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a modern general store for a well-lived life, combining the charm of a country
general store with the sophistication of a modern city lifestyle. Our Urban
General Store specializes in all things fun and functional. We have something
for everyone! Our unique assortment of accessories, toys, home and gift
items represents the best of what life has offer, all at one colorful
and navigatable website. We are based in Brooklyn, NY- come and visit us
if you can!For press inquiries, please email Tyler Perry at press@blueribbongeneralstore.com. 
Feb March 2012 HGTV features our Medicine Box which is the very definition of fun and functional. Stock up on first aid essentials and store them in a stylish manner! 
January2012 Yay for Real Simple featuring our Pawz in their January issue. Made for canine friends of all sizes, they are a great way to keep your pup's paws clean and dry when out for a walk. 
Dec-Jan-2012 Our super cool Hidden Animal Teacups are in the Dec/Jan 2012 issue of Bust magazine. Sure to be the coolest mug you'll ever own! 
December 2011 We are THRILLED our Table Top Foosball Table is in Real Simple's AMAZING Gift Guide this holiday season. Scoop one up soon! 
December2011 Food Network Magazine featured our super cool Splash Pops in their 2011 Gift Guide. Pick one up while you can! 
November 21, 2011 Our gorgeous Glass Kettle Teapot was featured in the New York Magazine 2011 Gift Guide. It's a good looking way to brew up a perfect cup. 
November 2011 Our fun & functional Thanksgiving Bingo Placecards are featured in November's Food Network Magazine- get them while you can! 
November 17, 2011 Timeout New York featured our To Hell with Work flask in their 2011 Gift Guide. What a way to express how you feel about your job! 
November 10- 2011 Good Grief! We're super excited to have our Good Grief glasses featured in Timeout New York. Add them to your bar collection now! 
Real Simple October 2011 Check out our Places in America Map- put a pin for everywhere you've been, or want to visit! 
October 3, 2011 Our NEW Corkcicle is the featured Best Bets- wahoo! Keep your wine chill with this cool Corkcicle! 
October 12, 2011 Thanks MUG (Manhattan Users Guide) for featuring our 2012 Bubble Wrap Calendar in their 21 Under $21 email! 
Fall 2011 We are very excited to have our lovely New York Matches featured in the Party Favor Section of Martha Stewart's Destination Weddings and Dream Honeymoons Fall 2011 Edition. 
August 2011 Real Simple picked our Black Swan Watering Can for their 10 Finds for $50 or less feature in the August 2011 issue! 
July 27 2011 New York Magazine's Best Bets section featured our Hydros water bottles! 
July 27 2011 Real Simple's Daily Finds email featured our Porcelain Lanterns in their list of great outdoor party lights! 
June/July 2011 Our cute and clever plantable records were a "Fun Fave" in Everyday with Rachael Ray! 
June 10, 2011 What's the perfect gift for Dad? According to iVillage it's our Cycle Care Kit! They were featured in their Cool Picks for Dad under $50!! 
Time Out New York Weddings Thanks to Time Out New York for picking two of our favorites--The Man Can and Bridesmaid's Essentials Kit for their list of Bridesmaid and Groomsmen Gifts That Don't Suck!! 
May 11, 2011 We love efficency, and so does iVillage! Nellie's Dryer Balls and our Lavender Laundry Sachets were 2 of their 25 Must-Have Products for an Efficient Laundry Room!
May 15, 2011 More love from Real Simple: our Lunchskins are the perfect way to reduce waste for your summer picnics! 
May, 2011 The social retail discovery site, Svpply is a great way to learn about new products. We're excited to see more of our products added by members every day! 
May, 2011 We couldn't be more pleased to have been selected by New York Magazine's Shop-a-Matic Mother's Day Gift Guide. They picked our Gardener's Hand Balm and Pretty Cupcake Kit as the perfect way to say thank you to mom. 
April, 2011 Not only did national Geographic pick our neighborhood, Boerum Hill as their Brooklyn destination neighborhood, they chose us as one of the best places to shop! 
April 21, 2011 Thanks TONY for showing us some love again! Our all-natural Eco-Paints were a perfect fit for their Earth-friendly shopping feature.
March 17, 2011 What's St. Patty's Day without beer? Real Simple picked our XL Beer Glass on their list for the "hoppiest" holiday!
March 1, 2011 Real Simple picked us again for our One Sketch A Day visual diary in their 10 Noteworthy Journals Daily Finds email.
