I took a little field trip to the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market and Flower Mart this morning. Even though LA can be dirty, and sometimes a little scary, I still love it. I got up at 5am to hit the last hour of the market (it opens at 2am for all you insomniacs out there). I guess this is where grocery stores, restaurants get a lot of their produce. When I was really little, my parents were in a food co-op and used to come here to buy produce, obviously B.C. (Before Costco). I loved to watch the hustle and bustle of forklifts, people bartering and finding the best deals, and just seeing how the whole process works.
After that, we went over to the flower mart. Amazing flowers at insane prices. Orchids are my favorite, and they had row after row of huge double stemmed, potted orchids for only $9!
The other day, I went down to the fashion district and fabric district. I found a little hole in the wall place in an upstairs loft that sold fabric for $2 a pound. I got about 18 yards of different fabric for only $10. Now I only need to learn how to sew. Next time I'm taking my grandma. Beverly would have a hay day digging through barrels of fabric.
