Visit Kayla and LinePosters at Columbus Circle Holiday Market It’s December, and the holiday season is in full swing! All the grand holiday markets are now open, with the Columbus Circle Holiday Market opening after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as it is right on the parade route. (I love that story.) I visited the Union Square Holiday Market one evening last week and hung out with Cayla Ferrari, Co-Owner of Lineposters, with their gorgeous graphics of mass transit syst

ID Pop Shop is open in Chelsea Market this month through Sunday, April 10, 2016 Can you imagine meeting the person who designed your beautiful moonstone wraparound necklace? Or your perfect cashmere coat? Or your incredible leather handbag that strangers admire in the street? What’s that? You don’t have any of those things?! Well, you can find them and much more this week through Sunday at ID Pop Shop! Curated by designer-entrepreneurs Barbara Wilkinson and Raoul Calleja, ID

NOTE: ID Pop Shop is one of the top true designer pop-up event, and their Holiday Edition starts this weekend. So I am very happy to post their full press release. Go there and shop for fine, unique holiday gifts!  ~Karen Seiger, Markets of New York City HOLIDAY GIFTS WITH STYLE Shop from 25 of NYC’s Most Stylish Independent Designers at ID Pop Shop in Chelsea Market Dec 6 to Dec 12, 2014 10:30am – 7:30pm daily. Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue New York, New York (Nov 2014) – ID

Welcome to the first Markets of New York City Holiday Gift List! Obviously, I had to start with the I ♥ New York Gift List: Adornments NYC’s New York Subway Token Necklace, from the Etsy Street New York Team. This hilarious necklace combines a genuine, nostalgic NYC subway token with a charm of one of our local subway rats of unusual size. (Fortunately, these ones are tiny.) (Photo by AdornmentsNYC.etsy.com) Berkshire Berries New York Rooftop Honeyat the Union Square Greenmar

The current ID Pop Shop features twenty-seven first rate designers of fashion, jewelry, handbags, bath and body products and home decor.  I have been following most of these designers for several years, and it is incredibly exciting to watch them achieve more and more success as they leverage their talents and follow their passions independently and as part of this splendid collective. As I wandered through the spacious venue, I saw bright yet elegant colors, nature-inspired