I’ll be joining about 19 of my fellow members of the {New New} Team this Sunday November 16 at Brooklyn Indie Market.

We’ll be there from 11am-6pm. Come on by!

DIRECTIONS:
Under the red and white striped tent on Smith and Union Street, Carroll Gardens,Brooklyn. Via subway: take the F or G train to Carroll street. Exit at the President Street exit of the station. You will see the the tent! Via car from NYC: you can take the Brooklyn Bridge. Turn RIGHT onto Atlantic ave. Turn LEFT onto Court street. Turn LEFT onto Carroll street. Turn LEFT onto Smith street.

I’ve long admired Pulp Sushi’s lovely Octopus Necklaces and now I have the chance to win one in the {NewNew} Monday giveaway!

I think poet Jack Prelutsky says it best:

I’m Wrestling with an Octopus

I’m wrestling with an octopus
and faring less than well,
one peek at my predicament
should be enough to tell.
It held me in a hammerlock,
then swept me off my feet,
I’m getting the impression
that I simply can’t compete.

I’d hoped that I could hold my own,
but after just a while,
I ascertained I couldn’t match
an octopus’s style.
It flipped me by a shoulder,
and it latched onto a hip,
essentially that octopus
has got me in its grip.

I tried assorted armlocks,
but invariably missed,
and now I’m in a headlock,
and it’s clinging to my wrist.
It’s wound around my ankles,
and it’s wrapped around my chest—
when grappling with an octopus,
I come out second best.

from A Pizza the Size of the Sun

And that is why I want the necklace.

I just sent in my application. I had a fantastic time selling there last year, so my fingers will be crossed until the acceptances are announced.

Debuting today at the Handmade Cavalcade!

Wild Dolphins Tail-Walk on Water