Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco

Posted by on May 10, 2012 · 3 Comments 

Quail nest

Guest blogger Dharma E. Cortés contributes this write-up about her recent visit to the Ferry Plaza market. Dharma is as much a fanatic about markets as I am. Wherever she travels, she includes them in her itinerary. The only drawback is that she can’t always tote Frida Flor del Rosario, her rescued Puerto Rican mini-dachsund. [...]

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Treasure Island–the Coolest Flea Market in San Francisco?

Posted by on May 2, 2012 · 3 Comments 

A jig of bliss at the Treasure Island Flea Market

  Guest blogger Marla Felcher sent this report about San Francisco’s Treasure Island flea market. Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay, built with landfill for the 1939 World’s Fair. Since then, it has been used as an airport for Pan Am Airlines for its flying boats, a departure point in [...]

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