Day 37-More Markets..

Before I get to the markets I just need to mention a milestone with this blog. Today my site counter hit over 1000+ hits. Apparently folks are reading this blog...but who are you people :-) I only have about 10 entries into my guest book so far...so if you're reading the blog and haven't signed it yet please let me know because I think it's cool to see all the places where my readers are coming from.

So, today I had to work this evening so I didn't have too much time to get out and do anything but I did manage to make it to a couple of new markets today. The first market that I went to was the Spitalfield's Market. The Spitalfield's Market is a very nice market. On Sundays there are a lot of artists there as well as organic food vendors. Among the stalls I saw a lot of designer clothing (small designers - not the designers from the big shops), jewellery, and foods. I bought a slice of the best banana bread from a vendor named Bread Not Bombs. It was absolutely fantastic. Being the techy-nerd that I am one of the coolest things that I saw was a vendor selling hand-made jewellery which was crafted from recycled circuit boards. In addition to jewellery they had lamps, keychains and other small items all crafted with different colored circuit board that had been salvaged from old electronic devices.

After Spitalfields, I went to the Petticoat Lane Market which is located only a couple of streets away from Spitalfields. The Petticoat Lane market was an entirely different scene than the Spitalfields. Where the Spitalfields was very design oriented with hip vendors selling the latest fashions at slightly less than high-street prices. The Petticoat Lane Market is an entirely different story. Buzzing with mainly a mixture of Africian and Middle-Eastern merchants this market is theplace to find good bargains on clothing. Multiple vendors were selling womens suits for only £10. Trousers from labels like Topshop and FCUK were selling as low as £5. There were so many bargains to be found at this market that it was almost overwhelming. I have no idea how the merchants are able to sell this stuff so cheaply. In the future I am going to add a link to the side of this page called "Jenn Recommends" and this will definitely be one of the top recommendations.

So, this is all the time I have to blog tonight. I know I still didn't do much justice with yesterday's blog I hope to do more in the near future.

Until next time, take care.

~Jenn