“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” ~Henry David Thoreau Did everyone notice the magical quick change in the markets from summer to fall?! One week it’s peaches and tomatoes, and suddenly it’s pumpkins and apples! I’m so happy for some cooler weather, if and when we get any, because we’re starting our long training season for our second marathon in April. I have big plans for the sugar pumpkins and butternut squash

Broadway Bites Food Market at Greeley Square Summer is under way, and it’s going to be a beautiful weekend! All sunshine, no rain. That means it’s the perfect time to enjoy the city and all the amazing market events this weekend! Happy NYC Pride! It’s also a great time to meet your friends for lunch, dinner, or drinks at Broadway Bites, the beautiful food village at Greeley Square, brought to us by Urbanspace. Look for the pretty kiosks, filled with local purveyors of amazing

Most people fear change. Personally speaking, I generally love change, especially if it means making something wonderful even better, like the upcoming changes in store for us at the Union Square Holiday Market. Last holiday season, Urbanspace, the organization behind the Union Square and Columbus Circle Holiday Markets, as well as other exciting food markets in the city, sent their market management team on a pilgrimage to Europe, where they visited holiday markets in Berlin

Grand Opening of the New Urbanspace Vanderbilt Food Hall Congratulations to UrbanSpace NYC and 20 phenomenal food purveyors on the Grand Opening this week of the UrbanSpace Vanderbilt Food Hall! You will want to go with your friends and try out the delicious and unique savories and sweets from around the world, plus comfort foods like fried chicken, warm pretzels and freshly baked cookies, not to mention beer and wine. For anyone working near or passing through Grand Central,

I remember how I cried when the bottom dropped off the box holding my new bottle of Takashimaya perfume that James had given me for Christmas, and how my closet smelled so wonderful for several weeks afterwards, as the perfume lingered. I also remember the replacement bottle that arrived from Takashimaya a few days later, swathed in gold tissue paper with multiple adhesive stickers on the box to make sure it stayed attached to the top cover, not to mention lovely handwritten

I have tried them, and I absolutely loved the way they made my skin feel. I gave myself a super luxury facial, starting with the Oatmeal Facial Scrub, then on to the Chocolate Facial Mask and finishing up with a tiny bit of the Avocado Lavender Salve, which gave up a noseful of lavender as my skin soaked it up. The scrubs are wonderful exfoliants and moisturizers. Proprietor Susan Ng clearly loves creating her handcrafted products. You can purchase them online and also meet h

I pity the fool who hasn’t searched through the stacks of t-shirts by GoLLyNYC. This Mr. T tee is the handiwork of Artist/Designer Keith Bishop. Keith scours the world for bedsheets featuring some of our favorite characters, from Batman, Spiderman and Superman to Curious George, Big Bird and Pacman. He then cuts out the graphics and applies them to high quality T-shirts and now polo shirts too. These are some unique, awesome, high quailty tees. The GoLLyNYC collection goes de

He says he only started painting recently, but I have a feeling that he’s had it in him his whole life. So when you step into his T-shirt boutique/art gallery in the market, plan on spending some time talking with Irixx and learning about what you are seeing. He makes art, reminiscent of Keith Haring with a strong narrative component. He makes T-shirts, both graphic designs and one-of-a-kind, handpainted ones. He is a poet – you can read his thoughts in words and images on an