Winter has been a rough one. I must admit. We’ve still been visiting our favorite cafes each week. But because of the weather the pace has been a bit slower. When it is decent enough we have now started going to the playground as often as possible since my son loves the swings and has started to stand up.

Last week, we were in Chelsea on a clear but cold day. Another visit to Café Grumpy.

And another visit to ChinaSquare New York. This time for their ‘Semiosis’ exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists. This one was smaller than their ‘Revolution’ exhibit. Yet it still had a couple pieces that caught my eye.

Here they are.

Even better to check them out live & in-person.

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ChinaSquare - 545 West 25th Street 8th Floor, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

We spent a couple of days at the Bubble New York trade show in Chelsea this week where some of the coolest and most creative in children’s clothing, toys and accessories from around the globe were on exhibit.

Lots of beautiful stuff. Our children will have some great fashion options in stores in the coming months. The challenging part for parents and gift-buyers will be deciding.

Many designers offered organic and/or sustainability angles to their lines.

Here are a couple of highlights from the show from T design and accessories.

Lea’s Alphabet

Visually rich, Grégoire Ganter’s alphabet portraits match fun and learning in Lea’s Alphabet. He uses photos from his travels to then teach/express the alphabet in a colorful and intriguing set of portraits and collages.

These characters, created in France, are a lot of fun. Each stuffed character has its own story and background.

 

Cool looking Ts. With sustainability, organic design and some web 2.0 as well. Quite a dynamic concept.

The Ts are designed by children from around the world who submit their work online. Part of the line has already gone organic. And the children receive a portion of the sales.

Bunny & Bee

Both the Bunny & Bee collection for girls and Little Thieves collection for boys have fun and bright designs for our kids. Created by a San Francisco parent team focusing on creating fun & cool graphic designs for kids.

Today’s UrbanBaby Daily spotlights SohoKind and our boutique.

Awesome!

Thanks UrbanBaby!

It was a beautiful but frigid day.

A good day to pop in and out of galleries in Chelsea.

And on such a clear day, we had amazing view from First Street Gallery’s 9th floor space.

We enjoyed the Beijing Now exhibit, showing off some more of China’s contemporary talent.

Check the artists’ work out for yourself, even better to see the works in person.

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First Street Gallery - 526 West 26th Street, Suite 915, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.