Monday, November 21, 2011

The Yellow and Green Farmers Market again...



I visited the Yellow and Green Market back in February for the first time and I just felt in love with the market and the people. 
I needed to buy lots of greens, oranges, some incense for my house altars and some small bamboo plants. 
Of course its always way cheaper to buy at a market than at any mall or grocery store
and most this market products are organic.  Besides is better to know the person than is growing your food than the one who is transporting in a freezer truck (even though, they are important too).







The market entrance as photographed by my youngest daughter with my instructions:  "Not that angle", "Get the other side" and the always annoyed "Are you sure you got the picture?"








Our first purchased was eucalyptus honey for morning tea, I like it on my oranges and I also use it on my neck and face. Thanks Bees!









This shop specialized in local honey and you can taste  any of them in a small spoon before buying your honey.








This is Mystik Sisters, our friend Nitza's shop. We took some photos with Nitza's but because we didn't use the flash they came out...well bad, pretty bad so its better to display all the merchandise that we love.







A wall of herbs!







Flowers galore.
I love sunflowers and flowers in general as most of my skirts and shirts shows.








The roof and the market banners gives a rustic and red barn-like feeling.








We Latinos all use some kind of peppers in our meal and in our seasonings.
These ones are hot but not fiery hot,  just hot enough.







An array of earthy goods and some extra large carrots.








These are my favorite peppers to eat and to cook with; I use them in my salads, pasta and when seasoning beans and meat.







A bag full of greens and some other goodies as well as an empty pocket and an even emptier stomach.







Another photo opportunity while choosing our next meal path!





And here we are at Antojitos; with all the goodness of empanadas and all of the goodness of Latin food stuff in yuca, bread or potatoes and fried and fried!








And the two lovely ladies that run the booth  (#122) and that also cooked all the deliciousness on display.






On our way to the parking lot stood this magnificent representation of the real animal and so user friendly that it was calling for a photo op.






As we drove out into I-95 we pass by Boomers, an amusement park. This wooden roller coaster is called The Hurricane. In the past 7 years I spend many summer days in this park with my girls, we used to ride the coaster and go into the park arcade and played killing zombies, monsters and aliens games. The most we ever rode the coaster was 42 times with 2 breaks to drink water and to go to the bathroom. It was an accelerating experience and every time we drive by this area we feel sad that it got closed and its just standing there like a wooden soldier refusing to give in into defeat.





For my market outing I wore:
Made in Indonesia Ann Taylor Loft jeans, thrifted few months ago.
Made in The USA old white tank.
The cardigan with no tag is from Marshall or Steinmart and its also quite old.
Painted belt, thrifted last month.
Necklaces from Steinmart. Bracelets from DOTS and Steinmart.
Liz Claiborne purse about 5 years old.. Sandals from Marshalls.

I'm having a week off from work and I'm planning on spending it with family and friends.
I'm also celebrating my birthday, my oldest and youngest daughter birthdays too (yes, we were all born in November) and Thanksgiving with my mom and niece.

Have a healthy and happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with your love ones,

28 comments:

Vix said...

Thanks for the tour around the market, Ofelia! It's certainly more interesting than our town centre one. That honey looks fabulous and I can't believe the variety of herbs and plants you have.
Antojitos is making me hungry.
How sad about the amusement park, it does look very desolate.
Happy Birthday! It's come round so quickly! x

Judy C said...

We don't have anything like your market here. I'd love to find one. And I'd love to find that sweater in my size. I think your outfit is super. About Christmas. It'll be pretty quiet this year. I'm not like you and I don't get out much. All my family and his are in Florida till after the holiday. So it's just the two of us. That gives me time to ponder the beauties of life.

Ofelia said...

Vix, I love your posts and pictures about your city for me its what I think an English village should be like! I guess we always like to peek into one another surroundings.
Its very sad about the amusement park but at least we got to really enjoy when the kids were smaller.
Thanks for the Happy Birthday!

Ofelia said...

Judy C, try Steinmart for the sweater they have them in every size and color. I bought mine many years ago but they still have many similar ones. I'm glad that at least you have someone there with you during the holidays and its always an amazing thing to ponder about life's beauty.

Emmett Katherine said...

What a huge market!! Our town has a small farmers market in the summer but it mainly carries mainstream produce, honey and some crafts. I like it but it's often quite expensive. Yoir post made me crave some fresh vegetables!!

dressingup-everyday said...

