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Craft Fairs are fun!

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What does a traveler do on a weekend. Well is he has no other obligations he might take a day to explore. And so The Amazing Ms. D  and I took off on a recent Sunday for the destination of Morristown NJ (map) , which sits about 40 miles from our home. Morristown is now a suburban center with commuters traveling to New York City, Newark and up and down the I-287 corridor.It is a somewhat bifurcated town with an upper middle class population on one side of the town square (yes, they have an actual square in the middle of town) and a working class population  of mostly Central and South American immigrants on the other. What drew us was a quality, juried craft fair. The was run by a company called  ARTRIDER . They run fairs whose vendors are much more ART than Craft. For example we met Robin McLaughlin, who owns Stonecrop Beadworks  (web site).  She was very friendly and makes the most beautiful bead and stone jewelry. Shopping for something special ...