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Category Archives: Shopping
Swap + Meet This Saturday at the Macon Library
[ May 21, 2011; 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. ]
What’s a clothing swap?
A clothing swap is an excellent way to recycle clothing and other wearables. It is a time-appropriate event for people who recognize that we need creative ways to re-new our wardrobes. It is a fun, smart, eco-friendly and inexpensive way to both de-clutter and refill our closets. At the same time, you [...]
Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Community Events, Libraries, Shopping
Tagged Swap+Meet
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La Table Exquise Holiday Menu!
Holiday Menu @ La Table Exquise
Chef Sebastien of La Table Exquise will be preparing a very special Holiday menu through the New Year. This features some savory dishes and of course pastries. I ordered a customized gift basket from him last week and will be picking it up Christmas Day. He informed me that he [...]
Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Food, Shopping
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Tin City’s Fall Baby Blow Out Sale
Tin City Drug and General Store (366 Lewis Avenue between Macon and Halsey Streets) is having a Fall Baby Blow Out Sale. 50% off all baby items October 24th – 31st. Brands include Earth’s Best baby food, Hot Kid cereals, Thymes Sweetleaf Baby, Seventh Generation Baby, Happy Baby Snacks, Mrs. Meyers Baby, Aubrey Organics Baby, [...]
Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Shopping
Tagged Tin City Drug and General Store
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Join Siloam Presbyterian Church for Dinner, Shopping and a Show
It’s not too early to be thinking about things to do during the Christmas season. This is an especially useful exercise if you’re feeling miserable in this August heat. Siloam Presbyterian Church is planning a holiday trip to Long Island to see the show “The Night the Angels Sing” presented by Upper Room [...]
Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Religion, Shopping
Tagged Deacon Dolores Frayer, Siloam Presbyterian Church, Tanger Outlet
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Encounters on Fulton
People always complain about Fulton Street, so I took some pics of a few things I like about it:
Awesome cheap skirts imported from who knows where.
Colorful striped shirts for male shoppers, too.
This brand-new building at 1365 Fulton (New York Ave) has gorgeous plantings on each balcony, coordinated with planters on the roof and at the [...]
Posted in Architecture, Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Fashion, Gentrification, Shopping, The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy
Tagged Fulton Street
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Fulton Flea Market’s Awning
Did anyone notice when the Fulton Flea Market (1425 Fulton Street at Brooklyn Avenue) awning was erected? It’s been up for almost a month now. The market was signless for quite awhile prior. Is it possible the owners were thinking there would be some competition with the recent debut of The Market at Bedford Village, [...]
Coming Soon: The Market at Bedford Village
Weekends in Bed-Stuy just got a little more interesting! It looks like Bed-Stuy will soon get a new boutique market with antiques, art and fashion. The Market at Bedford Village will open on Saturday, May 22nd at 8 Macon Street and Arlington Place and will be open on Saturdays and Sundays. And guess what? [...]
Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, New Businesses, Shopping
Tagged The Market at Bedford Village
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Beauty and Spirituality: Butterfly 7
A visit to Butterfly 7 (207A Bainbridge Street, at Malcolm X Boulevard) may help to spread your wings, feeling beautiful and free. Here, spirituality blends with natural body therapy in an original line of inspiring bath & beauty products. Owner Rick Shorter officially opened on December 16th.
The butterfly logo consists of other symbols and the [...]
Posted in Beauty, Fashion, New Businesses, Shopping
Tagged beauty products, Butterfly 7, jewelry, new business, skin care
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