roam: a rare find for gifts on the upper west side

March 31st, 2009 | manhattan, shops

roam-red-and-blue-vases

after walking for blocks and blocks along columbus and amsterdam avenues, i was about to give up on finding any place that i might want to write about.  my friends had warned me but still i was determined to find something, or at least hopeful that there might be a few cute shops up here not related to some mega chain.   although i wasn’t able to prove them wrong, roam was my one real suprise, and it was a good one.  

roam-spring-girls-dresses

with nice and friendly staff, the shop has a little bit of everything for the home and kids and even some accessories.   although nothing particularly unusual, most of what they had was cute especially in the home and kids departments.  they had lots of tea children’s clothing (i have this terrible feeling that this might be all that s. will wear for his early years – it is by far the best boys clothes that i find easily)  my favorite kind of wooden baby toys by grimm (and i have featured them before here), bags by mz wallace and orla kiely, lots of earring and lovely vases and other home goods and these incredibly adorable shoes by pediped (pictured below).

roam-childrens-sneakers

so while the upper west side has not yet become a shopping destination, at least roam provides a place for finding some of those cute things all in one place.  roam, 488 amsterdam avenue between 83rd and 84th streets, manhattan, new york, .

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