February, 2011 Nellie's Laundry Nuggets are a must-have for us apartment-dwellers. If you're sick of lugging a heavy bottle of detergent to the laundromat, Real Simple suggested this alternative in their Problem-Solvers email. 
December 13, 2010 Annie was honored to be profiled in a news story about our Holiday Pop Up Shop and how the Count Me In Team helped get her there! 
December 6, 2010 In Style thought our Pop-Up was big news, and included its opening in their "What's Right Now" news section. Thanks, In Style! 
December 20, 2010 For all those last-minute gift shoppers, MUG deemed our Monkey Bed the perfect choice. 
December 13, 2010 Once again New York Magazine showed us some major love in their Shop-A-Matic page, featuring several items, including our Lavender Eye Pillows and Tiny Tarot Cards! 
December 3, 2010 When The Knot went searching for the best Groomsmen Gifts, our Whisky Lover's Set fit the bill! 
December 2, 2010 Our Wine Sock Monkey was named the perfect "Old School Gift for Your Girlfriends" by Shecky's! 
December 2010 Wahoo! We are THRILLED to be a part of Real Simple's AMAZING Gift Guide this Holiday! Our Ring Erasers are shown in all their glory in Green, Pink, Blue and Yellow. 
December 1, 2010 Thanks for the shout out, Women's Day! Our Ring Erasers made the grade for Unique Stocking Stuffers Under $10. 
December 4, 2010 The WSJ thought our Chocolate Coal was just the thing for a festive holiday party. 
November 29, 2010 Wahoo! Our Holiday Pop Up is "Pop Up Shop of the Week" in New York Magazine- from Brooklyn to the Upper West Side- to online, we are your holiday shopping hot spot! 
November 11, 2010 A big thanks to Yelp for including us in their Helpless Gift Guide. They even included quotes from real customers! 
November 25, 2010 We were honored that WPIX featured our us in a news story on the Hottest Pop Up Shops! 
November 19, 2010 Time Out New York Featured our Nesting Cups for kids in their Holiday Gift Guide. They gave a shout of the designer, a local guy- Ben Bearsch! 
November 22, 2010 We love you, New York Magazine! Thanks for including our Wrestler Matryoshkas (so fun!) and Phrenology Head Wrap Sheet in your amazing Holiday Gift Guide!
November 15, 2010 Manhattan User's Guide chose our Tea for One sets for their "Cool Design" issue. Thanks, MUG!! 
November 30, 2010 We love Martha, and apparently she loves us too! Our Charley Harper Coloring Book, Star Gazer Kit, Bag of Outer Space, AND Shrinky Dinks were included in her 2010 Gift Guide.
November 2010 We are DELIGHTED to be included in iVillage's Holiday Gift Guide! Check out our Babushkups, Maple Syrup Candle, Furniture Origami, In Flight Bags, Humunga Stache, Man Can, SNL Game and Organic Salvage Candle. 
November 2010 Our Road Trip Bingo made it's way into a feature on Stress Free Travel in November's Health Magazine! Get one for your next Roadtrip! 
November 21, 2010 Ohh Daily Candy- how we love you! In a feature "5 Surprises for Childish Souls" our Pop Up was highlighted as well as our DIY Shower Curtain, Tiny Tarot Cards, Inflatable Fruitcake, Field Guide to Typestaches and Star Gazers Kit. 
November 26, 2010 Yeah!!! Our Pop Up Shop is on a short list of the hottest Pop Ups (around the world!). Thanks Apartment Therapy! 
November 22, 2010 "A Perfect Match"- that's what Racked called our Pop Up on the UWS! Thanks for the great write up Racked! 
October 28, 2010 Thanks Time Out New York for featuring our cool Art History Ruler in their Home Design Issue, under Cool Products/ Affordable Art. 
September 7, 2010 Ceci Style featured our Fashion Origami in their Back to School Section: Get Cool for Back to School! 
September 2010 We are so excited to be a part of Traditional Home's Journey Through Brooklyn article "Around Town." 
September 20, 2010 Our cool Sake Bomb Set got a full page featured in the Best Bet's section of New York Magazine. Cool gift! 
August 23, 2010 New York Magazine asked us what our favorite new items for Fall are and we said LUNCHBOTS!! Check them out for Back to School/Back to Work... 
