Ditto re: the food. Nim Po’t is an interesting shop in Antigua, especially for textiles. I’ve gotten some huipiles and other items there from time to time. Mostly I like to wander (in wonder) the markets. .....

(literally) that hasn’t changed since the 60’s. No chairs or booths. It’s hey-day was when textiles were booming; folks of all walks of life bellied up to the counter for amazing meals. You’ll never get a...

Give the Textile Museum of Canada a call...they have a tremendous space in the museum that can be rented out for parties and events. You can use your own caterer for the food (they have a kitchen on site), or they have an...

Interesting post — the link is to Zagi’s, a Mexican yarn/textile concern. It would seem that the relationship to pizza is, I dunno, obscure. But maybe it’s just me.

, however, a not bad Vietnamese place on Steeles west of Jane. It’s in a strip mall on the north side of Steeles that also contains a store called Grace Textiles or something like that. It has a patio and we’ve eaten...

the Textile Museum, and it looked great. So I went back today after lunch at Johnny’s Half Shell (great gumbo) and sat at the bar and enjoyed a very satisfying cap. Wi was closer to the hotel....

wood. And I love his place settings—interesting textiles, large while plates and bowls, and classy stemware—not to mention the plating of food. Below is the menu for those of you who might be interested. Red Lentil...

-documented and certified not to carry any diseases that would pose a threat to American livestock. As I made my way home on the Blue line I couldn’t help imaging the O’Hare customs inspectors in some secret room...

the Triqui community and the Mixtec community offering Oaxacan-style weavings and textiles. I was forewarned that the textile booths might not be ready for the first few weeks. Also, the market’s has applied to accept EBT (food...

Handcrafts, especially textiles, are probably a better purchase than food items. Most of the interesting foods are perishable, while many manufactured foods are poor quality imitations of foreign products. Things like tostados...

primacy include SoFi (for South Fifth – blech I say, but the condo developers like it), NoMad (for North of Madison Square Park — my favorite) and the Textile District (due to prevalence of rug stores and fabric/...

was raining and we wanted some soup), followed by WONDERFUL egg tarts from the Yung Sing Pastry Shop down the street. I wish we had a bakery this good in Minneapolis! Yung Sing is tied with Udupi Palace as my favorite place in...

the French revolution. > In 1819, three brothers by the name Arnaud lost their jobs when their textile company closed... and they came & stayed in Mexico. They were followed later by other people from their town... and in 1845 the...

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I believe th eTextile Museum mnay have the facilties and would like a simple donation. And they are across th estreet from The Metropolitan Hotel.