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It's that time of year again, when the gyms fill up and our thoughts turn to healthy eating. The excesses of the holiday season are weighing upon me as I sift through these antique fitness images. No photoshopping here….and I just love the fig leaf.

Get your 'physical culture" on. Or maybe just be inspired by the fitness fashions below…designers for lululemon take note.

While I'm on the subject of bodies, I just came by some fantastic anatomical charts.

The charts above will be hanging in my shop and (closed until January 15th). I hope to have them listed for sale online soon, along with a few unshown others from the same Denoyer-Geppert series. The Winslow Health & Hygiene chalk plate charts below will be for sale this weekend in my stall at the Brooklyn Flea (1000 Dean Street). Come by early, I suspect that they won't last long.

It's cozy and warm at the new indoor Brooklyn Flea and a great way to spend a chilly day. And if you want to break your New Year's resolutions, the Berg'n beer and food hall is attached to the flea….delicious craft beers, ramen burgers and Mighty Quinn's spicy chicken wings await.

The shop windows are decked out for the holidays in black, white and silvery grays. I am enjoying the icy palette while the weather is starting to feel appropriate. If you can't make it to the shop to see the sights, here are some photos…

With Hannukah starting next week and Christmas close behind, we have many, many lovely gifts for all the people on your lists. Both in the shop and at our booth at the Brooklyn Flea (1000 Dean St), you will find absolutely authentic one-of-a-kind items at every price point. There's something extra special about getting something old and (probably) not mass-produced.

If you are still doing your holiday decorating, we have bowls of beautiful glass ornaments and sparkly mercury glass bead garlands.

 As far as gifts go, I guarantee no one else will get them one of these…

1959 Complete Currier & Ives Calendar that will work in 2015! $30

Antique Dutch School Chart of Animals of the Nile, $250

For the drinker on your list, $10

Framed Antique Map of New York City circa 1860, $325

All Kinds of Cute Flash Cards, $3 each

Wee Prints of Clans & Their Tartans, $12 each. Find Your Family.

And if nothing quite clicks we now offer gift certificates. Call Rebecca at 718-986-7615 or e-mail rebecca@windsorplaceantiques.com to order one for any amount you would like. We gladly accept credit cards.

Have a wonderful and delicious holiday and then come visit us to do some fun holiday shopping….find some one-of-a-kind gifts. We are open in two locations:

Windsor Place Antiques

1624 10th Avenue

Open This Week Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12~6

AND

The Winter Brooklyn Flea

1000 Dean Street

Open Saturdays & Sundays 10~6

Come check out the new home of the Brooklyn Flea. I have been setting up my booth all week and watching the space come together. There's excitement in the air.

Here's what the folks at the flea have to say about it:

Leaves are changing, football season’s in full swing, the bars have cider. It’s fall. Not to worry, we won’t leave you out in the cold.

Starting November 8+9, our operation moves indoors for the annual Winter Flea + Holiday Market, to a single Brooklyn location: 1000 Dean (btw. Classon + Franklin Ave.), which just so happens to be directly connected to our new beer hall, Berg’n. (Stroke of luck, that.) Just off Franklin Ave., the 30,000+sf space (sneak peek below) is in the heart of Crown Heights, close to the 2/3 and C trains. (Take both to Franklin Ave.: the 2/3 at Eastern Parkway, the C at Fulton St.)

With more than 100 high-quality vendors in a polished, airy setting that spans three distinct, connected spaces, the The Winter Flea + Holiday Market will feature a little bit of everything: familiar and new faces; loads of antiques, salvage, and furniture; our best handmade and jewelry vendors; cool new and vintage clothes; special events; and of course a dozen or so food vendors to keep you satiated. We’re gonna do a stroller and coat check to free your body and mind.

And if/when you get thirsty, Berg’n beckons with its dozen drafts, 50+ bottles and cans, bloody marys, and natural wine—plus Asia Dog, Mighty Quinn’s BBQ, Pizza Moto, and Ramen Burger. It’s all a far cry from sitting on the basement floor at One Hanson in years past!

The Flea’s heating up for winter. See ya there.

Here are some sneek peaks from my week setting up: