Our monthly magazine from the Auto Club has become a great source for mini-adventures. Neither of us had been to the Farmers Market in LA in years. A celebration of Fall there sounded like fun! Overcast skies kept the temperature comfortable - a bonus when milling around with lots and lots of people! Quite unlike the street fest we visited a week ago, the LA Farmers Market is open daily, with permanent vendors including not just produce, but also meat and fish markets, bakeries, candy and nut stores, gift and trinket shops and countless restaurants, many of them ethnic. While there is a roof over much of the Market, there is still an airiness, especially in two courtyards filled with tables for shoppers to enjoy a meal or just rest.
We wandered the aisles, and enjoyed sandwiches from a favorite spot of Larry's. It was becoming obvious that not much of the Fest was happening in the Market proper. So we moved on out to the open-air mega gathering of high-end and eclectic stores, the Grove. There, lining one street we found a number of kid-friendly craft and entertainment areas (including the petting zoo, with the wallaby in his own protected enclosure). There were a few "day" vendors, as well - we brought home packages of "artisan" flavored, dried pastas to sample from one such stand. And, there was the requisite small pumpkin patch.
Before leaving, we stopped at a bakery in the Market and brought home a carrot cake and a pumpkin loaf, both very yummy. It was another nice reminder that there are so many great things to see and do, if not in our own backyard, than just an hour's drive away!
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