A Brooklyn Life

There was a time when a blogger could happily sit on a piece of information and think "Ahhh, that would be perfect for a Thursday posting." Then, along comes Brooklyn Record, and one person’s Thursday post becomes another’s Wednesday post. Still, this Saturday and Sunday’s Renegade Craft Fair is worth over-exposure. Sponsored by such hipster-defining publications as The Onion, Venus, Ready Made, the L magazine and Bust, this craftstravaganza is sure to bring the L&B pizza-throwing mafia out in full force! It’s being held in Williamsburg’s (gentrification red flag!)  McCarren Park and attended by young, poor Brooklynites whose rent is currently lining the pockets of people who bought brownstones 30 years ago for $20,000. Everyone (with or without their Fidel Castro caps) will get to enjoy favorites like the Austin Craft Mafia, Fred Flare and local DIY crafters, but watch out for the asymmetrical haircut crowd. Those pointy gelled ends can be brutal when you’re fighting your way to the last hand-knitted iPod cozy!