I would say we probably have America’s strongest culture of philanthropy, with people donating their time and corporations doing the right thing by giving back their fair share of wealth to the people and places that make their success possible. There’s great art being made here, smart young people who haven’t yet sold their souls to the tech demons, and a belief that we can make a better world. It’s a city that supports new ideas and new ways of doing things. Underneath the new layers of glass and glitz, Seattle still has a huge heart and a scrappy spirit. Wax poetic a moment and tell us: what brings you most alive about this city?
During the day I’m a fundraiser for Puget Sound nonprofit organizations with a focus on social justice and economic equality. In the meantime, our group produces SPASM, a monthly swap meet in the South Park neighborhood on third Saturdays with a similar mix of vendors selling art, crafts, vintage and general weirdness. It started in 2006 as a fundraising event for the Low Income Housing Institute and since then has gone through all kinds of changes, but we still keep a connection to LIHI and make a donation to them after every event. I’m the founder and producer of the Punk Rock Flea Market (PRFM) Seattle, a 16-year old passion project that we describe as Seattle’s favorite underground shopping experience. Joshua has lived in Seattle for 25 years, so he’s a wealth of knowledge on food recs, has hot takes on Seattle culture and some amazing memories of Seattle past (like the anti-WTO demonstrations of 1999).
They recently hosted a market on Memorial Day weekend in Tacoma, their first time in a new city. Today’s local to know is all about building community and spreading neighborly love. Joshua Okrent is the founder of the Punk Rock Flea Market, a 16-year-old nomadic market that hosts vendors from around the region in various Seattle venues, selling everything from maps and bike parts, to painted rocks and stereos, and pretty much everything else in between.
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