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Have you met the new neighbors?

No it’s not the Jones’ rather the stealthy family of bedbugs that are making their presence quite known throughout the greater Manhattan area.

According to TIME magazine ” New York is being the hardest hit” by the bed bug epidemic, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it…

These creepy crawlers are everywhere it seems even at major retailers! Fortunately these bugs are no match for the staff of Cameo Cleaners and Arthur Copeland Cleansers who will gladly rid your wardrobe & bedding of these home invadors.

Unfortunately starvation and isolation is not what kills these pesky critters, rather extreme heat is the only way to destroy them.

Some helpful tips to prevent bedbugs/ identify the signs from Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park:

• Unpack luggage on the ground- not on bed or furniture bugs jump from one material to the other
• CATCH THEM EARLY
• Wash your bedding at high temperatures ( or bring them to Cameo Cleaners and we will do it for you)

• Look for tiny rust colored/ black spots on bedding near seams and behind headboards

It doesn’t look like these new neighbors have intentions of leaving anytime soon but do try not to be too welcoming. For all your bed bug home cleaning needs please give us a ring so that you can stop sharing your clothing.

With opening night just around the corner the staff of Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park anticipates the gorgeously elaborate costumes that will dance through our doors.

In case you were not aware Cameo Cleaners is entrusted every season to care for and clean the costumes for the New York Metropolitan Opera. To date we have cleaned over 35,000 costumes, and look forward to this season to be responsible for these ornate pieces once again.

The staff of Cameo Cleaners has already been hard at work since the middle of the summer to ensure that all the costumes are stage ready.

While your wardrobe may not meet quite the same needs as the costume department of The Metropolitan Opera, the staff at Cameo Cleaners is up for any challenge and guarantees they will treat your wardrobe as if it were their own. The exclusive ECO2 Cleanse system available at Cameo Cleaners is the best in cleaning in New York City. Gentle on clothes, yet tough on stains did I mention chemical free?

Why would you want to have your clothes cleaned anywhere else??

For the best dry cleaning available in New York City, stop by and visit Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park located at 284 Third Avenue.

As much as I hate to admit it I am very guilty of opening the doors to my closet and staring longingly at the vast collection of clothing I have acquired over the years, yet remain immobile uninspired by anything.  Coincidentally I do the same thing in front of full refrigerators so maybe we should chalk this one up to indecisiveness?

Anyways back to the wardrobe… I am confident that I am not alone in my inability to select the first, second, or third thing I see in my closet and always coming full circle with the dreaded statement of ” I have nothing to wear.”

This statement is in fact a blatant lie, because I have more than enough to wear… probably enough to keep me outfitted for weeks if not months in fact so what is my problem?

An article in today’s New York Times evaluates this common disposition through a new project that is catching on around the world. It goes by many names some of which include “shopping diet” and ” six items or less” and challenges people to significantly minimize their wardrobe to see if it makes a difference.

This challenge requires that individuals limit themselves to a six item wardrobe for 30 days. Yes, you read that correctly six items of your choice to be mixed and matched and washed and rewashed across the span of one month.

Many claim that nobody notices and while this may be true I would notice and that would bother me enough. That being said I could clearly never manage this challenge despite my creativity and originality when it comes to my wardrobe. Of course I have my favorite jeans or a favorite shirt that I wear more frequently than others, but not twice weekly??

If you are participating in this challenge, or have toned down your wardrobe volume a good dry cleaner is absolutely necessary so that you can maintain the original qualities of this pieces you hold so dearly.

Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park and Arthur Copeland Cleansers both operate with  a CO2 cleaning system so that your clothes float while being cleaned thus significantly decreasing the wear and tear on your pieces during cleaning.

So if you are braver than me and have accepted the challenge of 6 items or less, or perhaps just prefer the life of a minimalist give Cameo Cleaners or Arthur Copeland a call to handle all your cleaning needs, and extend the life of your wardrobe.

If one were to have entered Cameo Cleaners of Gramercy Park yesterday afternoon they would have been overwhelmed by the very dominant presence of tulle, sequins, taffeta, and feathers lining the racks at the store.

Why did it appear as if we were preparing ourselves for the prom? Well, because we were. As you know Cameo Cleaners is a collection site for The Operation Fairy Dust Program, so we have been up to our eyebrows in prom dresses as the generous donations continue to come in.

Late Wednesday evening we received a call from Operation Fairy Dust Director Megan Kerrigan asking us to pull dresses for a satellite event she was helping with Thursday evening at the Hospital for Special Surgery. The hospital, project sunshine, and Operation Fairy Dust all worked in conjunction to coordinate a special pre-prom evening for 20 young girls suffering from Lupus.

We were more than happy to remove the dresses from our storage facility to assist Megan in her continuous efforts to bring joy to area high school girls. Once the dresses arrived at Cameo they were sorted by size, so that it would not be a struggle to bring a variety of sizes as weight fluctuation is a very common side effect of lupus treatments and medicines.

After playing her own mental game of dress up, Megan left Cameo with close to 30 dresses for these girls to choose from later that evening. Although we were not at the event, we heard that it was a truly wonderful experience and that all 20 girls were outfitted for the prom thanks to the efforts of all organizations involved.

If you would like to donate to Operation Fairy Dust it’s not too late to give your dress a second dance! We will be collecting gowns here until April 10, so that they can be properly cleaned before the event on April 17 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.