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Weekend Market Picks, May 4 & 5, 2013: Van Houten Farms Spring Flowers
The Union Square Greenmarket is filled with flowers and trees for the city’s gardens, balconies and window boxes. I Loads of people were...
Karen Seiger
May 3, 20132 min read
Weekend Market Picks April 27-28, 2013: Quincy Ellis Pipe Tap Candles
What’s a pipe tap, you say? I have no idea, but according to the Internets, “a pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but...
Karen Seiger
Apr 26, 20132 min read
Weekend Market Picks February 16 & 17, 2013 + KM Candles & Body
I understand that slate, steel, teal and cool beige are the colors of the day. Chic and sleek, no doubt, but forgive me if I err on the...
Karen Seiger
Feb 16, 20133 min read
Weekend Market Picks January 12 – 13, 2013 + Garlic from S&SO Farms
These plump garlic bulbs from S & S O Produce Farms are wonderful, classic seasoning. But it almost seems a shame not to roast them and...
Karen Seiger
Jan 11, 20132 min read
Talking About the Holiday Markets on NY1
In case you missed it, here’s my Feature for the Holiday Markets on NY1 this weekend! (Note: You need to log into Time Warner Cable to...
Karen Seiger
Dec 23, 20121 min read
Weekend Market Picks October 13 & 14, 2012 + Hot Peppers from Oak Grove Plantation
Oak Grove Plantation is an historic farm dating back to the 1700’s in Hunterdon County, NJ. Ted and Susan Blew have owned the farm since...
Karen Seiger
Oct 12, 20122 min read
Weekend Market Picks, October 6 & 7, 2012 + Van Houten Farms
Seriously – what’s fall without pumpkins? I visited the Greenmarket on Friday, and I fell in love with every single pumpkin and gourd, in...
Karen Seiger
Oct 5, 20123 min read
Frozen Fruit + Chocolate + A Stick = Trop Pops
James and I were roaming around Greenflea on a hot, humid Sunday two weekends ago, and several people strongly recommended that we go try...
Karen Seiger
Aug 21, 20121 min read
Weekend Market Picks – August 11-12, 2012 + Ft. Greene Greenmarket
And now for the Weekend Market Picks! Saturday, August 11, 2012 Greenpoint / McCarren Park Greenmarket: This market is another one of my...
Karen Seiger
Aug 10, 20122 min read
Weekend Market Picks July 28-29, 2012 + The Indie Style Society
Nothing says “hot summer in the city” better than comfy, sexy cut-off shorts. These Daisy Dukes are from The Indie Style Society and...
Karen Seiger
Jul 27, 20122 min read
Weekend Market Picks for Mom, May 12-13, 2012: Macaron Parlour’s Ice Cream Macarons
We went to visit Mad. Sq. Eats this afternoon to get some more macarons for the weekend from Macaron Parlour. Lo and behold, Macaron...
Karen Seiger
May 11, 20123 min read
Weekend Market Picks – May 5 & 6, 2012: Mother’s Day Shopping + Purty Bird
This is the weekend to shop for Mother’s Day, especially if you need to send her gift in the mail. Luckily for us, there are fantastic...
Karen Seiger
May 4, 20122 min read
Weekend Market Picks for April 14 & 15, 2012: The Markets Are in Full Swing!
The spring season and the markets are in full swing this weekend, and the weather is heading up into the 70s just for the occasion. Get...
Karen Seiger
Apr 12, 20122 min read
Market Picks for March 3 & 4 2012 + ID Pop Shop Opening on Monday!
Weekend Market Picks for Saturday and Sunday, March 3 & 4, 2012 SUPER!market: Saturday Only! I adore this new designers market. Every...
Karen Seiger
Mar 3, 20122 min read
Special Holiday Contest Featuring Wacky Magnets
In celebration of the start of the holiday season, we are holding a contest drawing in conjunction with one of our favorite market...
Karen Seiger
Nov 21, 20112 min read
Weekend Market Picks, October 15-16, 2011 and Pumpkins!!!
Also this weekend I am taking a wonderful bunch of ladies on a Markets Tour! We have a great agenda and a lot of ground to cover. I...
Karen Seiger
Oct 14, 20112 min read
Photo of the Day – September 20, 2011: Antique Locomotive Smoking Caddy ca. 1860
On weekdays, the cafeteria tables and benches at PS 87 are filled with kids eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. But on Sundays,...
Karen Seiger
Sep 20, 20112 min read
Photo of the Day – August 8, 2011: New York Artifact Art
The works of art by Scott Jordan of New York Artifact Art have to be some of the most fascinating objects in the markets of New York...
Karen Seiger
Aug 8, 20111 min read
Weekend Market Picks – July 23-24, 2011!
The image above is by Naima Rauam, a fine artist known for her images of the old Fulton Fish Market. She keeps this institution alive...
Karen Seiger
Jul 22, 20112 min read
Weekend Market Picks — And Yona’s Gourmet Delights!
I’ve been munching on Yona’s Gourmet Delights for several years now. It never ceases to delight me to find Yona’s delicious borekas and...
Karen Seiger
Jun 10, 20113 min read
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