Closing Day

Sadly, it's the last day of The Holiday Shops at Bryant Park. But you can keep in touch with all your favorite shops online. Check out their websites listed on the blog and the venue guide (hover over the name and click). Some shops have online stores and show where they'll be appearing in 2008.

Meanwhile, we'll be missing all the shops, like splash!organics (where one devoted customer visited during an awful rain storm to stock up on her yearly supply and extol the virtues of splash's soaps), lina's shop and her beautiful, delicate jewelry and Asian jackets, and Home Fields' 3-D replica stadiums, the perfect gift for a devoted sports fan's desk. And we can't wait to see Parable Ink, James Young, pip-squeak chapeau, Indonesia Beautiful, Metal Park, and all the rest again next holiday season. Happy New Year!

Plaid is the New Bear

If I've seen a cuter bear anywhere, I can't remember because all I want are these adorable plaid guys ($28) at James Young, perfect for adorning your child's/niece's/nephew's room. They dress up a playroom like no other bear.


And I can't pass up a good wooden bowl (left, $75). These are beautiful on your table and big enough for lots of food. Truly the perfect bowl for my family; we like to ooh and ahh over looks ("Oooh, handcarved Filipino wood") but enjoy the bounty ("Aaah, copious amounts of food."). The spoons ($55) are mother-of-pearl. Larger bowls run $115.

Finally, because there's so much good stuff at James Young that I can't stop, mull over these bags: the perfect beach tote/summer purse (above, with the cute flip flop print) and this charming evening bag ($45, right), big enough for gloss and cab fare, but small enough to toss around so you can have some fun.


Mr. Young wins best vendor quote. Of the plaid teddy bears he says: "Conceived in New York City, born in Vietnam." Those are some cosmopolitan bears.

James Young, F6 on the venue guide