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What to Know About Labor Day Sales
Labor Day usually offers people that last chance to get away
before the school year starts and fall activities kick into high
gear. The three-day weekend also is a time when retailers have
sales to clear out summer merchandise. Here’s what you can expect
to see marked down.
Clothing.
Expect numerous sales on summer apparel that can be worn to
transition into fall, says Lindsay Sakraida of
dealnews.com
. Don’t expect to find deals on fall clothing, though. Prices will
be at least 10% higher this fall because of increased cotton and
labor prices earlier in the year, according to dealnews.com.
Appliances and outdoor items.
New models of big appliances roll into showrooms in September and
October, making Labor Day weekend and early fall a good time to get
a deal as stores clear out the old to make room for the new. Home
Depot is offering 10% off all appliances $397 or more. Lowe’s is
taking 15% off Energy Star appliances $397 or more and marking down
other major appliances by 10%. It also has grills and patio
furniture on clearance. Sears is marking down select Kenmore
appliances and Craftsman power lawn and garden tools by 25% over
the weekend.
Bed and bath.
Dealnews.com expects to see a repeat of last year’s good discounts
on bedding, towels and similar items from stores such as Walmart,
Kohl’s and Bed, Bath Beyond. Sears is offering 50% to 60% off
on mattresses (plus an additional 10% off on purchases more than
$499).
Cars.
Shop now for an end-of-the-model-year car deal. You’ll get a good
combination of price and selection as dealers clear inventory for
the new models. Bargains will vary by car model and dealer, but
it’s not uncommon to haggle your way down to the invoice price, or
within a few hundred dollars of it. Take our quiz to find out
how to get the best deal on a new car
.
Find your own best deal
Start by checking out the
lists of Labor Day sales and coupons
in the
DaddyoDeals.com forums
. You might also want to visit some of
our favorite deal sites
to look for Labor Day discounts.
To find out if your favorite store is having a Labor Day sale,
sign up for its
e-mail alerts
, or follow it on
Facebook
or
Twitter
. If you have a smart phone and are out shopping, download the
foursquare app
to “check in” at stores and unlock discounts or get freebies.
If you’re buying a big-ticket item, such as an appliance, go
online to
research the average price
before hitting the stores for Labor Day sales. Our favorite
price-comparison sites are
Amazon.com
and
Pronto.com
.
Use coupons
to lower the price on marked down items even more. And look for
coupons to score even deeper discounts on already marked-down
items. Labor Day coupons usually offer 15% to 25% off, Sakraida
says. You can find coupon codes and printable coupons at sites such
as
CouponCabin.com
and
Coupon
Sherpa
, which has a free iPhone app you can use to get coupons while
you’re in stores.
Shop online
to avoid the crowds and save on gas costs. Many retailers are
offering free shipping, and some will have special markdowns only
online. For example, Macy’s is taking 25% off clearance items
online. You can get an extra 40% off clearance items online at
Abercrombie Fitch. JCPenney has free shipping on orders of
$49 or more, and Lands’ End is offering free shipping with
purchases of $50 or more.
Speaks Out: Best movies of summer 2011
The Daily Bruin took to Bruin Walk and asked “What was the best movie you saw in theaters this summer? Why?” Here’s what fellow Bruins had to say:
Ben Gunter
Second-year, graduate student
“Source Code”
“I thought it was pretty original. I like sci-fi thrillers, that kind of thing. Jake Gyllenhaal was great. Pretty good.”
Ji Lee
Fourth-year, linguistics
“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
“I think it was different from other romance movies, like chick flicks. My guy friends really loved it too even though it was romance. It was really cute, it was funny.”
Mariam Montoya
First-year, women’s studies
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”
“I really liked the graphics and how it was displayed.”
Meghan Sweeney
Fourth-year, anthropology
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“I really liked it. … I’m a really big fan of the original series and so it was kind of neat to see how things started out.”
Top 10 Back to School Tips
Going back to school can be stressful. You have to find all your classes in buildings you might never have been to, buy expensive textbooks you might never use and pray that your teacher for your 8 a.m. class is engaging so you don’t fall asleep on the first day. Then you have to hope your roommate likes you, find the coolest furniture to furnish your soon-to-be-coolest dorm room, and buy food for when the cafeteria just doesn’t quite cut it. And of course, there are other things to besides classes and homework, and you want to make sure you go to all the best places so you can tell all your new friends about your adventures. Quite often, colleges will give students a list of places, restaurants and activities to check out during their years at school, but we have thought of a few things that are just as important — and they won’t appear on any university Top 10 list.