Very nice post. We have here this kind of market too, and you're right: it's a real pleasure to visit and buy .I use to go on Saturday.
You look beautiful in the last shoot.
XX.Y

fashionoverfifty said...

Just love your outfit and specially the painted belt!
Cant wait to get down to FL--will be there in Feb. Maybe we can meet up?
Happy Thanksgiving!

Ofelia said...

Emmett Katherine, fresh produces taste so much better when you prepare them with your meals but I do understand that some of the organic products can be quite expensive if you don't have a larger market or a larger group of growers and farmers around to bring the prices lower.

Ofelia said...

Yoana, thanks for your lovely words! I love buying my fruits and vegetables at markets; there are many around the cities were I live because we grow lots of products here in South Florida.

Ofelia said...

Paula, I would love to meet you for lunch and maybe some thrifting.
Please email me before you come and we can plan a little adventure!!!

sacramento said...

Mi preciosa Ofelia cómo me gustan tus fotos y tu sonrisa, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Gracias por tus preciosas palabras salidas del alma.
Mil besos.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Rosy said...

So nice, a market day is great fun and good shopping, I usually go on Sundays to the markets of the people of my island, buy natural products directly to farmer. Love your belt, so pretty!

Ofelia said...

Sacramento, muchas gracias y me alegro mucho que ya estes mejor y si Dios quiere, vas a seguir mejorando cada dia mas!

Ofelia said...

Rosy, I do go on Sundays as well and most of the products in this market are natural and/or organic and so flavorful that is a joy to cook with them.

Bella said...

Ofelia, I loved visiting the farmer's market with you! I saw the yuca delicacies and swooned. Ay Dios mio, now I have a craving for pernil and mofongo. The mention of Latin food must've instigated it! I can't believe your cardi is old, as you say. I love its floral pattern and it suits you!

ms. devi said...

YOU ARE BEAUTIIIFULL! Where IS that market?? I need to go there immediately. Is it open every day or just weekends? Guess what, I just started working with a women who sells organic produce at green markets. We have one in Pompano on Sat & Sun. She has about 5 more going as well in between Pompano and Lake worth. I love your white bag.

ms. devi said...

oops, forgot to say Happy Birthday to you and your girls. My son & daughter have Nov brthdays too. the 22nd and the 9th respectively.

Ofelia said...

Bella, pernil y mofongo, Now we are talking my friend!
I'm planning on having some pernil during our Christmas meal and some mofongo or mangu (like my mami calls it) manana cuado vaya a visitar a mi mama.

Ofelia said...

Paula (Devi), this market is in Hollywood , Fl and I believe is only open during the weekends. I use to go to Pompano Beach for work back 2010 but I haven't been at any market there. If you ever come to the market with your friend, please let me know so I can go visit you.
P.S. Thanks so much for your compliment.

Ofelia said...

Paula (Devi), thanks! our birthdays are on 27, 25 and 15. And one of my best friends is also on the 27 and another family member is on November 4!

Loo xx from Jumbles and Pompoms said...

Happy birthday and thanksgiving Ofelia. Fabulous pics of the market. We went to two in California last year - Sta Cruz and San Luis Obispo - vibrant and fun with lots of interesting produce, much better than anything we have here. Laughed at your helpful directions to your daughter when she was taking the photo. I do exactly the same with my daughter. It's a very good photo, btw. xxxxx

Ofelia said...

Loo, thanks for the birthday and Thanksgiving wishes.
I went to many market when I lived in San Diego too. The markets in California have so much more booths and items as well as lot more organic growers than the ones here in South Florida.
I'll let my daughter know that you like the picture and that I'm not the only mom that does this (like she believes).

Misfits Vintage said...

What a fabulous tour - thank you, Ofelia! It all looks so lovely and colourful and delicious. And YOU look so beautiful - so happy smiley and gorgeous. Happy Birthday to you and your girls - I hope you have had a wonderful Novemeber!

Sarah xxx

Ofelia said...

Sarah, thanks you my dear!
I'm being eating so much cake that I'm in a constant sugar high!

Tanisha Shulamit said...

Ofelia, when I lived in Italy I used to love buying Eucalyptus honey. That stuff is yummy..

Check your inbox I sent you an email..

Ofelia said...

Tanisha, you are right the Eucalytus honey is super yummy, we use almost all of it already!

Clairejustine said...

Looks like a great place to visit, lovely outfit,hope you all had lovely birthday s :)

Ofelia said...

Claire, thank you so much! We really enjoy all the cakes, gifts and family get together this past week.