Brooklyn is the land of thrift, with 2nd hands stores dotted all over… So it makes sense that there are regular flea markets every weekend too. After visiting the Fort Greene Flea a couple of weeks ago, I decided to take my mum for a look at the land of the hipster at the Williamsburg Flea.

I'd already waxed lyrical to my mum on my feelings about Williamsburg. I likes me some pretty architecture, which the area I live in at the moment has in spades (it's actually a conservation area, as the houses are so lovely). Williamsburg is much more industrial and boxy, and I'm still a little stumped as to why it's become so desirable. Some of the appeal is undoubtedly its position, right on the river and only a few minutes from Union Square station in downtown Manhattan. The rest of the draw I can only put down to like attracting like. The population seems to skew very white, very young and very, very hipster, who must revel in the areas lively nightlife. As neither I nor my mum are especially young or hipster (though we are white), we weren't especially blown away, but we did enjoy wandering around the flea market, which was extremely prettily positioned. It also sold useful items like this 70's set of scales. Every home should have one.

Getting hungry, we grabbed a delicious toasted cheese sandwich and sat to enjoy the views of Manhattan and beautiful hipster girls. Apologies if this photo makes me look like a bit of a creeper. I was trying to capture the Empire State Building, they were just in my way, honest.

I genuinely would have bought one of these if I was still in possession of a garden. Who doesn't love brightly coloured, rusty armadillos?

Hipster car.

And finally, I leave you with this image, as a representation of Williamsburg. I thought at first that they might be practicing Tai Chi, but it soon became apparent that it was more freeform than that. Like Rainbow Rhythms slowed down to a crawl.

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