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Karen Seiger

Feb 13, 2014
4 min

Natchie Art: Can You See The Music?

“Risk It All” Lyric Pendant by Nadia Ackerman (Photo by NatchieArt.com) I found myself crying in a holiday market. With two other people I didn’t know. Who were crying too. But it was a good thing. We had all just met Nadia Ackerman at the Hester Street Fair Holiday Pop Up. We were looking up at one of her large original drawings on the wall above her table. It was a sweet image of a mother and her kids sitting around a dinner table, next to a large Christmas tree. Flying out

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Photo of the Day, December 18, 2013: Kiln Design Studio

Karen Seiger

Dec 17, 2013
1 min

Photo of the Day, December 18, 2013: Kiln Design Studio

This intriguing, small enamel bowl felt lovely in the palm of my hand. It is part of a set of three little bowls made by Elissa Ehlin and James Leritz of Kiln Design Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I was drawn into their beautiful and peaceful boutique at the Grand Central Holiday Fair. The copper enamel works of art by Kiln have so much depth and complexity. The colors range from natural tones to bright colors, and each piece is hand made and therefore has a unique color a

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Photo of the Day December 1, 2013: Mini Bols Bottle at PS 321 Flea Market

Karen Seiger

Dec 1, 2013
1 min

Photo of the Day December 1, 2013: Mini Bols Bottle at PS 321 Flea Market

As you probably know, the Brooklyn Flea took over management of the Park Slope Flea Market at PS 321 this summer. I paid the new market a visit recently, and I was happy to see the new vendors and feel the rising energy in this space. I loved the old market, but change can be a really good thing. That said, I was thrilled to see my friends from Chastiques in their same space at the new market. Their tables are covered with teensy antique objects. The day I visited, they had a

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Holiday Markets 11/30 – 12/1 + Menswear by C. Joseph Clothiers

Karen Seiger

Nov 29, 2013
3 min

Holiday Markets 11/30 – 12/1 + Menswear by C. Joseph Clothiers

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! And now we are fully launched into the holiday season, with over 50 holiday markets going on throughout the month. This weekend is the NY Creates Holiday Art and Craft Show with the BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalitio. I went to their first weekend event and met up with my friend Catherine Joseph of C. Joseph Clothiers. Catherine makes irresistible menswear using luscious tweed, wool and cashmere fabrics. I always say that men f

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Weekend Market Picks November 23 & 24, 2013: Visiting Chef Lucas Corazza at Smorgasburg

Karen Seiger

Nov 22, 2013
2 min

Weekend Market Picks November 23 & 24, 2013: Visiting Chef Lucas Corazza at Smorgasburg

Brazil’s Chef Lucas Corazza, Visiting Vendor at Smorgasburg this weekend I love everything about cultural exchanges, especially when there’s food involved. This weekend, I learned that Smorgasburg is hosting a wonderful chocolatier and pastry chef from Brazil, Chef Lucas Corazza. Chef Lucas is a renowned maker of fantastic desserts. For his weekend in New York City, he is creating four different confections representing four different regions of Brazil. All of the ingredients

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Weekend Market Picks November 16 & 17, 2013: Seasonal Squashes from S&SO Produce Farm

Karen Seiger

Nov 15, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks November 16 & 17, 2013: Seasonal Squashes from S&SO Produce Farm

Since I learned how easy it is to make butternut squash soup, I’ve come to love it even more. I don’t really have a set recipe – I just cut a medium sized squash in two longways pieces and roast them in the oven in a pan of steam, along with some carrots. Once the squash gets very soft. I peel off the skin and throw the soft, cooked pulp along with the carrots into a big soup pot and let it simmer with some chicken stock. After a while, I add a pinch of salt and pepper, as we

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2013 Holiday Markets of New York City Guide

Karen Seiger

Nov 12, 2013
5 min

2013 Holiday Markets of New York City Guide

Post Welcome to the 2013 Holiday Markets of New York City Guide! The city is at its sparkly best during the holidays! Our amazing holiday markets are at the heart of the season here. Shop for everyone on your list in the markets, and make yours the best gifts under the tree. Local, handmade, beautiful. If you have an addition to the list or an update on your event, let us know! Season-Long Markets Thru December 31. Artists and Fleas: 2013 Fall and Holidays at Chelsea Market,

