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Byram Summer Sales Up to 75% Off, Thursday July 22- Saturday July 24th

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:18:02 +0000

It’s the Town of Greenwich’s version of the wave: first, Old Greenwich stands up and puts end of season stuff on sale. Next, comes the Grandaddy of Sidewalk Sales – the Greenwich Ave. bonanza. Now, it’s Byram’s turn, and it seems as if everyone in this getting-cooler-by-the-month enclave is participating. Lolita Cocina and Tequila Bar, Cynthia’s, Fin and Feather, Firehouse Deli, Side Door, Salon O and more are slashing prices and offering promotions and deals. Thursday July 22 – Saturday July 24

Designer, Zahra Saeed, 271 Greenwich Ave. Summer Silk Dresses 75% Off

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:24:05 +0000

As I reported last week:

New kid on the block, Zahra Saeed is the second store for this talented young Pakistani designer (her first is in Rittenhouse Square, Philly). The space is ultra cool – black with blasts of hot pink – and salesman/manager Pasquale Spezzano is totally onboard with the OnTheCheap concept. Though Saeed’s price point for her Fall/Winter dresses is around $300 a pop, Pasquale just discounted the summer line to 75% off. This is a great bargain for an up-and-coming clothing designer.

Upper Greenwich Ave: Hot Spots, Deals and Freshly New

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:30:52 +0000

I seemed to have come down hard on Greenwich Ave. in yesterday’s post. But this morning, The Avenue redeemed itself through unpretentious shopowners/keepers who seem to implicitly understand that 06830’s love a bargain, too.

1. This is no more apparent than at the wonderfully unnamed, unlinked, unphone-able, Old World Children’s Outlet, which simply says, “Children’s Outlet Sale” on the window of #16 Greenwich Ave. Jammed with European smocked dresses ($55 cotton, $95 silk), little cashmere sweaters ($65), European-designed cotton dresses for $20 and adorable embroidered pillowcases ($5, but going fast) for newborn-14 years, this place is Best & Co. without the high overhead (um, soaring ceiling?) . In fact, these clothes were showing at Best & Co. and other high-end children’s shops, so now, we can all afford them. Good job, OWCO!!

2. At the top of the Ave. right next door to the Outlet, at 8 Greenwich Ave. Second Time Around is a high-end consignment shop based in Boston that sells contemporary clothes and accessories at 25% of their original cost. True Religion and Seven Jeans cost $52 buck here.

3. New kid on the block, Zahra Saeed is the second store for this talented young Pakistani designer (her first is in Rittenhouse Square, Philly). The space is ultra cool – black with blasts of hot pink – and salesman/manager Pasquale Spezzano is totally onboard with the OnTheCheap concept. Though Saeed’s price point for her Fall/Winter dresses is around $300 a pop, Pasquale took me to the “Summer Sale” rack; 60% off all silk dresses, which brings some down to $25 bucks. Also, if you can replace a zipper or are not concerned about an imperceptible stain, you can take an in-season dress away for 75% off. (That’s $81 for a size 4 stretch lace gold dress, and $45 for a lace-hemmed skirt). Plus, if you mention you saw this in Greenwich On The Cheap, you get an extra 5% off – on full priced items only.

I’m starting to feel better about my turning-trendy-but-sensible (at least when it comes to $$), Greenwich Ave.

Let the deals begin!

Up to 75% off Antiques, Furniture at Estate Treasures Tent Sale; Now Through October 19th

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:53:28 +0000

I must confess that I have contemporary taste when it comes to decorating. But I don’t mind a few interesting, eclectic pieces here and there, which makes shopping at Estate Treasures at 1162 E. Putnam Ave. in Riverside a fruitful, if somewhat ambitious, endeavor. The shop seems small from the outside, but is a warren of rooms jam-packed with an impressive amount of household goods – so much stuff, in fact, that you almost need a guide to navigate the place. Congenial owner, Harriet Roughan, is eager to comply. Harriet LOVES what she’s been doing for over 30 years – making matches between people and, well, treasures –and does it with a keen eye towards the customer’s taste and budget. I was smitten by a lovely burnished-gold-finish porcelain coffee service for 8 complete with eight delightful cups and saucers, a coffee pot, creamer and sugar bowl ($120) as well as a 60 inch round expandable mahogany and teak Theodore Alexander table, that, with a series of pie-shaped leaves, opens up to a generous 84″ (was $10,995 now $8796). The coffee service was well within Cheap-Chick budget, the wonderful table, not so much. However, I nearly walked away with a $90 ceramic Phrenology head, perfect for the desk of, say, a cranial massage therapist. It was oh, so cool and I could tell, appealed greatly to Harriet’s whimsical side. For the longest time, I believed Estate Treasures to be as stuffy as the upholstered furniture that takes up a good deal of one back room. I now know that that is far from true. I might just have to return soon for that ceramic Phrenology bust.