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Harlem – Sweet Spot Festival is coming back on May 26, 2013

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | 4 Comments

Harlem Sweet Spot Festival is coming back on May 26, 2013

Summer is almost here Harlem and so is the Sweet Spot festival summer season.  This year’s kick-off will be held on May 26, 2013 from 3-9pm at the beautiful West Harlem Pier.  This is a great event for the whole family to enjoy.

Below is a note from the sponsor with information on this Harlem event as well as photos and local press coverage from last year.  If you are a vender interested in participating fill out the form and join in the fun.  See you all there!
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Sweet Spot Festival is looking for vendors to participate in the Sweet Spot Festival Market Place in Harlem on May 26, 2013 from 3-9pm featuring Herbert Holler of The Freedom Party, Rich Medina and other special guest.  The event will be the kick-off to our Sweet Spot festival summer season and is taking place at the beautiful West Harlem Pier by the river (across from Fairway)

Last summer the  Sweet Spot Festival debut received a great response from attendees and local media.  We are super excited to be coming back this summer with 5 festival dates. (More info to come on final dates and locations)
 
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Here are some pictures from our last event as well.
 
 
If your interested in being part of the market,  please fill out the vendor application here: http://bit.ly/NZZhrl 
 
Vendor fees are $60 as mandated from the NYC Parks Department. We also provide rentals of tables, chairs and tents at minimal costs.
 
Please let me know if you would be interested in participating and I will reply with all the market place details.
 
Thanks and have a great day! 
 
Carolyn “CC” Concepcion
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About Sweet Spot Festival
The Sweet Spot Festival is a FREE family friendly event series, bringing Harlem’s increasingly diverse community together to celebrate it’s rich historical legacy. Its purpose is to promote music,culture, art, and commerce. Here you will find an eclectic range of musicians, DJ’s, performance & visual artists, a mouth watering array of food & dessert vendors, kids activities, workshops and to-die-for vintage & jewelry selections. 
Harlem Sweet Spot Festival is coming back on May 26, 2013

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Harlem Flo – a flower boutique in Harlem

Posted on March 12, 2013 by | 4 Comments
Harlem Flo a flower boutique in Harlem

Harlem Flo

Harlem Flo flower shop (original) was one of the new businesses to open years ago on Frederick Douglass Boulevard’s restaurant row.  Now they are expanded in to a multi purpose boutique.  More and more FDB is becoming retail row as well as restaurant row.

With Harlem Flo combining both of their locations into one large expanded and renovated space, they are able to offer many different consumer needs.

Harlem Flo a flower boutique in Harlem

The other day I stopped in for a blank card (my personal favorites are by local artist AFineLyne Lynn Lieberman), and walked out with a bag of gifts and a house plant.  They have great candles, books and art just to name a few.  If you are going to a dinner party, a housewarming  or have a special date, and need a gift they have a large selection of appropriate items including the traditional long stem roses.  As their window conveys, Garden ∙ Art ∙ Gifts.
See their website Harlem Flo Boutique.

For those of you who have outdoor space or just want summer flowers in your apartment window, one of the owners Louis Gagliano was telling me they will have flats of summer flowers in front of their shop from spring to fall.  They already have some early spring flowers available.  They have an expansive collection of cut flowers and healthy indoor orchids, cactus and a variety of house plants.

Harlem Flo a flower boutique in Harlem

Louis Gagliano

The combining of the two locations last summer was a smart move.  If you haven’t visited Harlem Flo yet stop in and pay them a visit.  Even if you do not need anything you will probably end up buying something.  Adjacent with Harlem Flo Boutique is the corner Coventry Garden.  This will look great in the summertime.

Harlem Flo a flower boutique in Harlem

Harlem Flo
2276 Frederick Douglass Blvd
New York, NY 10027
(212) 316-3031

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Harlem Condo Life – “About Us” UPDATE 2013

Posted on January 9, 2013 by | 4 Comments

Harlem Condo Life About Us UPDATE 2013

About Us

Harlem Condo Life is your gateway to Harlem.
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We are a group of friends from diverse backgrounds living in Harlem and sharing news and events since 2007.  Some of us still living in the same building together since the beginning of our partnership, and other newcomers have joined our blog – two of them native New Yorkers/Harlemites.  We hope this is what gives us an honest and objective view on the topics in which we post and tweet about with our different opinions and insight as a group effort.
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We at Harlem Condo Life will continue to keep you posted on Restaurants, Clubs, Music, Real-Estate, Retail in Harlem, and also now expanding to Current Events, Politics, Design, Architecture, Sports and Entertainment around the globe.
Harlem is universal.  It is an identity known throughout the world.  We are here to document everything and anything to do with Harlem here and around the world.
Thank you to our readers and loyal followers throughout the last six years.  We hope to continue to build and make your visit to HARLEM CONDO LIFE informative, inspirational  and fun!
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Website  www.HarlemCondoLife.com    Twitter  @HarlemHCL
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Thank you for reading HarlemCondoLife.  Harlem is everything to us….we hope that it is to you as well.
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(Updated 2013)

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Moroccan Souk – Special Holiday shopping in Harlem this weekend

Posted on December 13, 2012 by | Leave a comment
Moroccan Souk Special Holiday shopping in Harlem this weekend
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This weekend, La Maison d’Art & L’Aristote invite you to a unique Holiday shopping experience - Moroccan Souk in Harlem.  A variety of African Art jewelry, hand-made soaps, home fragrances and decoration pieces.
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Find a unique Holiday gift at La Maison d’ Art at 259 w 132 Street New York, NY  10027
This Saturday Dec. 15 and Sunday Dec. 16                                                                                  From 12 – 7pm both days.
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Moroccan Souk Special Holiday shopping in Harlem this weekend
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