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RINCONADA HILLS BAZAAR
Mar 28. 2009. Rinconada Hills Center Bazaar, Los
Gatos, CA
We had a free weekend, so we decided upon this one-day event. A
friend of mine informed me about it and I told another.
Arrived there just after 7:00AM. Short drive for us...about 45
minutes.
It was held at a strip mall in Los Gatos on Pollard Street, off the
beaten path. I can't understand why they would place a mall in
this area as opposed to farther down near Winchester Blvd. If
their idea was to locate a mall within a community of homes, than that
is what they did. You are probably not going to get a lot of
'outsiders' visiting this mall, which consists of perhaps 15 businesses.
Longs, Safeway, Round Table Pizza, a donut shop, a sushi restaurant and
several more businesses.
The weather was absolutely beautiful. Upon arriving, we were
greeted by the promoter, Nada Kennon, who was having her first event
here and will be held the last Saturday of each month. She showed us to our space, which was
decent sized and fully accessible from the three sides. She
also had a booth prominately displayed used as her 'office' and she made
herself accessible throughout the event. She walked through the
show many times checking up on the vendors. You do not see too
many promoters doing this.
It took us about 2 1/2 hours to set up. The main draw for this
center is the Safeway store over in the opposite corner and draws a
neighborhood crowd. A good number of the people visiting the mall
did stroll through the 21 vendor booths set up. There were 4-5
vendors
selling 'antiques' along with quite a bit of jewelry and a few booths
with other items. Sales were slow for a good many of us. I
had a number of items for children, but I didn't really see that many
there. I think that the show will continue to grow through the
months as visitors to the mall spread the word about the event. As
time goes on, you might see a good number of 'local vendors' selling
here along with those of us who commonly do the 2-3 day events decide to
fill in with a one-day show.
Nada was very easy to get along with and possesses a lot of good
qualities that you want to see in a promoter and you can see that she is
quite vendor-friendly.
Here's a
listing of some of the vendors. Delightul afternoon
entertainment was provided by
Fontain's M.U.S.E.
Click here to see future events at Rinconada Hills Center and more
recently, Meridian Square in San Jose.
