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 • Compass Marker Literary Walk
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tandy foundation emblem embedded in the walkway at the base of literary walk in central park, nyc

This is the Literary Walk Restoration Marker. It was placed at the southern end of Literary Walk in the Mall in 1990. It is red, white and black granite inset with outline accents of bronze. The emblem includes words in capital letters forming the round emblem: THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION * THE CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY.

Them marker indicates the four directions of the compass, North, South, East and West: all clearly marked in bronze letter in the sidewalk.

The donor of the funds to restore the Walk in 1990 was the Anne Burnett and Charles Tandy Foundation.

did you know the empire state building stays open for visitors after 2 am?
 
 

Regarding the Tandy Corporation: The company incorporated as Tandy Corporation in 1960, when it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Tandy diversified into new and unrelated fields of enterprise by purchasing Radio Shack, an electronics firm with numerous outlets nationwide, in 1963. At the time, other divisions of the firm included Pier I Imports, Tandy Leather, American Handicrafts, Meribee Embroidery, and three leather goods manufacturers. Though Radio Shack was in financial trouble at the time, Tandy turned the Boston-based chain into a profitable endeavor after only two years. Only ten years later, two new Radio Shack outlets opened every working day, and by 1988 the number of store locations had grown to over 7,000.

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Have a Sex in the City Cosmo!
Yankees or the Mets Baseball Sunglasses
See the St Patrick's Day Parade on 5th Avenu !

Did you know that:

The Anne Burnett Tandy and Charles D. Tandy Foundation was founded in late 1978 by Anne Burnett Tandy in memory of her husband, Charles D. Tandy

Tandy Corporation, with headquarters in Fort Worth, is a computer and electronics manufacturer and distributor that began as a family-owned and operated leather store in 1919.

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The Pond looking West 6th Ave Plaza Entrance North View Carriage Ride
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The Pond looking West 3 Frederick Law Olmsted Park Designer Scholar's Gate Lamppost Scholar's Gate
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Wollman Rink Purple Tree necklace 7th Regiment Statue memorial
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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!

 
     
 

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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Here at Shades of Fun, we have a lot of special occasions covered with low cost fun ideas. What's our gig? Sunglasses, of course! Let's start off with Quinceañera Gifts. Yes, that is the Hispanic name for the coming of age ceremony, generally celebrated for 15-year-old girls. We love the tiaras, dresses, rhinestones and sparkle!

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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 where there is yet another revolution afoot! This is a revolution you can drink and have fun with! It's Tea with a Kick! That's right. Bars, lounges and nightclubs all over the city are spiking up flavored teas and bubble teas with vodka, bourbon and rums for all sort of new and tasty libations! Bubble Tea with Alcohol, all grown up, you can drink 'em all night. There's the Moroccan mojito at the Tea Lounge on Union Street in Brooklyn (Moroccan mint tea based). At the Flatiron Lounge in Manhattan, Hibiscus Swizzle is a hibiscus tea syrup with gin and South African berry juice. Pegu Club infuses gin with Earl Grey tea leaves for her Earl Grey MarTEAni. At the G Spa in the Hotel Gansevoort you can enjoy a rum, mango and peony tea punch; a chamomile-tinged Cosmopolitan; and a Champagne fizz made with a marmalade-ish Korean citron fruit tea. At the Portuguese restaurant Alfama in the West Village, they serve Cháfariz, a mélange of Portuguese brandy, peach liqueur, fresh fruit juices and seasonally selected teas. In the fall and winter, they use black vanilla tea replaces the peach tea for a warmer drink.

 
 
     
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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