I love fleas and antiques. The Brooklyn Flea is really not so much- its trendy and the dealers are very sophisticated about prices. You’re not likely to find a fabulous undiscovered Tiffany lamp for $5.oo. I love going upstate and antiquing. You never know what you’ll find- there is nothing like a wonderful old piece full of history.
When we were younger, my wife and I loved to go antiquing. We used to vacation in Vermont alot, and spent half the time poking around in antique stores. At that time we had an older house and I suppose that was part of it.
When we moved to our condo 4.5 years again, we sold almost all of our furniture and stuff, and went to a more contemporary look. Now neither my wife or I have the slighest interest in antiques. I think it is a combination of our condo’s look, and just getting tired of all the shopping that is necessary to score a good find. As we walked though the Flea yesterday, we both said to each other something like “Remember when we used to be interested in this stuff?”.
Snappy, if I did that now I’d have a receding hairline!
I think I may have to resort to dyeing it. I actually like my natural hair color, the original, not the gray, so I’m a bit bummed. Dyed hair always looks so dulled.
Check out the Ratner thread. Rob has a fan club and apparently he is the ONLY cool one on this site.
I love fleas and antiques. The Brooklyn Flea is really not so much- its trendy and the dealers are very sophisticated about prices. You’re not likely to find a fabulous undiscovered Tiffany lamp for $5.oo. I love going upstate and antiquing. You never know what you’ll find- there is nothing like a wonderful old piece full of history.
When we were younger, my wife and I loved to go antiquing. We used to vacation in Vermont alot, and spent half the time poking around in antique stores. At that time we had an older house and I suppose that was part of it.
When we moved to our condo 4.5 years again, we sold almost all of our furniture and stuff, and went to a more contemporary look. Now neither my wife or I have the slighest interest in antiques. I think it is a combination of our condo’s look, and just getting tired of all the shopping that is necessary to score a good find. As we walked though the Flea yesterday, we both said to each other something like “Remember when we used to be interested in this stuff?”.
THL, I’m workin’ on a monster bald spot if I keep it up!
Thank you, Kens- Minsk is where my father’s family came from. Someday I want to go there and trace our family
Snappy, if I did that now I’d have a receding hairline!
I think I may have to resort to dyeing it. I actually like my natural hair color, the original, not the gray, so I’m a bit bummed. Dyed hair always looks so dulled.
I do my antiquing by plucking gray hairs outta my head in the bathroom mirror.
Mothball smell makes my stomach turn.
I’d rather risk the holes in my clothes than inhale that.
I’m not big on flea markets either. I’d rather do my antiquing on Ebay.
Chicken, must be an early morning weekend pictures because it’s a fairly populated city so it’s usually a lot more people on the streets.