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Located on West Houston, Alphaville is my favorite gift store in Manhattan. It offers a great selection of vintage objects, from Nixon’s campaign buttons, to Sesame Street 80s mobiles, 50s greeting cards and the original Mr. Potato Head and his friends. It’s one of those places I walk into just to look but always end up buying something.

Blog Buzz time!Autumn in Greenpoint through the eyes of the boys from Alter. It's definitely much more stylish than most Greenpointers eyes. Fantastic images and style from the hottest shop(s) on Franklin.

New York is a city of layers, with the remnants of older store signs visible beneath the current one, like on Minetta Street, where The Fat Black Pussycat gave way to a modern Mexican restaurant called Panchito’s: Stuyvesant Deli, on 14th Street in the East Village, has an old 70s-style sign, plus

Westport, Connecticut, recently joined a small but growing number of communities to ban the use of free plastic shopping bags within its borders. The new ordinance, which goes into effect early next year, would impose a $150 fine on any store that offers such bags.

Last week Krissy posted that she spied a new shop on Meserole - Old Hollywood. Immediately the name suggested wonderful-ness!Today Brooklyn Based has a sweet in store peek at the place that is owned by the buyer for Catbird. This shop promises to be vintage and independent designers inspired by vintage.

From the Unmentionable to the Unconfirmable By David W. Dunlap This former Victoria Secret’s at Broadway and West 67th Street is about to undergo a major renovation, fueling speculation about an Apple Store for the Upper West Side. (David. W. Dunlap/The New York Times) Talk about brief.

I would have never guessed that Camille Paglia would be in awe of Sara Palin or perceive her as follows, “Conservative though she may be, I felt that Palin represented an explosion of a brand new style of muscular American feminism. At her startling debut on that day, she was combining male and female qualities in ways that I have never seen before.

While dragging myself to work this AM, I happened to notice a new store will be opening on the corner of Meserole and Manhattan.Hot Dog! Old Hollywood Boutique!! What kind of snazzy clothing will they be peddling?

NEGIN FARSAD, a filmmaker and comedian who lives in the East Village, recalled a time not long ago when European friends would visit New York to see her, and not, she said, to use her apartment as a "temporary locker for their shopping bags."

As someone whose closet was regularly raided by friends throughout high school and college, Christina Carathanassis now has a closet to share with the world - Christabelle’s Closet (Christabelle is Christina’s childhood nickname).