Calabar Imports/Calabar Magazine Newsletter - Feb/Mar 2008 Edition

[Atim Annette Oton]

Brooklyn's Home Decor, Fashion Culture & Lifestyle Magazine and Store Calabar Magazine's newsletter focuses on events and activities of Calabar Magazine and Calabar Imports in Brooklyn, New York. Please forward this newsletter to friends, family and colleagues. We appreciate it. It's been a while since we were up and running with this newsletter. We joined Facebook and Ning this month and have been busy blogging to understand the dynamics of this networking process. Here are our 2 blog venues - please sign in just to say hello at http://calabarimports.ning.com/?xgi=81JiwMf and http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1089697182. Our email has been packed the last 2 months...Simply unbelievable...I am finally getting through most of it and will be happy to say...FINALLY! Please participate in these events this month. In this issue, we feature these stories and events: 1. WHAT'S NEW AT CALABAR IMPORTS? 2. NEW PRODUCTS AT CALABAR IMPORTS 3. EVENTS for FEBRUARY/MARCH 1. WHAT'S NEW AT CALABAR IMPORTS? Thank you, It is time to thank all our customers and advertisers for 2007. This year, besides First Saturday, every First Thursday, we have Sip & Shop: Let's Talk Business. We are also in the midst of planning an Afrobeat Music Festival and an ArtCrawl with 3 other organizations. And across Brooklyn and NYC, you will see us as a sponsor of Fashion Shows, a way of branding the launch of our upcoming fashion line, Calabar Signatures and our collaboration with our design arm Mode d'Afrique. 2. NEW PRODUCTS at CALABAR February and March represents a time to freshen up your space...this time with great scents. Just arrived to the store are Reed Diffusers and Votivo Candles. The store has scents of Wanilla Cream, Ocean, Red Currant, Calypso Cruch, Gardenia, Fresh Line, Citrus and Apple...just in time. Withn Votivo, Red Currant is the star but have you tried the Purple Passionfruit, Black Ginger, Teak or Rain. And now, we carry the Rhapsody Brand...it's all fruit scents to the max 3. EVENTS for FEBRUARY Events at Calabar Imports, the Store: (RSVP to attend - [e-mail]). Events are free. Dare to be Wild with Undercover Wear!!! Join us this Sunday (March 2) from 4pm - 7pm for an Undecover Wear Party. Bring friends and come and see the latest in Undercover Wear. Hint: Lingerie....have fun with it We will serve snacks and refreshments...It's a party to laugh, giggle and make a few necessary purchases or just for fun. So, please come support a business we are trying to encourage to grow and expand. RSVP: [e-mail] or 718-638-4288. This event will be at Calabar Imports, 820 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn E-Commerce Matters Seminar! Join Community Board 8 for an E-commerce Seminar on Legal Matters by Ethel Tyus. Wed, Feb 27, 6:30pm - 8:30pm at this location: CNR, 720 Classon Ave, Brooklyn. RSVP: CB8, 718-467-5574 or [e-mail] FIRST SATURDAY @ CALABAR March 1, 2008 5:00pm to 11:00pm. Remember EVERY FIRST SATURDAY of the month, Calabar Imports has LATE NITE SHOPPING and we open until midnight. And most importantly, from 9pm-11pm, we have special discounts are available. Sip & Shop: Let's Talk Business. March 06, 2008 6:00pm to 8:00pm "A Sip and Shop: Let's Talk Business" at Calabar Imports every first Thursday of each month. Join us for a unique networking event for Brooklynites who work, design and do business, and would like to talk with one another. We recommend you bring a friend and be ready to chat and network. RSVP: 718-638-4288 or [e-mail] CALABAR magazine (http://www.calabarmag.com) is a bi-monthly lifestyle publication about Brooklyn home décor, fashion, culture and the arts. It explores people and places of this unique borough through the lenses of some of its resident writers. Calabar Magazine, 820 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238. 718-638-4288. Email us at [e-mail]. Calabar Magazine is a Calabar Imports company, see http://www.calabar-imports.com and see our Nigerian store at http://www.zimazee.com. Read Calabar Magazine Today!