If you're looking for something fun to do next Sunday and have a taste for the offbeat, I higly recommend the Fremont Sunday Market.
Part flea market, part street fair, part community gathering, this year-round event brings together local artisans, antique and found-object vendors, quality street food, political organizers and who knows what else, every Sunday from around 10am to 4 (winter) or 5 (summer) pm.
My wife and I have a particular weakness for funky (and inexpensive) home furnishings, and this market has been our most successful venue for great finds. (Recent successes include a 60's-era leather loveseat in good condition for $95, a very solid painted oak side table for $20, and charmingly weatherbeaten modernist coffee table for $35).
In addition to 'boring adult' pursuits like antique shopping, the Sunday Market (and Fremont in general) includes a number of kid-friendly attractions. First among them is the Burke-Gilman trail along the ship canal, just a block south of the market, and connected by a wide stair-cum-sculpture park at the market's east end. At the west end is a large wire dinosaur that - in summer months - is covered in creeping vines, kind of a mega-sized chia pet. And don't miss the Fremont Rocket, mounted on the outside corner of retailer Burnt Sugar just a block to the north.
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