UnBeige@NYIGF: Bucky's Birdhouse

When UnBeige was invited to serve as one of four judges for the inaugural “blogger’s choice awards” at the New York International Gift Show (NYIGF), we jumped at the chance to prowl aisle upon aisle of covetable objects. Twelve hours, two trips to the cavernous Javits Center, and hundreds of product-stuffed booths later, we learned that Sergio Rossi pumps and trade shows don’t mix, but more importantly, we had fine-tuned our list of top picks and completed our Christmas shopping through 2011.

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