Dear Friends: Since there are lots of nice people in our cozy little shop buying beautiful things for that lovely lover's holiday, I thought this might be a good time to find out something about St. Valentine (about whom, I realized, I know absolutely nothing).
Turns out I'm not the only one. My good friends, Goog & Wiki weren't much help. They told me that the only "Valentines" they know were early Christian martyrs. How's that for romantic?! One urban legend (well, ancient urban Rome) has it that the Emperor Claudius tried to convert a guy named Valentine to Roman paganism, but Valentine almost succeeded in converting Claudius who then freaked out and had him beheaded. But just before they lopped off Valentine's head, he managed to restore the sight of his jailer's daughter whom he then presented with a card that said "From Your Valentine". Then they chopped off his head. Seriously, I read this.
More to the point, however, is that Valentine's Day supports the greeting card industry and is the second largest card-sending holiday after, of course, Christmas. There are more than one billion(!) Valentine Cards sent each year all over the world!
Now as for Valentine's Day presents, well, you have come to the right place!!! Tomorrow, we are selling our lovely jewelry at a heart-stopping 40% off!!!!! (by the way, it's my heart that's stopping). And with each gift you get a lovely gift bag, matching red paper, cute little gift cards, warm ambiance, Hershey's kisses, adorable mannequins, and excellent advice (from our Karina, the ArtsEcho Galleria Queen-of-Accessories!!)
All of our glorious costume AND sterling silver (with semi-precious gems) jewelry is on sale...rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, cuffs & fabulous sets.
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One of our new friends at the Galleria is a very talented young fashion photographer who has just moved to Union City. His name is Edwin Flores and we will be exhibiting his work in May together with our "Sustainable Couture" fashion show (and, of course, fashion-y songs like Gershwin's "The Way You Wear Your Hat"...any ideas, anyone?) In the meantime, Edwin uses items from our fabulous Galleria collection for his photo shoots and we get to use his photos! Here are a few recent ones to whet your appetites:
Doesn't our clothing look great? OK, the model (her name is Zane Mende) is pretty awesome, too. Thanks, Edwin!
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Teddy Schapiro's amazing pen & ink art is now on exhibit in the Galleria. The comments we've received are incredible; once people start looking, they can't stop. The exhibit is called "Between the Lines" but a few of the other names we thought of were "Death and Life in Pen and Ink", "Schapiro & Kafka", "Schizo-Frantic" and the one that really describes the work, "Ink-istentialism". Teddy is another artist who lives here in Union City.
Warm regards to all,
Sandra and the ArtsEcho Galleria team, Karina, Crystal, Ben, Arianna & Lina
PS: SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, March 13th is BRAVO BRAZIL!!!!! We are hosting the superb artwork of Brazilian artist, Duda Penteado, and we have several young, edgy, Brazilian musicians who will be performing music that is happening now in Brazil. Looks to be a great show!
PPS: We're at 3809 Park Ave (in case you forgot); 201-617-1110 on M-W 11-7, Th-F 11-8 and Sat 10-6.
PPPS: Thank you so much for forwarding these emails to your friends!!!! They are coming in and telling us that they got your emails!!!! Please keep doing so!!!!!
PPPPS: I love exclamation points.
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