August 2010 We are soo excited to have our Lunchskins featured in August's Real Simple Magazine. What a great back to school item! 
August 9,2010 Manhattan Users Guide featured our Big Pencils for Little Hands in their Cool Design email. We love you MUG! 
July 1, 2010 Thanks Brooklyn Exposed for featuring our fun items a few times- the Fire Bucket BBQ and the BBQ Sword! 
June-July 2010 We were so excited to have our Fire Bucket BBQ be included in Everyday with Rachael Ray's June/July 2010 Grilling Issue. 
July 23, 2010 NBC 4 NY and Thrillist featured our Boombox Cooler in their "Cool Stuff for Hot Days" segment- wahooo!! 
July 2010 Thanks KoreAM for featuring our Momiji Celebration Dolls! These cute little dolls hold secret messages you can write and share! 
June, 2011 Two of our favorite new items-the Cycle Care Kit and Pickle Jar Set were chosen along with our Gold Standard Notebook by the editors of Woman's Day to cover all you summer gift-giving needs! 
June 30, 2010 Thrillist featured our VERY COOL Boombox cooler- fill it with up to 18 cans/12 bottles (or whatever you want), play some tunes, life is good! 
June 16, 2010 Oh yeah.. our Fire Bucket BBQ made the Dining Out Section of The New York Times!! Thanks Florence Fabricant!
June 29, 2010 We are THRILLED to have our Pinwheel Party Straws included in Daily Candy's Summer Party Essentials. Let the fun begin!! 
Summer 2010 We were thrilled to have our Sunprint Kits featured in the Wedding Favors section of New York Magazine's Summer 2010 Wedding Issue. We also loved being a part of their Weddings Event in NYC in April! 
April 2010 We were excited to be included in Better Homes and Gardens April 2010 issue. They included our Lt Green Envirosax Water Bottle in their Favorite Gardening Items Feature! 
March 8, 2010 We were so excited to be a part of Patricia Marx's Brooklyn Shopping article in The New Yorker. She wrote "Don't overlook [Annie's], a feel good spot filled to the gills with stuff most of it functional, all of it winsome..."
February 16, 2010 We were thrilled to be included in Daily Candy's Hostess Gift Shop Talk Round Up for our Hot Mama Dishtowel. 
February 2010 Thanks Country Living for including our Classic Stationary Bell in their February 2010 Bargain Issue!
January 19, 2010 Yeah! Our Predator vs. Prey Mittens were featured in Daily Candy's Ski Weekend Shop Talk's Guide. 
December 2009 / Janaury 2010 We are soo excited that People Magazine's Style Watch listed us as one of the "top 10 destinations for Holiday Gifts" YEAH! 
December 1, 2009 Manhattan Users Guide included our Serendipity Frroozen Hot Chocolate in their 21 under $21 gifts. 
December 2009 Yeah! Lucky Magazine Listed Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store as a "Top 10 Gift Resource" for NYC. We're LUCKY to be included! 
December 10, 2009 KoreAm Magazine included our Playful Chef Kits in their All the Rage section for Holiday Gift Giving. 
December 2009 Food Network Magazine included us in their Holiday Gift Guide featuring our Eiffel Tower Cheese Grater 
December 10, 2009 Daily News featured our Exclusive Brooklyn paperweight and Lucky Beggar Coin Purse 
December 10, 2009 New York Post's Holiday Gift Guide chose our NYC Plate in their Civic Booty Round-up of gifts. 
November 2009 Did anyone here Annie on 1010 Wins? She was interviewed about her business in Brooklyn. We were honored to be included in this exciting story about BROOKLYN! 
November 2009 Chow.com featured our 20 Drinking Coasters in their Winter Gift Guide Under $15. Thanks Chow!
November 2009 NY Magazine's Shop-A-Matic Holiday Gift Guide featured our Brooklyn Dog Treats, Water Tower Hu 
November 2009 Time Out Instanbul highlighted our shop to visit in What to do in 48 Hours in NYC! Very Exciting! 
October 2009 We were excited to be have our Nest Egg featured in the Fun Favorites section of Every Day with Rachel Ray magazine 
October 2009 Thanks TONY for including us in your round up of Retro candy (link to candy section), just in time for Halloween! 
September 2009 New York Magazine included us in the their Fall Preview issue, asking their favorite stores what was hot this fall- we said our Bunny Market Totes were "A quirky twis 
September 2009 Manhattan Users Guide included our Herb Pot in their list of 21 under $21. We love MUG! 
