My Urban Sherpa

Back to work,…

If your work this week entails finding holiday gifts for clients and associates, may we suggest Manhattan Fruitier?

Beautifully presented fruits, nuts, chocolates and cheeses in a variety of sizes and prices, make excellent gifts.

Spend the day well

Savings abound up and down 5th and Madison Avenues – if not in your bank or 401K account.

Enjoy!

Old fashioned fun

Head to Dylan’s Candy Shop at the corner of 59th Street and Lexington Avenue for a dizzying array of candies and confections that will brighten your day.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Except that there won’t be those direct and indirect Xmas bonuses.  The bonus this year is spectacular savings up and down 5th and Madison Avenues. Sales of 30% and 40% are already in place at many of NY’s finest department stores. Looking great for that interview is fortunately, more affordable.

Casa de Rodriguez + My Urban Sherpa = Save in Style

Casa de Rodriguez offers My Urban Sherpa readers 20% off their fabulous handmade hats during the week of July 27th. For men and women, these hats make more than an outfit – the sheer fun of them will make your day!

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Casa de Rodriguez is located at 156 Stanton Street.

Suggestion for a sunny day

As the ladies who lunch have long known, nothing compliments a sunny day better than a fabulous hat.

Stylish and lovable hats, these hats are handmade, reversible, machine washable, and one of a kind. Extravagant enough to be the perfect gift, practical enough to justify purchase, these hats are available from David Rodriguez, milliner and mayor of Stanton Street.

Casa Rodriguez is located at 156 Stanton Street.

Looking for some sunshine?

Head to Dylan’s at the corner of Third Avenue and 60th Street for candy in every color and fun for every fun-lover. Children will delight at the dazzling selection of sweets. Adults indulge in the nostalgia of long ago coveted penny candies – Pop Rocks, Sugar Daddies, Fizz, Mary Jane. All enjoy a respite from a gloomy day at the closest visit to Willy Wonka’s this side of the television.

Shecky’s Girls Night Out

SheckyÂ’s Girls Night Out is a five-day shopping extravaganza for up-and-coming designers, cocktails, complimentary spa services and samples and giveaways galore.

Tickets are available via www.Sheckys.com for $10. Admission plus two deluxe goodie bags including products from Dove, got2b, Colgate, BORBA are $30.

When: June 23-27, 5:00 to 10:00 PM
Where: The Puck Building
Contact: B.olshan@sheckys.com

Looking for a local CSA?

What could be more local than your doorstep?

If meandering through a green market is more luxury than your life allows Monday through Friday consider a CSA – Community Supported Agriculture.

For less than the taxi fair to and from Union Square Market, have a week’s worth of fruits and vegetables delivered to your door.

Choose among many CSAs that deliver to Manhattan and the 5 boroughs.

Or walk to your local Green Market.

If this happens to be Saturday, and your local market is Union Square, you are in luck! Incite interest in the season’s offering starting Saturday, May 17 at 10:00 am with a market tour led by Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, and lunch there to follow at 1:00pm.

This series continues sporadically through the fall, Wednesdays and Saturdays with many fine chefs, including Peter Hoffman of Savoy, Colin Alevras or the Tasting Room, and Bill Telepan of Telepan.

Bon appetit, bon karma, bon journee!

Holiday Gifts – New York City

If you are short on time and flush with cash, we have a few suggestions for a time efficient and pleasant shopping experience in New York.As crowded as 5th Avenue is, you will still find some space, quiet and extravagant baubles at the jewelry counters of Bergdorf Goodman. Men’s gifts are easily selected with the help of expert sales staff at Bergdorf’s men’s shop of the East side of 5th Avenue.745 5th Avenue @ 57th Street , (212) 753-7300Attentive help and one stop shopping await you at Barney’s. Here one can find every category of department store gifts with excellent taste and craftsmanship. Top off the visit with a delicious meal at Fred’s on the 9th floor.660 Madison Avenue @ 60th & 61st Streets , (212) 826-8900As sure as that blue box is to increase one’s heartbeat – the congestion at Tiffany is an issue. Financiers will enjoy the convenience of Tiffany’s new Wall Street location.midtown – 727 5th Avenue @ 57th Street , (212) 755-8000downtown – 37 Wall Street @ Nassau Street , (212) 514-8015Extravagant gifts for children and elegant women are easily found at Takashimaya. Here you will also found the most exquisite florist in town.693 5th Avenue @ 54th & 55th Streets , (212) 350-0100Time saving luxuries can be found for the work-a-holic at Sony on Madison and the Apple stores – midtown and in Soho.midtown – Sony is 550 Madison Avenue @ 55th Street, (212) 833-8800 midtown – Apple, 767 5th Avenue @ 58th & 59th Street , (212) 336-1440downtown – Apple Soho, 103 Prince Street @ Greene Street , (212) 226-3126And if you are waiting to be wowed by the perfect gift – start at 14th Street and 9th Avenue and walk west. You’ll encounter Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, La Perla, Jeffrey (for cosmetics) and Diane von Furstenberg.