Art Star on Aug 17 2010 | Filed under: Blue Q Links, Cool Link, Out and About
Blue Q.
NYIGF Summer 2010.
Booth #1509.
2 more days.
Ever been to a tradeshow before? They’re amazing. It’s wholesale for retail. You walk into this cavernous space (a convention center, like the Javits Center in New York City) and every place that makes the stuff you love is there – except you can’t buy a damn thing. It would [...]
Art Star on Aug 02 2010 | Filed under: Designers, Out and About
There is a local artist around these parts who we just love and adore. Maggie Mailer – and she just had an exhibit open Saturday night at the Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield, Ma.
So, I’m walking around admiring the colors, the mood of these pieces – I ain’t no art critic, but I really dug these [...]
Art Star on Jul 29 2010 | Filed under: Out and About, Reviews
Here lies the cutest Blue Q store I ever did see. Elva’s Old P.O. on Monhegan Island, 10 miles off the coast of Maine. You have to get there by boat. There are only a dozen vehicles on the island (and some renegade golf carts).
And I was lucky enough to be there (on vacation – [...]
Art Star on Jun 29 2010 | Filed under: Blue Q Links, Out and About, Reviews
Dude. Really? Is this a Fail? HandzOff Anti-Masturbatory Gum? Apparently the fine fragile folks posting at the Fail Blog might think so.
I wonder what they would’ve thought of this (which is now among our product graveyard):
I actually really liked the scent of this puppy.
Echm….
Handyman on Mar 16 2010 | Filed under: Everyday Raves, Out and About
Once again, Blue Q is the darling of yet another trade show. This time it’s the Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim.
This was a four day show (that ended over the weekend) and the Blue Q shoppers were singled out by the Editors at the Natural Foods Merchandiser.
This trade show is all about natural [...]
Art Star on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Cool Link, Out and About
Did you know that Twinkies contain Beef Fat?
And you can purchase half price packages of said Beef Fat Cream Filled Pound cake at the Hostess Thrift Shop. Did you know that the Hostess Thrift Shop has a website??? And on website (oh, sorry, it’s a “Bakery Outlet” website), there is an icon that says “Counting [...]
Handyman on Feb 23 2010 | Filed under: Everyday Raves, Out and About
Meryl Hooker named Blue Q Sales Rep of the Year for 2009
(psst: if you don’t know what the heck a Rep is, see ***Paragraph 5)
The announcement was made in Booth #1509 at the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday, January 31st. Upon receiving this recognition she thanked “the baby Jesus, KISS, Blue Q and all [...]
Art Star on Feb 22 2010 | Filed under: Out and About, The Process
Deborah (Manager of New Product Development) and I went to the Society of Illustrators on East 63rd Street in Manhattan on Friday night to see Nate Williams talk. And we’re now officially in love.
With the Society of Illustrators. Why? Who did you think I was talking about? Oh, we love Nate too. He’s prolific in [...]
Handyman on Feb 12 2010 | Filed under: Everyday Raves, Out and About
Finding a decent place to eat in Manhattan is a hideous chore.
Only because . . . where do you even start ?
On my most recent trip to Manhattan, I was lucky to meet up with my Cousin Margaret . She had a thought or two. And it was restaurant week !
Originally it was going to [...]
Handyman on Jan 26 2010 | Filed under: Out and About
The wonderful and colorful Blue Q shoppers will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in New York.
The Exhibit is titled ‘In The Bag’ and traces the beginnings of the ‘ban plastic bags movement’ and the growth of creative alternatives.
The exhibition aims to introduce grass roots recycling movements in small resourceful communities in the Philippines, Cambodia, [...]
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