1. The Impact 88.9 FM
The Impact, housed in the basement of East Holden Hall, is a great way to keep up with all the latest music from the not-so-well-known artists. The Impact is the student radio station — the Michigan Association of Broadcasters has named it the best 10 years’ running — that broadcasts from Michigan State University’s campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week without any commercials to distract from the tunes. Tune in during the day to hear alternative, indie and rock groups that rarely get the spotlight. Then, tune in at night for talk shows (including “City Pulse on the Air” at 7 p.m. Wednesdays) and specialty music shows that dive into other less familiar genres. Staying up late? The Impact keeps playing all night long with Impact Alternative from midnight to 6 a.m. Check out impact89fm.org to see what’s playing, sign up to be a guest D.J. or request a song.
2.Basement 414
Want to display your collection of underground art or have your heavy metal cover band play a set at a public venue but need a place to go with an audience who will appreciate your talents? Basement 414 is the place for you. Basement 414 features everyone with an idea, no matter how off-the-beaten-path it may be. The Basement is also the home for the Lansing Bike Co-op. Got an old bike you don’t use anymore? Take it to the co-op, learn how to fix it up for free and save yourself the expense of buying a new one. Co-op hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the summer. Learn more through their website at bikelansing.org/coop. For a full listing of Basement 414’s events, visit their website at b414.org. Visit Basement 414 by turning on Cedar Street from Michigan Avenue and taking the first side street on the left to the end of the ally. The Basement is at 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing.
3.Food Trucks
While most restaurants are stationary, Lansing’s three food trucks may never be in the same spot twice. El Oasis, at 2501 East Michigan Ave., features Mexican cuisine at an affordable price. It’s open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Purple Carrot uses local farm-grown food in a variety of dishes to feature Michigan flavors. The Carrot is always on the go, so follow it on Twitter, Facebook or it´s website, www.theurplecarrottruck.com, for daily locations and hours. The Carrot is also representing Lansing in the Food Network´s Great Food Truck Race. The truck with the most votes will be named America´s favorite food truck. Voting lasts until Sep. 12 and you can vote onece per day. Visit http://foodtrucks.teamdigital.com to vote. Trailer Park’d also features local farm-grown food in a variety of dishes from their “Balli’n’ Ass Tacos” to their pork belly sandwich. Follow them on Facebook to see where they’ll be Park’d on any given day.
4.Drag Night at Spiral
Whether you’re a “Rocky Horror Picture Show” fan, or just like to see some good queens in action, Spiral Dance Bar’s weekly Sunday night drag show is a must-see at least once. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun at the hippest LGBT bar in town and see some local queens strut their stuff on the runway. The show starts at 10 p.m. every week. Too much homework Sunday night to get to the show? Every Friday night is Friday Night Fushion at Spiral with D.J. Sammy, a 15-year veteran of the club scene in Michigan. If you´re more into electronic music, then check out Spiral´s college night on Thursday where it´s all electronic music all the time. Not 21 yet? That´s OK. Many events at Spiral, such as the Friday Fushion, are open for anyone 18 and over. Spiral is located at 1247 Center St. Check out its weekly events at www.spiraldancebar.com or their Myspace page at www.myspace.com/clubspiraldancebar.
5. Farmers Market Foods for Living Better Health ELFCO for groceries
If you want the freshest ingredients money can buy, skip the big chain superstores and buy straight from the local farmers. The Lansing City Market, located at 325 City Market Drive (behind the Lansing Center), features a selection of local vendors selling everything from floral arrangements and fruits and vegetables to Italian Ice. The East Lansing Food Co-Op, 4960 Northwind Drive in East Lansing, is the only community owned grocery store in the area and features a wide selection of fresh produce options. Also check out Better Health Market at 6235 W. Saginaw Highway or 305 N. Clippert St. in Frandor and Foods for Living at 2655 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing for other food purchasing options.
