marketing - View this location on map  'pick up a chocolate latte ($2.85) and a pumpkin muffin ($1.75) at full city coffee roasters (541-344-0475), a favorite morning stop in this town of coffee fiends and connoisseurs, and walk over to the saturday market (eighth avenue and oak street, 541-686-8885). entering its 36th year, it is thought to be the oldest weekly open-air crafts festival in the united states. more than 300 local artisans sell their wares in a forum that kim still, one of the market's managers, calls 'roots capitalism.' although you see more tie-dye than you probably want, the ceramics, blown glass, wood carvings, paintings and jewelry could keep you occupied for hours. check out the brooms made from sassafras and corn fiber by thurman scheumack. among the 17 food vendors at the market are ritta dreier, whose burritos are in their 28th season (a pinto bean version for $5.25 is a full meal) and dana bauman, whose cheesecakes ($4 to $4.50 a slab) come in jamaican ginger, chai, pumpkin pie, vanilla or chocolate; all can be topped with local fruit.'' New York Times 842 pearl street, Eugene, OR Shopping, Local spot |