What do they sell at the Rose Bowl Flea Market? Everything. Seriously. New stuff, old stuff, really old stuff, newer old-looking stuff and weird stuff from around the world whose age I cannot determine. We considered buying embroidered pillowcases, beautiful glass bowls, a toilet-shaped plant pot (Julie shut it down - sad!), rusty keys, fancy old dresses, tiny speakers to be hooked up to iPhone, some cool succulent-type plant, ruffly aprons, giant shoes and creepily long scissors.
Julie and I saw maybe a third of the stands, but we go the idea of the place. It was incredible fun to look at all the odd items for sale, check out what people were buying, and barter for a few great things ourselves.
Julie bought a terrific green glass jar, which she plans to use to make either pickles or infused vodka. Yum! I got a few little Pyrex bowls and I almost got a juicer (not a machine, just a glass dish made for squeezing lemons) but the price was too high.
We got to sit inside the actual Rose Bowl stadium for a little while and the weather was perfect. Afterward we ate lunch in Pasadena and went to Trader Joe's for groceries. Now we are at Julie's California apartment in Koreatown considering some dinner-making, movie-watching and chit-chatting.
Here are some photos from our day:
Behind the glass boots are a bunch of cool cartoon character glasses for sale for $15 or more -- I swear we had several of these when I was a kid!
Julie considers some glassware -- near these fine pieces we also saw a set of glasses by the Florida Egg Commission which detailed what personality traits your egg-preference indicated. Sunny-side up mean you're happy and wise. 
These are Buck Boxes, which as far as I can tell are just full of rusty junk. I took this photo for B!
Some roses in front of the Rose Bowl. The flea market surrounded the stadium. Even in January there were some beautiful roses around the grounds.
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