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Weekend Market Picks, November 2 & 3, 2013: Bryant Park Winter Village

Karen Seiger

Nov 1, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks, November 2 & 3, 2013: Bryant Park Winter Village

OK – Are you sitting down? It is opening weekend of the Holiday Shops at Bryant Park! The Holiday Village encompasses the Holiday Shops and the ice skating rink, as well as Celsius, the rinkside pop-up restaurant. The longest-running holiday event in the city, the Holiday Shops are open November 1, 2013 – January 5, 2014. The rink and Celsius stay open through March 2, 2014. This market features over 100 vendors from New York City and beyond. It is also a food destination. So

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Weekend Market Picks October 12-13, 2013: M. N. Davis & Son Feedsack Inspired Designs

Karen Seiger

Oct 11, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks October 12-13, 2013: M. N. Davis & Son Feedsack Inspired Designs

Yup, I said “feedsack inspired design.” Growing up in Ohio, I used to love going to the farm supply store with my dad to get gigantic 50 lb. bags of dog chow for Fiana, our bouncy Irish setter. The store had tall red and white Purina checked silos of feed outside and smelled of fertilizer and hay inside. (Purina makes some interesting chows, FYI.) We would wander through the isles looking at all the farm supplies and implements. And then we’d go out for an ice cream. It was a

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Pelzer’s Pretzels To Open A Shop In Crown Heights

Karen Seiger

Oct 8, 2013
2 min

Pelzer’s Pretzels To Open A Shop In Crown Heights

The first time I tasted Pelzer’s Pretzels was April 2012 at the Vegan Shop Up in Bushwick. I knew immediately that they were onto something good and new in the artisanal food markets. We have good pretzels in the city, but Pelzer’s brought soft, buttery Philadelphia style pretzels to the table. They are yummy on their own, and they make incredible sandwiches too. I next saw owners Leon and Barella Kirkland at the Brooklyn Flea’s Smorgasburg, where their fresh, warm pretzels w

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Weekend Market Picks October 5 & 6, 2013: Pumpkin Season and Other Fall Events

Karen Seiger

Oct 4, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks October 5 & 6, 2013: Pumpkin Season and Other Fall Events

It’s finally safe to talk about pumpkins! Any earlier than October 1 is just not pumpkin season. But we’re in full fall swing, and I have a 10 pound, bright orange beauty sitting on my table. I’m not sure what to do with her. I could carve her into a jack-o-lantern, or I could just let her adorn my living space until Thanksgiving. I think she ought to last that long, right? My dad used to carve up our Halloween pumpkins, bake the seeds and cook down the flesh for Thanksgivin

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Weekend Market Picks September 28 & 29, 2013: El Boar-rio at Flea Marqueta

Karen Seiger

Sep 27, 2013
4 min

Weekend Market Picks September 28 & 29, 2013: El Boar-rio at Flea Marqueta

Big Plate of Caribbean Food at Flea Marqueta The weather is definitely getting cooler, and it is time to start getting yourself prepared for the holidays. But I don’t mean shopping quite yet. I mean eating. And by eating, I mean gorging on mouthwatering BBQ at this Sunday’s “El Boar-rio” BBQ at Flea Marqueta in East Harlem. I went to the first El Boar-rio pig roast on September 15th, and I had to sit down and savor every bite of the delicate pork with tequila-infused Korean-s

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Weekend Market Picks September 21 & 22, 2013: The Steampunk Illuminist

Karen Seiger

Sep 20, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks September 21 & 22, 2013: The Steampunk Illuminist

Terry Pielkin’s Steampunk Illuminist Lamp at The Market NYC Terry Peikin is the Steampunk Illuminist. He creates incredible lamps from bits of old lamps, found objects and other pieces of technologies past. Each one is an individual work of art, with wonderful details to behold. The piece in the photo above is made from an old brass bankers lamp, what looks like a clock movement, some sort of pressure gauge and copper piping, all fitted to a clawfoot base. Terry’s shop in The

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Fall Bounty Brings Eggplants Galore from Eckerton Hill Farm

