Soaking Up Some Salvage at the Fest

I was at the Salvage Fest briefly, but really only made a quick “surgical strike” and bolted. So, I didn’t get much of a sense of what the crowd was like. However, I do think that the crowd is surprisingly white in the flickr photos, so I don’t think that this is a case where people are rambling on about nothing. I also agree that this isn’t the best forum for discussing the race issue, but then again what would be a better one?

This is so stupid. We all need to let the troll converse with himself, as he has on half of these posts, and go about our business. Race was not an issue at the event, and shouldn’t be one here, and yes, I was there, so I know.

As was noted in last Friday’s post, there were several black vendors, lots of black attendees and everyone, black, white, Asian, Latino and their dogs had a great time. Everyone was buying, and having fun. I hope Brownstoner doesn’t let this idiot ruin what should be a monthly event.

As the event progresses, he can fine tune what kind of vendors he has, they in turn can get a better sense of what kinds of merchandise sells, and have that on hand, and it could conceiveably be as big an event as the old 24th St flea markets were. We need mixtures of big and small items, cheap and expensive.

I must say that I was disappointed that a place like Demolition Depot, which is only in Harlem, couldn’t bring any of their overpriced stock, but vendors from Albany managed to bring some of the best stuff there. Boo, DD. I wonder if the guy managed to sell anything from photgraphs?

Mr.B – good job!

Well now I’m so annoyed that I’ve rushed these posts off without signing my name. 10:52 was mine, as was 10:59. I don’t know what the problem is with my registration but it’s certainly not my fault and I’m not trying to hide. And while I’m flattered to be equated with Bob Marvin, I can assure you we are two different people who live in two different neighborhoods who have never met. And he writes more eloquently than I do, so hopefully he’s not insulted!

Amy

There’s a very easy explanation: from day one of registering there has been a problem with my registration. I never, ever hide my identity. I sign in as Amy and it shows up as Anonymous, so I always make sure to sign Amy in the body of my post. I am Amy Oztan, neighborhood resident since 2002, blogger of the Gates Reno on this site, head of fundraising at PS11, mother of two, and I spent all day Saturday behind the popcorn machine at the SalvageFest bake sale. Nothing suspicious about it, and as soon as the web designers figure out what the problem is, my posts will show up with the correct signature. But you’ll notice it’s not “guest” and the info on the profile page is mine. Sorry, you’ll have to look elsewhere for some kind of conspiracy.