I’ve
blogged about my adventures shopping on Vashon Island and the amazing flea markets
in California, I have not, however shared the bountiful number of hip neighborhood
markets that exist within the Seattle city limits. Multiple communities that surround the City
host Saturday or Sunday markets, some seasonal, others year-round. The goods sold at each of the markets are
dependent upon the neighborhood in which it is located, for each community
evokes its own very distinct personality.
The
Fremont Sunday market is one of my favorites.
Just north of the City, Fremont is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Queen
Anne, Ballard, Wallingford and Lake Union.
It’s a fairly small community, funky, diverse, filled with intellectuals
and artisans, hippies and healers. Smack
dab in the middle of the community is a larger than life-size statue of Stalin. Stalin is in good company with a statue of yet another famous public figure, none other than JP Patches, a Northwest icon
near and dear to every baby boomer born and raised in the region. In addition to the two great men, an impressive
concrete troll calls the underside of the Aurora Bridge home; in his mammoth left
hand he is clutching an actual Volkswagen Bug.
On a
recent visit to the Fremont market, I stumbled upon a lovely woman with a
plethora of neckties, some new, some vintage.
I will make certain to visit her often before season’s end…
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