Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Hi Peeps, This weekend is the monthly flea market at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, which made me wonder if there are any other cool finds to be found in California. I know Ventura has a large flea market as well. Have you been to any others? How about a great antique store? Favorite thrift store somewhere around the Los Angeles area? My main focus is usually turquoise-triangle Disneyland ceramics and view master reels, but I collect other things that catch my eye. Help!!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight 99, let me know if your going to be going this weekend and what day. I'mhoping to get to Gumms soon. Wanna go with me when I go? I'm going to be hittin Downtown Orange as well, soon.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Sunday is Mother's Day and the Rose Bowl day. But any other weekend day I'm game. There's another place near Gumms that we can hit, too. Then we can play bingo at the Bingo club. LOL
Originally Posted By friendofdd Here ya go, 9. Large and with fantasticly delicious, hot, fresh churros. <a href="http://www.ocmarketplace.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ocmarketplace.com/</a> Old Town Orange is considered by many to be the antique and collectible capitol of SoCal. <a href="http://www.ocstandard.com/Old_Towne_Orange_Shopping.html" target="_blank">http://www.ocstandard.com/Old_...ing.html</a>
Originally Posted By velo the Alameda flea market is supposed to be a great one. It's held on Treasure Island at the old base, I believe (I've never been able to make it over there). Not exactly your area, but next time you come up to the Bay Area you could check it out.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Ohhhhh how fantabulouse! Look at all the suggestions 99! I feel like Tempelton, in Charlottes Web, when he finds out about all the food at the Fair! It's an antique shop smorgasbord out there!
Originally Posted By Ursula There is the annual Balboa Island garage sale, but that was last weekend. Does anyone know of other annual things too that can be added in here?
Originally Posted By murfsmom I used to go to Memory Lane" in Carson , There's also a Long Beach swap meet we used to go to, not sure if it's still there or not.
Originally Posted By murfsmom 999- we'll be at the Rose Bowl maybe 10:30, the WHOLE family is going !! I'll text you and maybe we can at least say Happy Mothers Day !!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Veterans Stadium in Long Beach still has their monthly run....haven't been there in a while but will keep it in mind! We'll be at the Rose Bowl at 8am so just text me when you get there. We were going to go at 9 instead of 8, but MR PB found out there was a comic book vendor event and he went nuts LOL
Originally Posted By murfsmom When the codeman get out of school, start looking for jobs down here, you always wanted to work at dl !!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By murfsmom Had a great day at the Rose Bowl swap meet, met up with 999, and the PB's,shopped with my hubby, my daughter Kathy, Jaynie and her brother Jake, PB and I found the perfect axe, it even said "mom" on it or was it "wow" ????????? lol
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I have something that I've always wondered, that you guys may be able to help me with: what's the difference between a flea market and a swap meet? Everywhere else in the country, I see signs for flea markets, but when I'm in California there are signs for swap meets. Are they the same thing, but just different names (like parking garages/decks/structures)? One of those little things I've always been confused about...
Originally Posted By Ursula I think in general, a flea market here means it is a lot of old stuff and junk. A swap meet can have old stuff and junk plus new stuff or maybe even a Sham-wow demonstration. Overall, I find more antiques at a flea market.
Originally Posted By TheParsec That sounds about right Ursula. I always thought Flea Markets are indoors and Swap Meets are outdoors.
