuy-fly-market http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/spend-a-tasty-afternoon-at-the-bed-stuy-fly-market/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:26:15 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=2999
My first clue about the nature of the Bed Stuy Fly Market was its name, a play on the term “flea market,” with a bit of the retro sense of the word “fly” and all the coolness that it implies.  And trust me when I say that the name is right on. Sponsored by Gather [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/spend-a-tasty-afternoon-at-the-bed-stuy-fly-market/feed/ 0 http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-19-2010-new-amsterdam-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-day-august-19-2010-new-amsterdam-market http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-19-2010-new-amsterdam-market/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:44:15 +0000 Karen Seiger http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/?p=2979
This Sunday is the last monthly New Amsterdam Market of the summer.  But don’t despair: starting next month, the market will be back by popular demand on a weekly basis! There are two very special and delicious events going on this weekend at the market on Sunday: Ice Cream Festival:  Featuring six amazing artisanal ice cream and [...]]]> http://www.marketsofnewyork.com/2010/08/photo-of-the-day-august-19-2010-new-amsterdam-market/feed/ 0