Wow what a crazy week it was. It started out with a visit to Skinners auction house, Then Brimfield madness and onto NYC for the weekend. I have seen more antiques in a week than most people see in a year. But am I complaining? No way!! It has been so much fun hunting for more treasures for the shop.

We actually stayed in Hoboken this time because the hotel prices in the city were completely outrageous. Most of the average hotels wanted at least $400 a night for a basic room. Sorry but there is no way I would blow $800 bucks for two nights. I wont waste money like that.

Despite the fact that we had to take the subway into the city we had a great time. I think we walked about 15 miles in one day. Mainly because I had one goal, and that was to find all of the flea markets in town. I had done the research way before the trip to figure out where they were. I even got linked up with one of the flea market sites which is at www.fleaspeech.com.

The first flea that we hit was called Hell’s Kitchen. There was plenty of eye candy here, including furniture, old printing blocks and oodles of fabulous vintage clothes. NYC is the mecca for vintage designer clothes. You cannot walk a block without seeing something spectacular there. I must say like everything else in NY the prices were outrageous and the dealers weren’t really into haggling. I myself am a big-time haggler so needless to say I did not buy a thing at that market. Here are a few pics from Hell’s kitchen.

The second market we went to was quite a hike away from Hells kitchen. It was called the Garage. This place was filled with two floors of treasures. Again the prices were high but the merchandise was much nicer. I actually bought two beautiful French lithograph architectural plate drawings from a book. They are magnificent!! Here is a shot from the Garage.

On Sunday we met up with some old friends and their son and walked up through Madison Ave ,5th Ave, and then through Central Park. I took a few shots of the fashion eye candy, the park and some fancy 5th Ave architecture. I almost fell over when I saw some of the clothes and window displays.

Valentino’s display was one of my favorites. This white dress looks like it would fit me perfectly.

I guess you could say like most women I love clothes, bags, and shoes, One of my favorite shows is Sex and The City. I kept telling my husband if you see Sarah Jessica Parker let me know. Needless to say we did not run into her and Matthew. But I did manage to meet the actor who was recently in the Polaroid commercial and in a Subway commercial. I randomly just started talking to him on the subway and he told me he was an actor, artist and photographer. He gave me his website. I then went back to the room and looked at it only to discover his work on tv. Only in NYC right!! Please enjoy the shots of the rest of our trip. If you get the chance to visit the city do it soon before the summer heat kicks in. Believe me you don’t want to be on the subway face to face with a bunch of sweaty people. On that note happy hunting and enjoy the week!!