Crisp spring air. Booths full of color. Music blaring throughout the street. Friends and families with smiles on their faces. Junior Sebastian Hartwell attended the event with his family on that chilly March day. “I heard about [the Spring Market] through a friend,” Hartwell said. “I decided it would be really fun to go, considering I didn’t have anything else to do that day.”

When asked to describe the event in three words, Sophomore Gabrielle Martinez responded positively. “Totally worth going to,” Martinez said.

An assortment of vendors with an assortment of products graced 4th Street’s bustling brick road. Hartwell described his favorite part of the event.

“Small businesses galore,” Hartwell said. “There was this adorable business that sold little crocheted flowers. I thought that was fun!”

Martinez had a similar response. Her favorite vendor is also a small crochet business.

“My favorite table was probably the one with all the little crochet cake thingies on them,” Martinez said. “But they were trying to sell those little cakes for, like, $25 or something, and I was like, oh no, no, no, no, no. We are not getting a dog.”

Prompted with what the most unique item they saw was, Hartwell responded curiously.

“I noticed a lot of booths selling mushrooms,” Hartwell said. “I don’t really know what that was about, but there were some really expensive ones!”

Martinez was asked the same question, and she responded excitedly.

“Probably the Indian food from Masala Magic,” Martinez said. “Because you’ve got to understand, I need all the food.”

Vendors varied but also carried similar homemade products.

“I would love to see more variety in items in the future,” Hartwell said. “There was already a great number of items, but many of them felt like they were very similar.”

Compared to Hartwell’s desire for more items in the future, Martinez had something different in mind.

“You know me, they need more food, bro,” Martinez said. “We were playing cornhole, and I was locked, then the DJ started playing my king, Lady Gaga, and you know I had to impress the ‘Tung Tung Sahuzz’. But, yeah, I would go again. It was really fun.

According to Hartwell, the event was a success, as he bought an item from his favorite booth.

“The only thing I bought was the [crochet] flowers,” Hartwell said. “They’re seriously really cool and really fun. And they were very fairly priced!”