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Count Justinian: A Sticky Tale of Moustache Wax

Karen Seiger

May 28, 2014
4 min

Count Justinian: A Sticky Tale of Moustache Wax

Darwin Martin and Count Justinian Moustache Wax on Display at the Frank Lloyd Wright Graycliff Estate Here’s a story of Frank Lloyd Wright, Lake Erie, Coney Island and mustache wax. Or is it moustache wax? Graycliff Estate: Wright on the Lake (Photo courtesy of the Graycliff Estate) My husband and his family are from Buffalo, NY. I have been there enough times to discover the magical places and the amazing food. (Seriously.) My very favorite things in Buffalo, however, are th

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Holiday Market Picks December 13 – 15, 2013: Meryienda Gluten Free Bake Shop

Karen Seiger

Dec 13, 2013
3 min

Holiday Market Picks December 13 – 15, 2013: Meryienda Gluten Free Bake Shop

Meryienda Cookies: (Clockwise) Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle, Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip, Maple Pecan, Oatmeal Pumpkin Spice I do love gluten. In fact, if you’re unable or uninterested in eating it, I’ll have yours. However, I sympathize with people who cannot or don’t want to eat it. And so I am very excited to know about Meryienda Gluten Free Bake Shop! Baker Elvira Acosta loves cookies, but she cannot eat gluten at all. So she

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Karen Seiger

May 16, 2013
1 min

MoCorn: When BaCorn Isn’t Enough

My wonderful friend Rhonda Kave, Confectioner and Owner of Roni-Sue’s Chocolates, obviously knows what we all love and what we need: Bacon, Coffee and Chocolate. Putting her wisdom to task, she first invented BaCorn, “sweet caramel corn with savory flecks of bacon mixed in.” Mario Batali says, “This honey-and molasses-dipped, salty-smoky-sweet confection will make you wonder if there was an eighth day in the creation myth.” And now she has invented MoCorn, mocha caramel popco

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Weekend Market Picks May 11 & 12 2013: Wonder Woman Necklace for Mom from Lu Crafts

Karen Seiger

May 10, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks May 11 & 12 2013: Wonder Woman Necklace for Mom from Lu Crafts

: I ran into my friend Louise Lasson of Lu Crafts at the Etsy New York Handmade Cavalcade last weekend. She has started making these great pendant necklaces with pictures she comes across in catalogs or magazines. This fabulous Wonder Woman necklace struck me as the perfect Mother’s Day gift. Let’s face it. My mom is a wonder woman. Your mom is too. So head over to this weekend’s Museum School Craft Fair, which is featuring over 50 artisans and is co-managed by none other tha

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Weekend Market Picks April 20 – 21, 2013: LazyLooz No Bake Biscuit Cakes

Karen Seiger

Apr 19, 2013
3 min

Weekend Market Picks April 20 – 21, 2013: LazyLooz No Bake Biscuit Cakes

LazyLooz is the brainchild of Rakan Ammouri, based on a snack his mother used to make for her kids. LazyLooz are no-bake snack cakes made essentially from biscuits and chocolate, along with other ingredients as desired, such as coconut, peanut butter, coffee or orange zest. One package of LazyLooz includes six satisfying bite-sized pieces. I brought home a chocolate chip LazyLooz and placed it in the fridge. After a dinner, I brought out a lovely pot of tea and the cold Looz.

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Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg Opening This Weekend

Karen Seiger

Apr 3, 2013
3 min

Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg Opening This Weekend

Press Release from the Brooklyn Flea: New Williamsburg site open every weekend April to November; Fort Greene Flea and Brooklyn Bridge Park Smorgasburg return; Dozens of new Smorgasburg vendors added; Markets celebrate 5th anniversary April 6; Record fair joins Red Bull Music Academy May 4; Whole Foods pop-up partnership expands with Yuji Ramen and new Snack Bar for packaged products and beverages. On Saturday, April 6, Brooklyn Flea celebrates the fifth anniversary of its in

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Happy 100th Birthday to Grand Central Terminal

Karen Seiger

Feb 4, 2013
2 min

Happy 100th Birthday to Grand Central Terminal

The venerable Grand Central Terminal turned 100 years old this weekend! It was almost razed to the ground in the 1970’s to make way for some sort of abominable modern nonsense. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Jackie Kennedy Onassis and her cohorts for taking the action required to save this marvelous building by having it declared a national historic landmark in 1976. Among its many marvels is the Grand Central Market. I daresay most people race through this food emporium,

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Karen Seiger

Aug 17, 2012
3 min

Weekend Market Picks, August 18 + 19, 2012 + Kimberlin Brown Jewelry

The silver snail shell ring pictured caught my eye this week at the Independent Designer Pop Shop (ID Pop Shop). This round, shiny beauty is a great work of creativity and craftsmanship, as are all Kimberlin’s designs. It reminds me of summer at the beach. Come meet Kimberlin and appreciate her designs in person at the ID Pop Shop in Chelsea Market through Sunday, August 19. And here are my Weekend Market Picks! Saturday, August 18, 2012 Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket: This mar

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Karen Seiger

Jul 13, 2012
3 min

Weekend Market Picks – July 14 & 15, 2012 + Les Canelés de Céline

If you haven’t guessed by now, I’m a Francophile. In fact, I had my first Aha! moment about what would become Markets of New York City the day we went to a farmers market in Paris, just blocks from the Bastille (Av. Richard Lenoir, for the curious). In truth, Bastille Day wasn’t a particularly happy day, but it was the beginning of the French Revolution which would end the monarchy. So it’s all good, although Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette did know how to throw a fabulous fea

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Karen Seiger

Apr 19, 2012
1 min

Photo of the Day – April 19, 2012: Fresh Till Death Vegan Nut Milks

There was a lot of buzz in the crowd about Fresh Till Death nut milks with coffee at the Vegan Shop Up this past weekend. So I had to try them. My verdict: rich and delicious! Fresh Till Death nut milks come in sunflower, almond, walnut and brazil nut, and they can be sweetened with fig and dates, date palm sugar, coconut date palm sugar, maple or honey. Pictured above is the almond milk, which is amazing in chai. (I’ve been drinking Chai Mookie, which I also found out ab

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Karen Seiger

Jul 29, 2011
2 min

Weekend Market Picks – July 30-31, 2011 and Brewla Bars Video

For my Market Picks this weekend, I’m thinking about Lower Manhattan. There are some wonderful, established markets that stay enticing and exciting by keeping outstanding sellers and bringing in new ones all the time. An afternoon stroll through all of these markets takes you through Soho, Nolita, the Lower East Side and points in between. Saturday and Sunday Ahkun Summer Pop Up Shop: Ahkun is a non-profit organization that connects micro-financed companies to the global

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Karen Seiger

Jul 14, 2011
2 min

Weekend Market Picks for July 16-17, 2011

And now for this weekend’s Market Picks for everyone who is staying in town this weekend of visiting New York City from far and wide: Saturday & Sunday Antiques Garage and the Annex: These two markets are located across 6th Avenue from each other, and it’s worth it to stroll through both locations. The Garage has two floors of diverse vintage and antique items, from books and prints to clothing and ship memborabilia, and everything in between. You know you love digging for t

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