mxyplyzyk: consistently fun, modern and fabulous home design
to get the best pulse on what is cool and fun and modern, and for gifts for young and old, i always go to mxyplyzyk. while i am not really a fan of the service (they have gotten a bit too fancy for their britches) the quality and range of what they have is excellent. their curatorial skills are truly amazing. they always seem to know what is happening in the small item design world and are able to squeeze it into their not too big shop in the village.
i also like their sense of fun from the mr. p dispensing tape which i really do need to get for my desk, the mr. and mrs. jones squeezer set to the topiary frames in the shape of a pug, a chihuahua or a labrador (if only i could figure out how to grow anything). they also have lots of useful and adorable items like a picnic back pack needed very soon i hope, lots of games, a good selection of placemats and my beloved confetti bowls made by zak designs out of recycled melamine. other useful items include stylish wine racks of chrome, the nutty squirrel nutcracker, great looking door mats, lots of sweet smelling soaps and another must have, an owl tape measure — who doesn’t need one of those. while i don’t recommend going at christmas time, the rest of the year this is a good spot for ideas and fun. mxyplyzyk, 125 greenwich avenue between horatio and jane streets, manhattan, new york, .
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with two small and darling kids and one lovely husband who all occasionally need some amount of tending to as well as a full-time job, this blog is an excuse for me to explore the streets of new york, with a focus on brooklyn -- my home -- and manhattan, for those great little finds that seem to appear randomly on all sorts of blocks around new york but are sometimes hidden from plain view. i gravitate toward small, beautiful, independent places with interesting things, fantastic and friendly service and mostly affordable stuff (or at least an excellent value) and food that is extremely tasty, reasonable and in a great space -- though taste will trump design every time. to help put all these ideas in one place, i also will provide a series of new york mini-guides. in each of these, i will highlight something fun to do and then give some food, shop and doing suggestions nearby. these mini-guides, soon to be accompanied by mini-maps, will help to fill an afternoon -- where to pick up a snack, what shops to check out nearby and is there a really sweet little park along the way for a much needed rest. and i am always looking for ideas -- so if you have any suggestions for where to eat and shop or what to do please let me know. . you can also follow me on twitter at cherrypatter.
and for those of you more interested in the photos, i have absolutely no photography training and while i have been picking up a few tidbits here and there, mostly i think the credit for the photos goes to my lovely camera. it is a canon rebel xti, and the lens i use most of the time is the 50 mm 1:1:8. i also have a 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 for longer views.
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