Friends NYC BLOG

Women-Owned Brands We Can't Get Enough Of on International Women's Day
While we celebrate and support women on the daily, we are going extra hard for International Women’s Day. As you know, Friends NYC is a women-owned business, and one of our core values is community...
Friends NYC ICONIC Tattoo Party is Back! Meet St. Kenia & FRAMACHO, Your Tattoo Artists Here!
It’s tattoo & shop times, lovers! That’s right! For the first time since Covid, our ICONIC tattoo party is back. We’ve missed this event so much, but the wait is over. St. Kenia and FRAMACHO wi...

Friends NYC x Farm to People Kitchen & Bar Neighborhood Partnership Alert!
Friends NYC has been a long-time supporter and fan of the Farm to People CSA. Owners Mary and Emma are actually some of their oldest customers. For nearly two decades (!!!), our Friends co-founders...

10 Unique NYC Gifts That Will Delight Any New Yorker
The New Yorker is as unique and complicated as the city she inhabits. Which can make shopping for them difficult! This holiday season, let your friends at Friends guide you to the perfect NYC gift ...

Friends NYC Vendor Highlight: Canna Style
What's up, Stoner Boos and Baes! If you're a regular in our cute smoke shop at Friends NYC, you're probably familiar with our friends and NYC neighbors, Canna Style, but if not, allow us to introdu...

Papier d'Armenie - Brand Highlight + How to Use
Bonjour, mon amours! We’re here today highlighting a very cool product for the incense lovers and the incense curious among us - Papier d’ Armenie. IYKYK. And if you don’t, here’s le scoop.
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Vendor Highlight: Flower by Edie Parker
420 but make it fashion? Yes, please! Friends NYC is all about "high" fashion, which is why we can't wait to introduce you to one of our fave flower power fierce fashionista friends, Edie Parker.
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Emma & Mary Take Mexico City - New CDMX Products Drop at Friends NYC
Who doesn't love an adventure to a new country? Our world is full of so much culture and art and possibility. When Friends NYC owners Emma Kadar Penner and Mary Meyer travel together, they are on t...

Celebrating Our Favorite Women Owned Brands For Women's Month!
March is Women's Month, and here at Friends, we're celebrating all things women. As a women-owned company, we know the importance of supporting our fellow women in business. That's why all month lo...

