BRIMFIELD: It's On Like Donkey Kong

photo: Apartment TherapyIf you read design blogs, and buy shit on ebay, and have a subscriptch to Elle Decor and you don't know what Brimfield is, then GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER IMMEDS YOU SLACKER. Cause you need to know.

Brimfield is the largest outdoor antiques show in the country, and goes down 3 x a year in Brimfield, MA. This bitch takes over the whollllle town and the population explodes from 3,000 to 250,000 as thousands of antique vendors, and hordes of hungry shoppers descend in search of treasures.

It's like ebay the live show.

AND I'MMMMMMMM GOOOOOOOINNNNNNGGGGG NEXTTTTTT WEEEEEEEEEK!

How jealous are you right now?

 I'm so excited, I barely know what to do with myself. So I've been keeping busy by busily researching the shit out of everything and anything even remotely Brimfield related. Check it:

• Cool Hunting has a series of killer vids on Brimfield. They cover the vendors, the shoppers, the food and everything in between.
• design*sponge has a few fab posts on insider-y Brimfield scoop: Flea Market Tips From the Pros, Brimfield 2010: Flea Market Trends, and Brimfield 2010: My Favorite Finds.
• 10 not to miss vendors, according to Hudson store owner Jill Goldberg: Antiques Roadtrip.
• Lots of great posts and photos on A Continuous Lean.
• The Brimfield Antique Group on Flickr.
• Country Living's tips.

Anyway, I'll of course take a million billion pics and do a recap post after I return next Weds. If, in fact, we have enough money to buy gas to drive back after buying piles and piles of shit I don't need but want sooooooo harrrrrrd.