6.Thrift stores for furnishings/supplies
You’re never going to have a unique room if all your furniture is mass-produced and sold at the same location. Check out area thrift stores for some unique furnishing options and make your room as unique (or not) as you want it to be. Check out Hidden Treasures thrift store at 5445 S. Pennsylvania Ave. for some unique pieces that are often cheaper than what the big chains are offering. Volunteers of America also has a Lansing branch at 5411 S. Cedar St. Selection changes daily so you never know what you might find. Second Time Around at 4737 Marsh Road in Okemos, Plato’s Closet at 2843 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing and Rethreads at 543 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing are all great options for some second-hand clothing so your wardrobe can be as unique as your room.
7. MSU Horticulture Gardens Woodlots
If you’re looking for a unique place to take a date or just a great way to soak up the last of the summer sun, look no further than the MSU Horticulture Gardens and woodlots. Spread over 14 acres, the gardens feature everything from roses to a Japanese meditation pit, all nestled on MSU’s main campus. The gardens are also home to the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden with mazes, pots of gold and even Peter Rabbit. The gardens, which are open from sunup to sunset, are on Bogue Street at MSU right by the railroad tracks.
8. Co-op House Fridays at the Landshark
See MSU’s budding DJs lay down their tracks every Friday night at the Landshark Bar and Grill in downtown East Lansing. Representatives from the MSU Student Housing Cooperative, including MSU’s own electronic music co-op, have the opportunity to perform in front of a crowd. Co-Op members plus one guest have free cover all night long. The Landshark is at 101 E. Grand River Ave. Find out more by checking out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/landsharkmsu.
9. 24-hour joints
It’s 4 a.m. and you’re in the middle of pulling your first all-nighter of the year. You’re hungry and need a break, but Jimmy John’s stopped delivering an hour ago. Luckily, there are a few diners in Lansing that are open for 24 hours so no matter how late it gets, you can still find your coffee — and wifi — fix. Check out Theio’s Restaurant at 2650 E. Michigan Ave. for breakfast anytime, day or night. Fleetwood Diner at 2211 S. Cedar St. in Lansing, Denny’s at 2701 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing or 7330 W. Saginaw Highway in Lansing also offer 24-hour service and Internet so you’ll always have a place to go.
10.Entertainment Express
The coolest way to get around downtown Lansing isn’t a car, it’s the Entertainment Express Trolley. The trolley goes up and down Michigan Avenue but stops at fewer bus stops than CATA’s Route 1 bus, making it a quicker way to get from point A to point B. The trolley runs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., so you have a safe way home after a night on the town. The trolley costs the same as CATA’s regular buses — $1.25 one-way for adults or $0.60 one-way for students with a valid school I.D. For more information on where the trolley stops, check out CATA’s website at www.cata.org.
Art San Diego aims to be West Coast’s top contemporary art fair
By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Labor Day weekend is not just the end of summer. It’s time for art-lovers of all ages to celebrate the arts at a four-day extravaganza called Art San Diego. Back in 1970, a trio of Swiss gallerists started Art Basel, an annual international art fair that came to be known as “the Olympics of the art world.” In 2002, Miami jumped in with its own version, drawing more than 60,000 visitors last year. In 2009, two Del Martians, Ann Berchtold and Julie Schraeger, decided to put our region on the art map by creating Art San Diego. Their goal: to become the No. 1 contemporary art fair on the West Coast.
Berchtold has some 15 years of experience in what she calls “cultural philanthropy,” which includes the founding committee of San Diego Visual Artists Network, founding a children’s program called Inspire Art Kids, directing the L Street Gallery at the Omni Hotel, and co-creating the San Diego Art Prize. Schraeger comes from a corporate background, with development and marketing skills.
“We’re a good team,” Berchtold said. “I’m kind of the creative one, she’s the operational. We want to turn San Diego into a mecca for cultural tourism. Our model is Comic-Con, for a different demographic.”
In 2009, they staged their inaugural event at the Grand Del Mar. Last year, they moved to the Hilton Bayfront, attracting 6,000 attendees. This year, they’re back at the Hilton, with more than 50 galleries participating, from cities like Montreal, New York, Buenos Aires, Berlin and Shanghai, side by side with La Jolla notables Joseph Bellows and Mark Quint.
Trans-border architect Giacomo Castagnola, whose “CUBO: MediaWomb” is shown here, will have his work on display at the NAFTA furniture exhibit. Germen Estudio
Besides all the international exhibits, the Fair offers themed Art Labs featuring a range of regional artists showing light sculpture, video, music and performance art at various locations, and a host of activities for children, including mask- and puppet-making, a giant puppet parade and a mass picnic on “San Diego’s largest picnic blanket.”
