Bow Market is a scrappy exercise in placemaking.

It combines a quirky location and odd building (a former auto garage) with an ambitious business model that hopes that tiny, fledgling entrepreneurs -- food and miscellaneous -- can attract a sizable clientele. 

The kind of businesses that usually launch small: pop-up style, or at farmer's markets, or in storefronts in frontier neighborhoods -- that's the core at Bow Market. 

Bow Market's proposition to these start-up vendors: our leases are short (around six months) so you can can test an idea without a huge commitment. The square footage is also low so the rent doesn't add up as fast. 

The result is that Bow Market has a feisty mix of small start-ups, and a solid core of food-related businesses. 

Bow Market does have its challenges, starting with near zero street presence. And it's not *that* close to Union Square, where you were coming from.  

Bow Market is a destination, not something you just happen to stroll by, unless you're a regular at the local Market Basket.   

On a winter Saturday, not too cold, it was surprisingly busy.

You videoed a few reasons why things seemed to be clicking: 

1. Fire pits
2. Greenhouse-like enclosures
3. A clear division: a food-centered first floor, with shops upstairs.

Then you make a mistake: you take a walking tour with the DJI Osmo Pocket. 

Remember the Osmo Pocket from previous episodes -- good for skateboarding, windsurfing, yoga on the beach...

One of the secrets to the Osmo Pocket is its 3-axis gimbal, which is supposed to keep things smooth, very smooth. 

The cool idea behind a 3-axis gimbal: it allows the camera head to move independently from the person holding it. That's some technology there. 

Think about a gyroscope. That's essentially the action that's going on inside an Osmo Pocket. 

Let's look at some 3-axis gyroscopes: that will give you the idea. 

Gimbal tech gave you confidence. Too much confidence. 

Because when you take your Osmo Pocket on a trip around Bow Market, your footage looks surprisingly shaky, bouncy even.

When you get home and search the interwebs, you discover that you needed to learn... the Ninja Walk.

Below, three Ninja Walkers describe their technique. 

Your evolving Ninja Walk method is also on display.  

 Not quite there yet, but smoother. 

Here's some Ninja Walking 'round Bow Market. 

Then, after walking heel-to-toe for awhile, Ninja style, were eager for a change.

So I try out a Sony ZV-1.

This was a refreshing vacation from a 3-axis camera, which has a mind of its own. A 3-axis camera is always seeking the horizon.

The ZV-1, on the other hand, is a simple box of camera technology, not that far -- in form factor -- from the original Brownie. You can point that anywhere, and lock it down. 

That's what you did with the ZV-1. You took a few pictures that looked like they were weighted down with granite blocks. Felt good. 

One of your ZV-1 images is at the top of this post.  

Then you are done.

After shooting a brief video with the ZV-1, just to make sure it worked (more ZV-1 next time), you Ninja Walked out of Bow Market, heading back towards Union Square.