September 6, 2009 NY Magazine Editor Diana Tsui featured our Bunny Market Tote and raved about our Shop on NBC NY 4. Thanks Diana! 
August 19, 2009 The NY METRO paper wrote about the shop & the 3/50 Project in a great little article on promoting shopping LOCAL. 
August 2009 The Shiny Squirrel interviewed Annie for their "The Little Interview." We were honored to be a part of this great blog! 
08/15/08 We LOVE Best Bets and were so excited to have our ABRGS Brooklyn Coasters featured as a great house warming present! 
01/08/08 Beach Bungalow 8's write up had us blushing -- "[ann] create(d) the idea of a country general store and fill(ed) it with fun and functional things for modern living. and boy did she ever... " 
09/22/08 We were super excited to be featured in a segment on LXTV's First Look New York. Our Keep Calm and Carry One posters and Pimp My Cubicle kit were big hits with NBC TV viewers and Taxi TV riders. 
02/06/08 This cool blog on Finding Beauty in the Basics featured our Love Message Bean in their Valentine's gift ideas for the "Cute, Sweet, Odd & Funny" 
03/12/08 Urban Baby gave us a great plug 3/08- "Remember that old-fashioned neighborhood store that had just what you needed - a quick gift or a last-minute treat? If Brooklyn is your stomping ground, you're in luck" 
08/13/08 Quirky office products in TONY featured our Mind Your Biz personal shredder and our Crocodile Staple Remover. 
December 2008 Our Playful Chef cooking kit was featured in Time Out Kids Gift Guide for great presents under $50 for kids. 
12/05/08 Our USB Drive Mix Tapes were NBC's Deal of the Day! Make your friends and family mix tapes with our USB drive for in-expensive and thoughtful Holiday gifts. 
June Issue 2009 TONY Kids featured our Kleen Kanteen (40 oz) and Rubber Horse Shoes in their story on Alfresco Adventures 
May 2009 Country Living Featured our "Tastes Like Chicken" Kitchen Towels in May's Issue with the title" The Best Way to Spend $11.." 
05/22/09 We got a nice mention in Daily Candy New York for our fun mustache disguises! ("Good Stuff under $10) 
05/27/09 We are Thrilled with our Thrillist write up about our Barbeque Sword Skewers! 
April 2009 The new Zagats gave us a steller review & rankings - "No matter what you are looking for, you'll find it" at this "must- see" boutique. 
April 2009 Our Silly Putty was featured in a story on Party Favors for Birthday Parties. 
04/10/09 Out About Brooklyn blog wrote about our "super cute shop" & promised no one would leave "empty handed" Thanks for the great write up!
04/29/09 New York Magazine's Shop- A-Matic Mother's Day edition featured our Gnome Candles, Herb Pot, Vegetable Box and Sunflower kit 
April 2009 Aventura magazine wrote about our Healthy Harvest Freshness Extenders in the April edition of The Last Word. 
March 2009 New York Non Stop Channel featured the shop in the segment "City by the Subway" and highlighted us as one of the many places accepting the nw Brooklyn Perks Savings card. 
03/16/09 Weekly NY Japion featured our Brooklyn Dog Biscuits in a cool spread about all things Brooklyn. 
03/16/09 New York Magazine included us in their 2009 BEST OF NEW YORK issue as the Best Place to get a Cheap Last Minute Gifts, calling the shop a "go to spot" for quirky, charming gifts... 
01/01/09 A great new review on the shop on StoreAdore.com " ..modern day urban general store in order to satisfy those with sophisticated taste, along with an affection for the simple life, with a smile." 
1/16/09 Apartment Therapy's Kitchn digs our Nutritional Content of Water Glasses 
01/01/09 We Heart Zagats- "modern day goods deserving of a 'blue ribbon,' from whimsical home and gift items to heavenly candles and batch products to kiddy essentials like Silly Putty." 
12/30/08 Cool Shout out for our Dressing Jar- "I do nearly all of my holiday shopping at this one-stop-shop, and have been craving [literally] this dressing jar for months now." Thanks Design Milk!
12/03/08 Daily Candy's Holiday Gift Guide for Guys featured our ceramic radiator humidifiers as the perfect gift for guys in 2008! We sold tons! 
December 2008 We can barely keep our cute catnip mice toys in stock since Country Home recommended them to their readers in their December 2008 Gift Guide. 
