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| - This place used to be jumpin'- it used to be the place to go, especially on the weekends, if you wanted to get better pricing than the malls (I knew a realtor that got all her suits from here; she said she worked in merchandising and everything came from the same suppliers). On our most recent trip there, a while ago, much has changed. (The funny thing is I ran into another realtor and her client, Rip Taylor- small world, huh?) It's not as crowded with people shopping, which might as well be the case, since the spaces were half-filled. It was a like a ghost town, kind of depressing actually. I wonder if the entrance fee deters people from coming inside. At four pm, the fee is cheaper, but then again maybe some of the vendors have left by this time, if it's slow.
There were lots of clothing, luggage, and fake designer bags (almost at every corner, wow, evidence that counterfeits are big business). There was a man from Hawaii selling bath salts at a reasonable cost though. Yeah, you guessed it, we bought some bags from him. There was a vendor selling art (paintings) but the space is not air-conditioned and I wouldn't really want to purchase a piece of art that I thought might be damaged from the elements.
I would rather, weather permitting (not summer months), go to the outdoor swapmeet where you can get fresh produce and have a much wider selection of merchandise.
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