Karen Seiger

Sep 18, 2013
1 min

Fall Bounty Brings Eggplants Galore from Eckerton Hill Farm

Eggplant Cornucopia from Eckerton Hill Farm Today, I was shopping for tonight’s Dîner En Blanc when I saw theses colorful eggplants overflowing from their baskets under the Eckerton Hill Farm tent at at the Union Square Greenmarket. If you read their “about” page, you will find that Eckerton Hill Farm has its origins in a few tomato seedlings on a Brooklyn rooftop 15+ years ago. Now, “the farm sits on 58 hillside acres overlooking the fertile Oley Valley of Berks County, Penn

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Weekend Market Picks – September 14 & 15, 2013: Silk Roses by Michèle Bidault

Karen Seiger

Sep 13, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks – September 14 & 15, 2013: Silk Roses by Michèle Bidault

Silk Rose Jewelry by Michèle Bidault at Flea Marqueta in Spanish Harlem Newsflash: Keep an eye out for my Fall Market Picks segment with Kristin Shaugnessy on NY1! I’ll post the link on Facebook when it’s up on NY1.com! I recently headed up to East Harlem to visit Flea Marqueta, a new market that launched underneath the Metro North rail lines, just outside La Marqueta, one of the original indoor markets from the 1940’s. Flea Marqueta’s founders Sara and Dimitri Gatanas have e

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Weekend Market Picks September 7 & 8, 2013: Plus My Mom!

Karen Seiger

Sep 7, 2013
2 min

Weekend Market Picks September 7 & 8, 2013: Plus My Mom!

Please go to a market on my behalf and let me know what you find there! Last week, I wrote about a cluster of markets in Brooklyn. This week, look for the ♦ identifying several markets in the Lower East Side area. Saturday, September 7, 2013 Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket: It’s time for a shout out for this flagship farmers market in Brooklyn! I walked through the plaza recently on Friday. It’s a splendid plaza, but the market truly puts the “grand” into Grand Army. The market

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Weekend Market Picks Aug. 31 – Sep. 1: Brooklyn Bridge Park Farmers Market

Karen Seiger

Aug 30, 2013
4 min

Weekend Market Picks Aug. 31 – Sep. 1: Brooklyn Bridge Park Farmers Market

I recently visited a new Down To Earth Market that opened by the Brooklyn Bridge Park. My sister- and brother-in-law were visiting with their perfect daughters. (I can say that because a) I am their Auntie Karen, and b) they are perfect.) That Sunday we went and had lunch at Smorgasburg in the Tobacco Warehouse, and then we took a long walk through the Park. Wow! They have done an incredible job with that park. Don’t miss the incredible children’s playground, including Swing

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Weekend Market Picks, August 24 & 25, 2013: Captivating Designs by Atlantis Jewelry

Karen Seiger

Aug 23, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks, August 24 & 25, 2013: Captivating Designs by Atlantis Jewelry

Atlantis Jewelry’s 18K ring with a brown diamond, surrounded by pavé diamonds set in rhodium. Available this weekend at ID Pop Shop in Chelsea Market. I have known Arsham Bekarian of Atlantis Jewelry for several years now, and I am so happy to feature his beautiful jewelry designs here on Markets of New York City! Originally from Turkey, Arsham started as an apprentice jewelry maker at a young age. I love hearing him talk about his colorful designs, which range from rich stat

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Alyxia Leaf Jewelry: Adorn Yourself With Flora and Fauna

Karen Seiger

Aug 7, 2013
2 min

Alyxia Leaf Jewelry: Adorn Yourself With Flora and Fauna

Leaves just lend themselves to becoming jewelry, don’t they? They hang leisurely from their tree branches, swaying in the breeze and enhancing the tree for three wonderful seasons of the year. So naturally, Alyxia Leaf Jewelry caught my eye at Artists & Fleas. The soothing wooden and marble booth carefully displays their delicate jewelry designs, which include a striking collection of actual leaves that have been preserved in metals using a process called electroforming. Owne

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Eat Your Way Through Super (Duper) Market

Karen Seiger

Aug 2, 2013
2 min

Eat Your Way Through Super (Duper) Market

Super Duper Market 2013 Super (Duper) Market opened on Friday, and I managed to sneak away for an hour and run down for lunch. Hosted by Paper Magazine, the market features an exciting and diverse selection of food and food related products. Most of the sellers are from New York City, and the market is also hosting some outstanding companies from the West Coast. I wanted to share some images of the things I saw, ate and purchased. Humphry Slocombe’s Secret Breakfast Ice Cream

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