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« Fab Does Ze Flea for NY mag - The Right Stuff »June 10, 2008Gift Ideas Galore
Jean-Paul, the dapper Frenchman from the Rue St. Denis men's-vintage booths by the bleachers, always has timeless fashions that will usher your pop's wardrobe at least into the late 20th Century, perhaps with a bit of pizazz to boot. S7/8. Similarly, Conrad from Tutek will be back this week with slightly more preppy Brooks Brothers-style vintage men's clothes and accessories (and a few killer records). Check the layout on Saturday for his location. Mike from Mohawk Studios up in Hudson, NY, makes these cool metal bugs, spiders, and scorpions with railroad spikes for bodies (thoraxes?) and spare nails for legs that are awesome desk-side conversation-starters for the office dad. They're like $15-$20. He's in W3 every week. Abby from Flubber Gallery in B15 specializes in vintage toys and figurines to inspire a little walk down Memory Lane (above).
Counter Evolution's tables and countertops made from recycled bowling lanes are about as Father's Day as it gets, and Jim is in L9 every Sunday showing off his craftsmanship. Feel free to ask him about his moonlighting duties as a singer-songwriter too. Martin Brewer has comfy old-man chairs and ottomans for a steal. He's in the W30 rows, and used to have a vintage shop called Tangerine on 5th Avenue in the Slope until 2002 when it started getting bougie. Just don't take Senor Flea's Stevie Wonder records before he does! If none of that fits the bill, you know you've got record vendors and foodstuffs galore to choose from, including newcomers Alex of Unbreakable Records, Mast Bros. Chocolate (from Williamsburg), and making his long-awaited debut Sunday, Rick's Picks pickles, beets and string beans! Now put that in your (pop's) pipe and smoke it. Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsThe gate pictured is probably one of about 8 or 10 we will be bringing down. In addition, we have some great new, and heavy, garden concrete statuary. We'll try to bring a smattering of that as well. See you Sunday, Fred from Silver Fox. Click up on the Right to view our website. Posted by: guest at June 12, 2008 11:34 AM |
Father's Day is so impossible to shop for--there are only so many gadgets and sweaters on this planet. So we offer this predictable solution: Flea. 
Fred and Camille from Silver Fox up in Albany are back this week, and among their unearthed treasures are a batch of antique iron gates from London (right). There's nothing dads like better than spinning a yarn about where an item in their house is from, so get the story and give dad a new garden piece or workshop decoration. L14/15.
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