Look for works by UCSD faculty members Ruben Ortiz-Torres and Jay S. Johnson, winners of this year’s Art Prize, awarded by San Diego Visual Arts Network (SDVAN) to “encourage dialogue, reflection and social interaction about San Diego’s artistic and cultural life.” And don’t miss the inventive furniture design from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., including a selection of pieces by SDSU students and alumni.
“The first year of the fair was marvelous, the second was more international — very dynamic, with lots going on, and a lot of great art — and I think this year will be just as terrific,” said Robin Lipman, Membership Chair of the Contemporary Arts Committee of The San Diego Museum of Art, which (along with the Museum of Contemporary Art and other area museums) is one of ASD’s local partners.
With partners like these, and sponsors like UBS (a global wealth-management firm with offices in La Jolla), the Fair is well on its way. As Ann Berchtold pointed out: “It took Art Miami four years to build their attendance; now they bring in a half-billion dollars in Fair-related revenues to the city. We’re only in year number three.”
For something really special, join the VIPs for a splashy opening night reception and after-pool-party. And if you want to turn your Fair-going into a Labor Day weekend staycation, the Hilton is offering discounted Art Fair rates on rooms, with VIP event tickets included.
If you go
What: Art San Diego 2011: Contemporary Art Fair
When: From Noon, Sept 1-4
Tickets: $15-$75, free events, too
Where: Hilton San Diego Bayfront; other locations
Contact: (858) 254-3031
Hotel reservations: (619) 564-3344
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Dryer fire leaves 11 homeless (with video)
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MORNING JOURNAL/ANNA NORRIS
Fire fighters begin rolling up hoses at 48501 North Ridge Road in Amherst Township yesterday after the dryer overheated and caught fire spreading to the rest of the house. Four people who were home when the fire started made it out safely.
AMHERST TOWNSHIP — Cathy Ellis clutched her 11-year-old daughter in her arms yesterday as she watched her home for the past six years burn to the ground. The mother of nine and her family safely escaped the blaze at their 48501 N. Ridge Road, Amherst Township, home.
The two-story home, nestled among trees and near other homes, caught fire around 7:30 a.m. when a dryer started smoldering, Ellis said. Dry lint apparently caused the dryer to overheat, which started a fire, she said. Anthony Ellis, her husband, tried putting out the fire with an extinguisher, but another fire started soon after and engulfed the home.
“Went through two extinguishers and just couldn’t get it … Thirty minutes and it was done,” said 20-year-old Jake Ellis, Anthony and Cathy’s son who lives in the home.
The dryer was on the first floor and in the center of the house, Jake Ellis said.
The Amherst Fire Department, assisted by other departments, spent several hours getting the fire under control. Thick smoke and fumes filled the air and the studs in the wall were visible from the street. Fire crews also cut square openings in the roof in order to vent the smoke.
Amherst fire officials could not give details yesterday and did not return calls seeking comment.
Cathy and Jake Ellis said when the fire started spreading to other rooms, Anthony Ellis yelled for everyone to escape the home. Jake Ellis said he ran upstairs and carried his special needs 11-year-old sister, who is paralyzed, to safety. Jake Ellis said his 8-year-old brother was the one who alerted them to the fire. Anthony and Cathy Ellis have nine kids living in the house, ranging from ages 4 to 20.
“I honestly think if it wasn’t for him, it could have been a lot worse,” Jake Ellis said of his little brother.
While none of the Ellis family were injured in the fire, the family cat, Sam, might not have escaped the fire. Cathy Ellis said the family has two cats and a dog and one cat might have escaped, but 14-year-old Sam most likely stayed inside the home.
“It went fast. We got everybody out and the dog. But we couldn’t find the cats. We have two cats. I think the one went out the back, but they don’t know about (Sam) … I don’t know if he made it,” Cathy Ellis sobbed.
Cathy Ellis said the family lost all their possessions — photos, mementos, clothes and furniture.
“I have lost all my home,” she said, tears streaming down her face.
Jake Ellis said while he lost his game systems and his guitar, those things could be replaced.
“I managed to make it out with my Michael Jackson ‘Beat It’ jacket,” he said with a smile.
“I am just glad everybody got out safely,” he added.
“I think the hardest part was losing the cat. I mean, because he was my best friend. I know it’s stupid because he was a cat but he really was my best friend,” Jake Ellis also said.
