Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

A quick visit to Jane, now open on 9th Street

Jane debuted on Ninth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

The curated kitchen and home specialty shop is a sibling to the family owned East Village Postal around the corner at 151 First Ave. 

We've been meaning to stop by and check it out... which EVG contributor Stacie Joy did the other day... 
Jane is at 328 E. Ninth St. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday from 1-7 p.m. Check out the shop's Instagram account here

Despite the recent closures of The March Hare, Verameat and Eileen Fisher (all for different reasons), this block between First and Second still has a nice vibe with newcomers such as Jane, Art+Ray, Pillow-Cat Books and Spooksvilla.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Introducing Midnight Wednesday: 35 East Village stores staying open late tonight

From the EV Grieve inbox...
Midnight Wednesday is a new holiday tradition in the East Village encouraging shoppers to visit East Village boutiques to take care of holiday shopping. The East Village Community Coalition (EVCC) and Amé Amé have organized 35 businesses to keep late hours, until as late as midnight. Many stores will offer holiday treats and special discounts that customers can enjoy while completing their holiday shopping and supporting neighborhood shopkeepers.

Midnight Wednesday will capture planned holiday spending within the East Village, which will keep money local and amplify the effects for the community. Unlike other parts of Lower Manhattan, the mixed-use nature of the East Village does not bring a daily flow of office workers. Our shops rely heavily on evening and weekend traffic. Midnight Wednesday gives people from the East Village an opportunity to experience late night activity — separate from the bar scene - and encourages them to support direct storm recovery during the shopping season.

“Since Sandy, all businesses in the East Village suffered from some combination of structural damage, loss of inventory, business interruption, and the lasting effects
resulting in lower traffic at this critical time of year,” said Sara Romanoski, managing director of the East Village Community Coalition. “The local and federal loans that many businesses owners are reluctant to apply for have not – and may never – materialize. Preserving a creative, small business culture is essential to restoring our quality of life in this community.”

Shoppers can find a list of participating boutiques here.

The EVCC also recently released The Get Local! Shopping Guide featuring more than 400 independent businesses. A PDF is here.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Craft-o-holics back at it tonight



Local 269 Bar
269 E. Houston St. (@ Suffolk)
from 6 til 9pm (later if it's rockin' during the snowstorm!)
FREE/DONATIONS ACCEPTED
Daniella aka Our Lady of Perpetual PMS
Jenny Devildoll Gonzalez
Elisa Velasquez
Jessica Delfino
The Chi-Ciones

Friday, November 27, 2009

Get Local


But seriously...when it comes to shopping... The East Village Community Coalition has released the 3rd edition of its "Get Local" Shopping Guide. As the EVCC notes:

Remember, when you choose locally over mega-chains, you:

-Create local jobs with fair living wages

-Choose creativity and personality over uniformity

-Keep more money in the community

-Provide economic activity and stability

-Sustain small business owners who strengthen the local economy

-Defend our neighborhood's identity

-Fight the lie that low prices at chain stores make up for the loss of local business ownership

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Last day for the Virgin Megastore (and why you will see so many people wearing Virgin Orlando T-shirts)

Just before 10 a.m. today, some 30 people were waiting in line for the last day of the Virgin Megastore on Union Square. I was not one of them. But when the doors opened, I decided to go in... I was ready to take a picture of the crowd entering the store, but a woman carrying a small dog shoved me.



Everything was 90 to 90 percent off.... One of the workers yelled, "Buy everything people!" And I said, Good luck with that, people.



I was unfamiliar with 90 percent of the artists left behind. Well, there was the Jimmy Buffett Christmas record.



The remaining crap for sale was kept to a small space. The rest of the hulking store sat empty. Somewhere downstairs, workers were yelling, their voices echoing throughout the former Megastore. First time that I'd ever been in here without some music or movie blaring from the speakers.






Somehow, people found stuff to buy. Mostly what was left... I'd say 500-800 Virgin Orlando T-shirts...$1 each!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Noted



From the Post:

As season two of Bravo's guilty pleasure launches [tonight], housewife Jill Zarin warns, "You're gonna see some [expensive] toys come out, unfortunately. We filmed the show before the recession happened."

The recession that has put millions of New Yorkers out of work threatens to make New York's real housewives appear even more self-indulgent and childishly pampered than last season. Back then, they were merely cougars of conspicuous consumption, spending perversely amusing bundles on themselves. This season, when housewife Alex McCord and husband (some say honorary housewife) Simon van Kampen drop $8,000 on clothing at a Hamptons boutique, their extravagance will likely strike viewers as prodigal in the extreme.

Van Kampen, manager of Murray Hill's Hotel Chandler, hopes the economy doesn't turn off viewers to the cast's wasteful spending habits. "This is escapist television for a lot of people," he says. "I don't think there'll be much negative reaction. Honestly, I think there is less conspicuous consumption in season two."

Friday, November 21, 2008

Noted (and with apologies)



I don't know why I do this. Anyway, this article seems to be floating around out there in the interwebs -- different sites, different dates, but all by the same author. It is titled "New York travel inspired by romantic films."

Travelling the City is like watching or experiencing what we see in the movies or any TV series. If it looks good in the movies, well, I have to say, my instinct one way or the other tells me I want to be there too! New York gives us the thrill of experiencing shopping, dining, be entertained and be romantic.
If you are a fan of ‘Sex and the City’, the first thing that you will remember is watching Carrie Bradshaw (or Sarah Jessica Parker) and her addiction to shoes along with her fashionable dresses. What do you do? SHOP GALORE! One can never go wrong in shopping at Big Apple. Prepare your Manolos or Marc Jacobs to fill your shopping pleasure with sophistication and style at Barneys Madison Avenue.
Not done with shopping? Madison Avenue is where you will find the top end department store filled with American and European designers like Saks Fifth Avenue. Of course who can forget the transformation of Anne Hathaway on the Devil Wears Prada. Make time for celebrity designer shops (Calvin, Giorgio) and fashion house boutiques (Prada, Chanel) in Madison Avenue.
One of the feel good movies with unforgettable wedding proposal to date is Sweet Home Alabama. Why? While others go for a romantic setting at the beach or high end restaurants, Patrick Dempsey picked the perfect spot for a girl (Reese Witherspoon) to choose her own engagement ring at Tiffany’s. While there is a selection of jaw-dropping engagement rings for the bride to be, fine items for men are available and even for babies. Undoubtedly, Tiffany’s remains a girl’s best friend.
After shopping fashionably, and hopefully spending wisely, it is time to perk up your social life. Sex and the City’s famous girlfriends - Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha shows us their ritual revolving with friends and loved ones is by dining out. Despite the countless fine dining restaurants in Soho the City also offers funky and inexpensive ethnic restaurants in East Village.