Comments on: Top 10 PSU Saturday Market Survival Tips

By: olivehue

olivehue — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:20:45 +0000

I love farmer’s markets. We have a nice but really small one where I live and it seems like the same thing over and over so we don’t go much.
Quite frankly, I’d rather have the double wide stroller than the parents who don’t even try to keep their kids corralled and just let them run wild to get in my way, trip me up and dump their whatever-the-hell-they-are-letting-melt-all-over-themselves down my pant leg.
Don’t even get me started on the balloon guys.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:47:38 +0000

Oh god, don’t get me started on Balloon Artists. I swear they all dropped out of Clown College but still yearn for the attention that folding skinny balloons brings them.

By: camikaos

camikaos — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:46:53 +0000

Oh dear me, dear me. Bless you for leaving the monster stroller at home.

I miss my Farmers market SOOO terribly much… but not enough to go to one of the big markets. No thank you. I’ll just wait until May.

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:41:34 +0000

Definitely good ideas as well. We typically bring a few different snacks from home which definitely takes the edge off for the children and parents alike. Then we find a short line with something good and splurge a little. We never eat a full meal there.

By: talea

talea — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:35:25 +0000

Another tip: Feed the little ones first, rather than planning to “eat at the market,” thus saving yourselves 2 and 1/2 hours in various lines at extremely overpriced bakery booths and missing all the good fresh veggies and berries. You want expensive baked goods; stop at St. Honore first, then go to the market. The kids can eat in the car on the way to the market. Signed, an aunt who shakes her head at the beloved parents of the aforementioned little ones.

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:31:41 +0000

In all seriousness, I totally agree with the two tips you mention (rainy days and going early). Instead of whining about crowds, I recommend to the crowd-frustrated attendees to just go earlier. Pretty simple solution requiring no legislation.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:28:30 +0000

Great tips!

Now if we could only get the double-wide strollers banned completely.

One additional tip: go on rainy days, and go early, to avoid the crowds.