Sabon: Cool Store, Skin Products

Oooohhh weee. I love accidental shopping successes. After an impromptu tour of Steinway Pianos on 57th St. with a mysterious and handsome stranger with a Spanish accent, we stumbled upon Sabon on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets.

The kind salesgent ushered us over to the Sabon Sink in the back, where he directed us as we tried out the fantastic soaps, scrubs, and lotions that they have to offer. Talk about effective selling! Not only did I emerge feeling clean, smooth and fresh like a daisy, but I also emerged with the bottle of Ginger Orange Body Gel Polisher ($16) pictured here.

The products are made in Israel and there are a few other locations in NYC and a few more spread out across the U.S., including everyone's favorite state: New Jersey.

My First Present: Kenneth Cole Watch

Yay! Here's the first full-fledged Christmas present I received so far this year (from my "very special friend"): the Kenneth Cole KC4451 for Women.

As the minutes tick by, I like this watch more and more. It's packed full of bling in a low key way through its streamlined design. But it also has a pink face! Oh pink!

The band is a tad big, but I shall have a link or two removed as soon as possible so that it, like me, is perfect. sigh...

Woodstock & Saugerties: Potential part II

(Continued from yesterday...) Then, how fitting is it that my "very special friend" (who recently made the move into the 'woods' for a new job) and I happened to stumble upon Saugerties' one-night annual open house/late shopping night (late being 8 p.m. - this is Saugerties, folks)? The fun folks at Ya Ya's Emporium, which sells funky accessories, global gifts and vinyl records (I'm plagarizing their business card...) were so taken with my Barbara Feinman hat (see my earlier "hat" post, including photo), that we got into a discussion about Guerilla Shopper. Hopefully they'll visit and see themselves in e-black and white!

The store is full of cute, reasonably priced jewelry, bags, wallets, gloves and a great little collection of records in the back including jazz and more. Check it out if you're in the 'hood. It's fun for the whole family!