Brooklyn Flea

It's a little bittersweet around Flea HQ this week, what with the last week outside at Fort Greene coming up this Saturday. (Plus Sidekick Rob is leaving for honeymoon for two weeks with Sweet Jess.) Even if it somehow magically didn't rain on a single Saturday all year, or people from Sweden, Japan, and Australia hadn't flocked to the market every week, or our own baby didn't morph into a toddler/mini-human while dodging the massive Asia Dog/Pizza Moto/Milk Truck lines, the Flea still would have elevated to another plane in 2010. The best stuff, the nicest people and vibe, families, friends, food—it all just came together, and every week was better than the last. For us it's like a dream walking around that yard, for realz.

Above, just a random pic we took sometime over the summer: great booth setup, funky AlternAmerica flag, stuff we wanted and picked through, a nice couple we chatted with selling it, their baby along for the Flea ride. Nothing special, until we realize we sometimes take for granted just how special each little 100sf vendor booth is every single week.

Moving on! Starting Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27+28, the Flea goes indoors Saturday and Sunday at Skylight One Hanson until March 2011, and the hours are 10am-6pm there now. Lots of food downstairs (where Jerry Seinfeld was last Sunday), awesome vendors on all 3 floors including the jacked-up vault (lots of big stuff like furniture down there) and mesmerizing mezzanine. And Gifted, which by now you've figured out is Dec. 15-23 and which really overflows into the 3 weekends leading up to it.