Flea Markets

Tony left this morning and I got up and walked in the park, showered and then headed out to check out the flea markets around town. Some are definitely better than others. The Hell's Kitchen market was my favorite and then the Antiques Garage, which is actually a garage on

W. 25th Street full of old stuff: vintage glassware, clothing, collectibles, and a lot of junk.

Hell's Kitchen Flea Market

W. 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues

This market had booths with some unique collections. There might be a booth with tons of old watches or one with only old photographs and post cards or a huge selection of cowboy boots. Many of the vendors here had some order to their chaos.

A wonderful collection of old Christmas pins

Antiques Garage

112 W. 25th between 6th and 7th Avenues

This market was interesting too. It had quite a bit of vintage clothing and lots of household items.

I tried one of these arepas from a vendor at a street fair. It was basically a grilled corn pancake with cheese in the middle. It was fine if you like a grilled corn pancake with cheese in the middle.

The flea market at W. 25th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue was just a bunch of junk. And I do mean junk.

I walked over to Eataly for some gelato and then sat in Madison Square Park to eat it. My dogs were so tired. This has to be one of the prettiest parks in the city. It's very green and people are always lolling about on the grass enjoying the day. The sculpture is called Echo and stands 44 feet tall.

The fountain with Shake Shack in the background

Below is a video of the dog run at the park.