Having listened to the interview, I thought she was kind of mean singling out the lavender cookies twice as a symbol of expensive goods at the Flea. People who haven't visited the Flea don't understand yet that it's partly, but not a 100% traditional, flea market, and that there are lots of local artisans with entrpreneurial micro businesses (something NYC needs, no?) offering new, not used or vintage, wonderful handmade products which, in a non-flea market setting, are snapped up without thought to price by the same consumers who complain about them being at the Flea. The word Flea in the name creates certain expectations of what kinds of vendors and products should be there. I still wish it were called Brooklyn Market or something else without the word Flea. Alas...too late....
- Amy
Having listened to the interview, I thought she was kind of mean singling out the lavender cookies twice as a symbol of expensive goods at the Flea. People who haven't visited the Flea don't understand yet that it's partly, but not a 100% traditional, flea market, and that there are lots of local artisans with entrpreneurial micro businesses (something NYC needs, no?) offering new, not used or vintage, wonderful handmade products which, in a non-flea market setting, are snapped up without thought to price by the same consumers who complain about them being at the Flea. The word Flea in the name creates certain expectations of what kinds of vendors and products should be there. I still wish it were called Brooklyn Market or something else without the word Flea. Alas...too late....
- Amy
Posted by: alenandamy at August 5, 2008 5:58 PM in response to Radio Radio!