erichayes wrote:My daughter and design consultant are making noises about hitting Ikea for furniture for the new house--assuming it ever gets started. I might hitch a ride. What about Foothill's flea market?
I haven't been to Foothill's flea market yet..
The Laney College flea market is only open on Sundays these days. It takes a good hour to get through the whole thing. About the only Saturday flea market that I go to with any frequency is the Ashby Flea Market that is conveniently located at the Ashby BART stop on the Richmond line. It makes sense to drive because you never know what you'll find... Fortunately Ashby is quite small. You can get through it all in a half hour.
Definitely go early. The good stuff goes quickly.
Also in Oakland is the Oakland Coliseum Flea which is located close to various storage facilities which sellers use to populate their stalls. The Coliseum flea is primarily new goods and knock offs which sorta sucks.
In SF there's the Alemany flea market. Might only be open Sundays and prices tend to be quite high..