As I walked through the market this week, I noticed the beautiful, bright variations of the color orange.  Here are some of the fresh and delicious products I found at the Union Square Greenmarket during the week to remind us that summer is still with us.  Enjoy all of the seasonal wonders of local foods at our farmers markets throughout the city.  The photo gallery features these items and farms: Orange Carrots from Phillips Farms Orange Tomato Soup from Central Valley Farm

I spent the afternoon at the Maker Faire on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science in Queens on Saturday.  It had a great vibe, sort of a mix of a county fair, art market, Renn Fest, Comic Con, inventor fair, and Martha Stewart all rolled up into to one event.  I saw some some amazing examples of “makers.”  Beautiful handmade crafts, puppets made from garbage, things to do with a bruken computer, robots made from boxes and plastic bottles, there were so many fun, creativ