I had really great luck with shopping today - I found some traditional stuff that wasn’t OVERLY Russian (meaning obnoxiously folksy) but still “unique” enough to know it’s not from Appalachia or Taiwan. I also made the unfortunate choice in buying some early 20th century icons. The icons aren’t the unfortunate part, it’s the “needing [...]

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The good news is I missed a flood by two days. The bad news: BOY, IS IT COLD.
Actually, it’s briskly exhilarating in a “I’m not in California anymore” kinda way, but I’m only two days into this experience so I may be less thrilled by the snow in a week.
I’m being shown around town [...]

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I just finished the International Gift Show here at Javits Center, and boy are my feet tired.
Wa-a, wa-a, wa-a.
I shouldn’t complain, this was one of the most productive domestic buying trips I’ve been on in years. To differentiate Homescapes, Carmel I decided I needed to find as many new things as possible, and I had [...]

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Nothing like being under the gun to get a big project done in record time. I leave on Sunday for the New York Gift Show and our container from the November buying trip to China arrived on Wednesday. Not only did we get everything unloaded and unwrapped , but we also rearranged the entire store [...]

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