Boston has a great flea market set and, next to the summertime, December is when it especially thrives in the name of holiday shopping and treat yo’ self fever.
FLEA SCENE: A NEAR-DEFINITIVE LIST OF HOLIDAY MARKETS
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CHEAP THRILLS: SMALL BIZ SATURDAY IS ANOTHER EXCUSE TO EXPLORE THIS HIDDEN VINYL MINE
In racks, bins, and crates and on tall shelves, customers are greeted with the exciting near-certainty that they’ll find some gems to ogle over and bring back home for their own players since there's so much—affordable!—vinyl to choose from.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE 2015 DIGBOSTON STUDENT GUIDE
Keep this bookmarked through the school year, and, in the words of the patron saint of getting wild, Andrew W.K.: “Party till you puke.”
FRESH MARKET: LOCALVORES AND GUARDIANS OF LOCAL HISTORICAL MARKETS CAN REJOICE
"But I will say to you what I said to my board and the commission: If we succeed and Haymarket doesn’t, we [will] have failed."
DIGTHIS AWARDS 2015: THE WINNERS
Your votes for Boston’s best of the best have been tallied and assembled to bask in their glory. Congrats to all the winners.
SHINE ON: NEW CENTRAL SQUARE SHOP BRINGS QUIRKY AWESOMENESS
King hoped to make her store “colorful and quirky and dynamic and poppy, and well-curated, hopefully.” And she’s succeeded.
FROTHY SNOWMEN: DEFEAT HOLIDAY TEDIUM WITH THESE SEASONAL SUDS
Let’s face it: The holidays can be a drag. But these five seasonal offerings from New England gems are here for you, providing needed refuge from all of the maddening, anxiety-inducing aspects of the holiday season.
YOUR NEW UNION SQUARE PEGBOARD WORKSHOP OF BEAUTIFUL STUFF
“We wanted to support people that have dedicated their lives to making awesome things."
