New York, New York

Zach and I took a short trip to New York City this weekend. We wanted to sneak in some freedom and fun time before the baby comes in October. NYC has got to be my favorite place on Earth (Zach’s too), and even though we only had a couple days there, we made the most of it.

We spent our first day visiting Rosie Pope Maternity (shout-out to Bravo TV fans), perusing fake goods in Chinatown, and going to the bar with friends. Sunday, however, was dedicated to treasure hunting. We started the day at a street fair near our hotel. I bought some of these embroidered pillow shams (a zebra and giraffe). Supposedly they are handmade in Kashmir, but that is probably a lie.

You might remember that last year Zach and I visited Brooklyn Flea. This year, we decided to check out GreenFlea in Manhattan. It wasn’t as large as Brooklyn Flea, but ended up having really great treasures.

Zach spotted David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine fame. This was actually the first of two celebrity sightings, as Zach inadvertently found a seat by Andre 3000 later this day at the airport.

David Fricke wears flip flops.

Some of the best things at GreenFlea were:

This INCREDIBLE Skookum doll. I actually missed this when walking around and Zach brought me over to it. When I saw it, I hoped so badly I was going to get an amazing deal on it. So far, I have never paid more than $30 for a Skookum. The woman selling this though wanted $200.

These silver and bakelite bugs. The old man selling these actually makes them himself! They were each around $200, which was out of my price range. I would have bought one in a heartbeat though, as I am always looking for nice pins for my Fall jackets.

These shadow boxes. SUCH A GOOD AND SIMPLE IDEA. This person buys old lead figurines (just like Zach collects) and then mounts them in shadow boxes. Very cool. Here is another one, but with old razors:

This giant metal horse head. The woman selling this said it came from a kids’ ride-on toy from the 30s. I would have liked to buy this for the nursery, but it was $75, which seemed steep.

This HERWI nodder made in Germany. Clearly this is really old, but does anyone know if it is valuable? I couldn’t find anything on ebay. Asking price was $40.

We ended up buying only a couple things. First was this super old Santa figure. It seems to be carved out of wood, or some sort of chalkware type material.

It was $5. Also $5 was this lead soldier Zach found:

Zach also found the last two items we bought. First was a cool Andy Warhol card from the 80s. We haven’t found out much info on the company that put this out, but it seems to be some sort of super tiny, independent erotica place. I’m only saying that because there is stuff on the back of the card about sex.

The last purchase was this old business card. Zach couldn’t pass it up because of the hilarity. When he asked the price, the man selling this said, “Hmm, I don’t know…it could be valuable.” That is always THE WORST thing to hear a seller say, especially when something is clearly not worth much. Zach bartered him down to $1.