The Lorain County Chapter of The American Red Cross is assisting the family. Art Mead Sr., chairman of disaster services, said the family has been set up in a motel and was given meals, clothing and assistance with medication.
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Just don’t say ‘Ikea’ at Netanya’s new furniture giant
The preliminary tour at Kika – the international furniture and home design chain opening next week in Netanya – took an hour and a half. It was forbidden to utter one word: Ikea. Like Lord Voldemort in “Harry Potter,” the scariest enemy of all. No one dares to utter the name and talk of “the one whose name must not be spoken.”
Avi Avraham, the VP for trade and purchase, spoke of the building’s unique structure with an impressive rotunda (like at the Guggenheim museum ) in the center. Avraham pointed out how everything is spread before the customer and arranged so someone standing in the middle of the store can see all the products in every part of it. “We are a very friendly family store,” he said. “From everywhere you can get to everywhere else.”
The Kika store in Netanya.
Photo by: Alon Ron
Elit Ben Basat Nuriel, the marketing director, added: “Because we are in a transparent building you can get to exactly where you want to be. You don’t need to follow any path to get to the department you want.”
Gal Kremer, the chief commercial designer, summed up: “There is no maze here; there is always full transparency.” A quarter of an hour after the start of the tour, I gathered my courage and asked: Could I say “Ikea.”
“We don’t talk about Ikea at all,” replied Avraham. “Ikea is a worthy store in the State of Israel and I hope you have already formed the impression that here is an endless variety of products for every part of the population, which I am not sure can be said about the variety there is at other places.”
Harry Potter and his friends realized after a while that in order to fight evil it is necessary to be able to speak its name. When Kemer talked about Kika’s display rooms, he said: “The display room method is not like at the place you mentioned before, because it shows a collection. At the place you mentioned before, they use what there is and they build a life situation, something functional. Here it’s still functional,” he said, pointing to one of the rooms. “It’s clear there’s a room here, that is a living room, and for us this is a place to give a total look to the collection. There is an international look, an urban-modern look, a conservative and up-to-date look, a classic-contemporary look, a country-romantic look and a colonial-traditional look.”
A lot of everything
The Kika store in Netanya.
Photo by: Alon Ron
Indeed Kika’s variety of possibilities is one of the largest, if not the largest, under a single roof in the State of Israel. That should suit Israelis, who like a lot of everything. Here’s a glance at the numbers: The total store area is 27,000 square meters, including parking. The commercial floor space is 18,000 square meters spread over four stories. On the ground floor are accessories, lighting and a cafe. The first floor is devoted to the public spaces in the home – living rooms and kitchens; the second floor is devoted to private areas – bedrooms, rooms for teens, offices and bathrooms; and the top floor is the world of babies and children’s rooms and another cafe and a Gymboree for kids to play in.
The flagship store in Netanya will apparently be joined by a store at Hutzot Hamifratz in the Haifa area, with construction starting in about three months. It’s slated to open in 2013.
Kika is a large store in the European style – calm, not gaudy, pleasant. Its more than 25,000 products include 70 seating suites for the living room, about 30 kitchens, 60 dining sets, more than 100 kinds of chairs, 42 kinds of bathroom cabinets, 25 towel sets, more than 30 kinds of desks, 50 desk chairs, 30 different possibilities for children’s rooms and 1,270 square meters of toys, babies’ rooms and strollers.
Kika is coming to Netanya 10 years after the Swedish furniture giant Ikea landed there. It is an Austrian chain, one of the five largest furniture and home design stores in Europe. The first Kika store opened in 1973. Today, the chain’s 72 stores can be found in eight countries on the Continent. Its annual sales volume tops 1.2 billion euros, and it employs more than 8,200 workers.
Ikea, for the sake of comparison, was founded in 1953 and now has 323 stores around the world. Kika offers a wider range of products and prices so shoppers could range from young people on a budget to a wealthier clientele. The products are arranged by price level – low, middling and high, parallel to the quality – good, better and best.
Another difference is in the sales method: Thirty percent of the furniture mix at Kika in Israel will be based on the “cash and carry” method and 70 percent will be based on ordering customized items, which will be supplied to the customer within a reasonable time, as is customary in the Israeli furniture world.
Some of Kika’s furniture.