12/07/08 Cafe Mom profiled our Hyptochroid set as a great "Under $10" Stocking Stuffer- for family "circle" time. 
11/16/08 New York Magazine's annual Gift Guide this year focused on "100 Items Under $100" and they featured our NYC Map Matches and our Ruled Packing tape. 
08/06/08 Beat the Heat: TONY's Cooling off issue featured our I Tap NY Water bottle- an instant hit!
02/04/08 New York Mag's Shop O'Matic featured our Message Bean plants with LOVE lasered onto them! Perfect Valentine's Gift to show how your love grows!
07/23/08 New York Mag's Shop O'Matic's Pet Special featured Mascot's Hydrant sweater- We Love Mascot Pet items! 
11/19/08 TONY teamed up with our Favorite Blogger, the Swiss Miss, to shop at her favorite shops for Holiday entertaining- she picked us & chose our Aluminum Jigger as her item of choice. 
11/26/08 TONY loves us! They picked our Eau de Brooklyn Soaps ("for the Former New Yorker") and Let's Paint the 90's activity book ("for the Style Maven"), for their 2008 Gift Guide. 
11/12/08 Our clever Lucky Beggar coin purse was a hit with Time Out New York's guide to wallets under $30. 
11/20/08 Apartment Therapy recommended their readers check out our ceramic radiator humidifiers for cool city living. 
10/10/07 YES, we were in the NYTimes our first week being open! Florence Fabricant wrote about our cool kitchen items and featured our Step Measuring Cup. 
10/19/07 We got a great kick off from Daily Candy New York's "Eyes on the Prize" write up-- "The snug shop captures that small town feeling and adds a modern sensibility for city living." 
10/21/07 Local Cobble Hill blog welcome us to the Neighborhood! 
10/02/07 Brownstowner leaks out some info on the shop from the Street Level before we open. The brightly painted shutters left many guessing! 
10/18/07 Brooklyn Enthusiast gives us a major shout out as we first open up! 
10/19/07 Thank you local press! Brooklyn Eagle's write up explains the ideology about the shop.
08/06/08 New York Mag's Shop O'Matic's Back to School Guide featured our Laundry bag and many of our fun "office tools"!
11/19/08 New York Mag's Shop O'Matic featured many of our items in their online shopping guide- NY Map Matches, Ruled Packing Tape, Rorshock Game, Medicine Box, Playful Chef Kit... 
01/13/08 The design and shopping blogs Mighty Goods and Mighty Haus loved our Octavia Cocktail Napkins as the perfect hostess gift. We concur! 
07/08/08 Lucky wrote about our Online Launch in their Deals section. Thanks Lucky! 
09/08/08 As Issac says, "Brooklyn is the only place to shop!" He (and Food and Wine's Jessica Romm) loved our Octavia Cocktail Napkins for Fall Entertaining. 
06/09/08 Daily Candy Everywhere's "Best in Show" write up on our internet launch was a huge thrill for us! 
03/09/08 Country Living loves Yellow! Our Thomas Paul Melamine Bird plates were featured in March 09's Country Living Magazine. 
11/28/07 Time Out Mag's 2007 Holiday Gift Guide included us in their write up on NYC's 90 Best Gift Bloated Stores-- also featuring our Kids Chopsticks. 
11/17/07 General Score! Great write up about the newly opened shop in the Brooklyn Paper 
12/12/07 We Love the Swiss Miss- "I am in heaven!..I spent about 45 minutes in [shop] and am happy to say that I got all my christmas shopping done. One stop shopping! YAY!" 
Dec 2007 Thanks Mommy Poppins for touting shopping Locally as well as telling its readers about the unique gift items at the shop.
11/26/07 We love that MUG featured our store exclusive Brooklyn Coasters as part of their Person, Place, THING-- 
11/20/07 Our Heart Hot Water Bottles made it into the hearts of Juli B New York readers 
7/30 Cherry Patter wrote a great article about the shop "ABRGS: Where to go when you need anything!" 
Daily Candy Kids Daily Candy Kids taught aspiring Tooth Fairies everything they need to know, and our adorable Tooth Fairy mail kits were a must-have!! 
12/07/07 Biz Bash recommends the shop for clever & quirky corporate gifts- "Whether you're looking for the perfect little item for colleagues...the newly opened ABRGS...is bursting with clever treats." |
