It’s early. The sun is barely cresting over Pasadena’s mountains, and the iconic silhouette of the Rose Bowl Stadium glows gold in the morning haze. A line of eager shoppers coffee in one hand, reusable tote in the other shuffles forward, buzzing about antique rugs, rare denim, and desert plants. There’s a special kind of electricity in the air, the kind that only exists when you know you’re about to stumble upon something extraordinary. This is the Rose Bowl Flea Market part