Photo by: Alon Ron
Different aesthetic
The main difference is in style. In the Kika furniture catalogue it is possible to find everything expected of a traditional European furniture maker – furniture items made mostly of wood in clean and classical lines. Compared to Ikea, the design looks a bit more sophisticated and ornate, and the aesthetic seems a bit overblown to those accustomed to Scandanavian minimalism. There is also extensive use of colors, mainly in the accessories but also in the more basic furniture items, the wallpapers, the bed linens and the like.
Ben Basat Nuriel explains: “We are not appealing to a single, specific target audience but rather to a tremendous variety of audiences.” So, he adds, “You can find a towel in our store at prices ranging from NIS 5 to NIS 300 and bed linens ranging from NIS 150 to NIS 4,000.”
The desire to please everyone shows in the focus on families and children and adaptations here. “In Austria, tables that expand for hospitality constitute 5 to 10 percent of the display and in Israel they are 50 percent,” says Ben Basat Nuriel. “The whole area of disposable hospitality items and birthday party accessories – we’ve developed that department and it’s unique to us.”
Avraham beams over the variety of baby carriages. “We have more than 40 strollers and 40 car seats in the display. We offer all the options in one place.”
“This department is three times larger than the parallel departments in Europe,” adds Ben Basat Nuriel. However, it’s hard to understand how a Monopoly set or a baby carriage is connected to a design and furniture chain, while the Kika people don’t want the definition of a department store, even if anyone who has visited a European department store would see this as a compliment.
What does a baby carriage or board games have to do with interior decor?
“The entire world of content connected to babies, children and the home is here, and games and toys give added value to this world. This is a store for furniture and home accessories that shows both design and a lifestyle.”
But what does that have to do with strollers?
“It’s something that you need.”
But I also need an iPad, glasses and a watch. I need a lot of things.
“This is part of comprehensive solution we offer for every stage in life. In order to give everything in one place we offer you the purchase of the whole birth package in one place. We want to give you the possibility of not running around from place to place. We aren’t an electrical appliance store either, but when you buy a kitchen from us, it comes with all the appliances. Why? Precisely from the same way of looking at things. This is one of our messages.”
Can’t the abundance deter?
Avraham: “I am giving you the unmediated possibility of touching everything. Of seeing all the kinds of lighting, faucets, extras, textures of the doors, the finishes….”
There’s something very European here. What is suited to the Israeli audience? Ben Basat Nuriel: “We Israelis love to see what is happening abroad, we love to get up to date and yes, we want to give something different here. This isn’t just another chain that sells furniture or accessories on some platform that repeats itself. This is a chain with a European flavor that’s coming to Israel.”
What will be considered success?
“Being the customers’ preferred chain when it comes to decorating his home. When you are before a renovation or a move, when the children are going into first grade, the first thing you will do is get in the car and come to Kika and get up to date on what’s new.”
At that other, unmentionable, place a visit is not complete without stopping in the cafeteria for Swedish meatballs or a sausage in a roll. What is the flagship dish at Kika?
“Strudel,” smiles Avraham. “What else could it be?”
Tomorrow’s Events and Sales: Housing Works ‘Best Of’ Sales Begin; Discounts on …
SALES
STARTING TOMORROW
• Shop discounted fashion, furniture, and artwork at Housing Works’ “Best Of” shopping events. See schedule, locations, and hours here.
• Browse jewelry from designer Carol Marie’s fall 2010 and spring 2011 collections at up to 60 percent off. Through 8/31. Seamless Showroom,
524 Broadway #401, nr. Prince St.; 9:30–7
• Browse a private collection of vintage womenswear and accessories at the La Vie Ann Rose Vintage Sale in the Harbor Room at the Soho Grand Hotel, with over 1,000 items including pieces by Diane Von Furstenberg and Cacharel. (Fifties chiffon cocktail/party dresses from $125, fifties Trifoli broches from $35.) Soho Grand Hotel, 310 W. Broadway, nr. Grand St.; 11–8.
ONGOING
• Select merchandise from the spring 2011 collection is up to 50 percent off at Cynthia Rowley. 376 Bleecker St., nr. Perry St. (212-242-0847); M–W (10–8), Th–F (10–9), S (11–9), Su (11–8).
• New and classic titles are up to 90 percent off at the powerHouse Books annual summer skid sale. Fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books are $2, $5, and $10 apiece. 37 Main St., nr. Water St. (212-604-9074); Su–W (10–7), Th–S (10–8).