I actually live in a small suburb about 40 minutes outside of Chicago. Here we are visiting a flea market not far from our neighborhood. It is called Swap 'O Rama. This is where most of the teenagers and young adults in our area come to shop for name brand clothing and tennis shoes for greatly discounted prices.
A lot of the vendors would not let me take pics, and it was very crowded. But here are the few that I got:
Nadia was not sure at all about this trip. I felt the same way.
Is she going to drive? (I had to try this pic)
Swap 'O Rama
Bamboo
Cheap dollar store toys. There was no Barbie or anything nice. The outside vendors were scarce today because of the weather. Nadia does want one of those nifty retro cars, though.
These boots are made for walking...NOT
Baseball caps galore
Trinkets
I do like that I can get 10 pairs of socks for 10 bucks. My kids must eat their socks. They can never find socks.
gotta love the flea market!!
i wish our local young people here would go to flea markets more. i was just at the closest fleamarket to me, today. and it seems to be mostly old people, people with little kids, and people of all ages from LatinAmerica. many of my younger students seem to resist going to the fleamarket, they prefer walmart and the mall (blah, how boring). i tell them to go to the fleamarket at least so they can hear a lot of Spanish (my subject) there!
Wow, Swap 'O Rama is a great place for finding the bargain!! Nadia ought to have one of the nifty retro cars; she’s going to look very cool in them (if they are in 1:6 scale). Those Bamboos look very familiar, I have seen a lot of those in the oriental market, and I believe they are also called the “money treesâ€Â.(I am not sure why)
Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures of your local.
Thanks guys! I was hoping somebody would like to see this place. We go there a few times a month, and I'm sure the cars will still be there. Nadia is a shy girl, but kinda flighty. She had completely forgotten the car by the time we were home. My husband is into building model cars, and I love the powder blue one. I can see it coming home one day.
I like those bamboo. Once I bought one (not at the flea market) and didn't know what I had. I had no idea to water it. It was destroyed by the time I realized what it was.
Nataluna, I am quite glad that my teenage son is willing to shop at the flea market. Most of the designer clothes sold at the malls are really expensive. It would definitely cut into my dolly bucks. Plus, he would have a much smaller wardrobe.
This place is a lot of fun. There's usually a bargain to be found. Though I have never found anything interesting doll wise. I keep hoping that trinket place would get some miniatures of some of the jade elephants and budha statues. I've suggested it several times, but they just smile.
Thanks for the pics! Awesome!
I like the pic where she is about to drive, lol! (I kept Gloria WELL AWAY from the steering wheel... I don't want her getting ideas!!)
Makes me want to go to a market.
The "bamboo" is not actually bamboo, by the way. They are dracaena, which is a genus of plants of which a number are houseplants.
So that is called “Lucky Bamboo’, well, since this kind of plant symbolizes good luck, I guess people believe not only it brings green color into your room, but also bring fortune and prosperity. No wonder I have seen them selling everywhere, even in Ikea.
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