Wednesday, May 27, 2009




the fort greene flea market, my favorite saturday morning activity besides the farmer's market. the flea market takes place in fort greene every saturday from 10-5. you can also find it in DUMBO on sundays from 11-6. it's oh so amazing, and some things are really cheap. i wanted to buy the ying-yang couch, but alas, our apartment is too small. they also have delicious food. my faves include the Mexican corn with some horchata and the oven baked pizza. they also have papusas, tacos, asiadog (andrew's favorite), coffee vendors, cheese vendors, pastry vendors and desserts (cupcakes, cannolis...). oh yeah, they also have this shaved pork leg, but i like to stay away from that because it creeps me out.
my friend, nicole, in DUMBO. DUMBO stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. the now mostly residential ($$$) neighborhood used to be an industrial center in the 1900s. nicole is laying on a historical landmark, as DUMBO is a historical district in NYC. from the beginning of the 19th century to the 1949, the railroad (called the Jay Street Connecting Railroad) carried coffee from the docks near the BK Bridge to warehouses along Jay St. It was a part of a larger railroad, connecting to New Jersey.