JADE’S TOY BOX / EGG BY SUSAN LAZAR
• What child wouldn’t want to look like Grimace a wonderful purple anorak ($30)?
• As someone who still gets excited about the mail, I find this Let’s Play Mail set irresistible ($48).
• Jade’s New Yorker box, full of everything a budding New Yorker needs ($175).
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TRIBECA SPA OF TRANQUILITY
• Sixty-minute massages are $119, if you’re in the market for a gift card.
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OLY ATELIER
• Resin vases ($175–$250).
• Who knew that Oly also has sea-leather handbags and accessories, including this eyeglasses case ($150)?
• Neat and sweet: hearts made from petrified wood (set of four for $175).
• Round shell picture frames ($70 each).
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TRIBECA CITIZEN T-SHIRT
• ‘Tis the season to self-promote! There are two styles—including ones that say “Jay-Z is my neighbor”—starting at $25, or $15 for kids’ shirts.
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EDON MANOR
• Meli Melo bag ($580).
• Candles by Gilles Dewavrin ($65).
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DUDLEY’S PAW
• As if polar bears don’t have it hard enough, now they’re being thrown to the dogs ($12).
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KOH’S KIDS
• Dino e Lucia black party dress ($89).
• Owl T-shirt (I neglected to write down the price).
• Mod peacoats from Appaman ($99).
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WHOLE FOODS TRIBECA
• Whole Foods is carrying Brooklyn-based chocolate brands Mast Brothers ($9) and Fine & Raw ($9; this bar is mesquite-flavored, FYI). It’s by the cheese counter.
• Blue Q bag ($15). Someone owes a debt of gratitude to Charles Demuth.
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BIT’Z KIDS
• As a kid, I never liked getting clothes as a gift, but I might have felt differently about a tutu—if I were a girl, obviously. ($18).
• Skull hat ($17).
• I thought these earmuffs were great and then I noticed the pads on the ear part, which elevated them to fantastic. And then I saw the little claws. So cool ($23).
Previous installments in the 2010 Shop-Local Gift Guide:
• Broadway and Church
• Chambers and Reade
• Hudson
• Harrison and Worth
• Duane
• Warren and Murray