People, clothes and neighborhoods

I love the aesthetics of Anthropologie! Yesterday, I got an email featuring a video tour of its new catalogue. If you have not seen it yet, go to:
http://www.anthropologie.com

I know it's all marketing and there's a whole creative team behind it. For now, suspend the judgment that Anthropologie is actually a corporate chain of stores that ironically promotes the feel of a small independent store.

Well, the ad worked for me! I felt a connection and it inspired me to go through the many photos I have taken on streets and farmers' markets that evoke a similar feel and texture of neighborhoods where people still walk to places (and not drive). I love cafes, bookstores, flower stands, farmers' markets...

street musician

a couple of fashionable market shoppers

she looks effortlessly fashionable to me!

a peddler of poems at the farmers' market

Gourds and Pumpkins

In September, I went to the Gourd Festival at Davis Ranch in Sloughouse, a small town about 30 miles northeast of Elk Grove, CA where I live. It was the second year of this festival to be held in this particular ranch. In the past, it was hosted by the Zittel family in Folsom, CA at their farm but the old couple who owns that farm has retired. It was great that another family farm stepped up to carry the yearly tradition.

Gourd art was for sale but very expensive

Gourds are great vessels for succulents!

I find the color contrast interesting and attractive.

Various shapes and sizes make gourds natural artworks!

Street Fashion at the Fort Mason Center Sunday Farmers' Market, San Francisco, CA