Shades of Fun is located in New York City and we love it here!
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You'll love our recipe for Cosmos! Sarah Jessica Parker's character Carrie Bradshaw would love our cosmo sunglasses!
 
New York City's Central Park • Flowering Spring Bloom Tour!
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This is the start of a pictorial tour of New York City's Central Park in May. Beautiful spring blooms will be seen throughout the tour. Click the "Next one" arrow below!

Cocktail culture was invented in New York City, and nothing says elegance and excitement like a special drink in New York. Event planners and private party hosts and hostesses in New York spent a lot of time preparing special recipes to offer guests at their special event. Take a tip from the Big City Cats and experiment with some special drinks and alcohol mixes outside your usual box and comfort zone!

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did you know the empire state building stays open for visitors after 2 am?
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Need a pickle fix?
 
 
Central Park • Tour Highlights!  
 
 
The Pond Pink Tulips flower power Wollman Rocks 1 trump
The Pond Yellow Tulips tulips Wollman Rocks 2 ice skating
The Ponds Yellow Tulips 2 yellow Wollman Promenade 2 wollman rink
The Rocks at the Pond shoreline Wollman Flower Bed Skate Rental
The Pond looking North park The Plaza Carriage Turn The Plaza Hotel
The Pond looking West 6th Ave Plaza Entrance North View Carriage Ride
The Pond looking West 2 Sixth Avenue Horse Carriage Stop Horse Carriage at Plaza
The Pond Japanese Maple maple tree Plaza Horse Water Trough Horse Water Trough
The Pond looking West 3 Frederick Law Olmsted Park Designer Scholar's Gate Lamppost Scholar's Gate
The Pond Gapstow Bridge calvert vaux Scholar's Gate Vendor souvenir vendor
Gapstow Bridge Blooming graceful bridge 7th Regiment Memorial soldiers
Wollman Rink Purple Tree necklace 7th Regiment Statue memorial
Wollman Promenade 1 ice skating Seal of the 7th Regiment 7th regiment
Wollman Purple Tree wollman Bronze Statue Central Park bronze statue
Purple Tree Close Up Wollman Rink    

When you take a tour of NYC's Central Park, don't forget to wear your sunglasses. We would, of course, prefer you wear one of our cheap sunglasses, but if you would prefer to upgrade a little bit, we could offer you beautiful designer crystal sunglasses. Did you know that you can buy cheap sunglasses on just about every corner in Manhattan?

Celebrate your birthday in Central Park! Have a look at our birthday gift ideas!

 
     
 
Sample of Cocktails You Can Find in New York City's Bars, Lounges and Restaurants!
 
 
Pain Killer Cocktail garnishes Yorsh Black Cossack Saketini
Piña Colada Drink mixers Angel's Tit Black Russian Tamagozake
Planter's Punch Drinking game Manhattan Bloody Mary Bloody Aztec
Ruby Relaxer Drinkware Sazerac Brass Monkey Long Island Iced Tea
Zombie Flaming beverages Seven and Seven Bull Shot Margarita
Caipisake or Sakerinha Glassware 7 & 7 Caesar Paralyzer
Duncan MacLeod Mixed drink Whiskey sour Caipiroska Slammer Royale
Nog-a-Sake shooters and drink shots Widow's Cork Cape Cod Tequila Slammer
Pamake Mixed drinks Vermouth cocktails Chi-Chi Tequila Sunrise
Sake Bomb Non-alcoholic drinks Highball CS Cowboy Tequila Sunset
Sake Screwdriver Wine cocktails Beer Ectoplasm Toro Rojo
Sake Manhattan Salty Dog Beer cocktails Hi-fi Apple Martini
Vesper Batida Madras Link Up or Appletini

 
 
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Times Square New Years Eve Club Med Tour - Cancun
Fun Fashion House Facts Quinceañera Gifts

Abilene Christian University is a religious oriented college in the great state of Texas. Recently, TCU announced multi-million dollar gift from BNSF for university programs. They are located in Fort Worth.

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Did you see our Statue of Liberty Sunglasses?
 
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Having a birthday? Need great birthday gift ideas? Or perhaps you are throwing a a beach theme party and are shopping for some unusual beach party favors. Planning a trip to New York City? Take a tour ahead of time of our Central Park. We've also visited Huntington Beach in California. Did you know that it's official nickname is Surf City USA. It's named after the Jan & Dean song from the 1960s. Speaking of the 1960s, that decade is now thought of with nostalgia. If you are looking for some retro vintage style cat's eye glasses, we have them in a lot of different colors.

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General Information    
Shades of Fun! Inc is an online party store featuring novelty sunglasses. We are located in New York City. We ship internationally. We do not have a retail location; our online catalog is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thanks for visiting! We offer more unusual ideas in sunglasses than Party Fair, Party City, Party Time or any other local party store.

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Shades of Fun! is located in New York City. One of the many great things about the Big Apple is that the city attracts the best and brightest from all over the world. One of the growing trends in the city is "Bubble Tea". One of the best and most authentic places for bubble tea in NYC is Saint's Alp Teahouse. Saint's Alp is a chain of bubble tea houses with over 40 locations in Hong Kong and Malaysia. For their Manhattan store, they chose the hip NYU (New York University) area, 39 3rd Ave at East 10th Street. Specialty drinks they have invented include: MatchaAgar, Ruby Grapefruit, NataNectar, Sorbies Remix, Glacémint, Favored Coffee, Black Tea with Milk, Taro (green) Milk Tea, Sesame (Black) Milk Tea, Black Tea & Milk with Wheat Germ Ruby Grapefruit, Dragon Pearl Tea. Pearl Tapioca is a beadlike starch extracted from sweet potato, cassava root and brown sugar.

 
 
     
Breaking Sunglasses News:  

July 2008 - James Bond wannabes can now spy on anyone and anything in your surroundings just by wearing a pair of mp4 sunglasses. Yes, they are pricey, but you can now purchase sunglasses with a video recorder embedded in the sunglasses frame. The lens is located just above the nose. The video records everything the wearer sees in 3gp format which can be converted into mp4 format then loaded up to youtube. Great for video bloggers!

July 2008 - Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, is teaming up with Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier to launch a clothing line in the Fall of 2008. The clothing line will be sold at Kitson, the store of choice for the world's pop culture celebrities. Super red hot designer Christian Audigier is opening up another one of his stores in Las Vegas this summer and to increase his own mystique, he is opening a nightclub in Sin City at the Treasure Island Hotel. The club will be called, "The Nightclub" and will opening On July 4th and we would not be surprised if Michael Jackson re-emerges at the Opening Night party.

June 2008 - Ray Ban breaks new color ground next month when they release their first ever pastel colored Ray Bans. The pastel color Wayfarers are being launched in New York City by a promotion that features billboards designed by five NYC-based artists. The company plans to unveil the billboards on July 1st and promises that one of them will "stop traffic". Ray Ban is hoping for a big summer hit with this latest trend in Wayfarer color. Of course, we offer them in white. See our White Wayfarers.

 
 
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