holy city hospitality.


{top photo: the lovely ladies behind The Perks, Soulshine, Cheerful Carolina, Fried Green Pickles, & me}
{bottom photo: the sweet girl behind JenyPenny & me}

After a few folks suggested the farmers market would be a fun place to visit, I threw that idea out to the girls and they were totally on board :) Happily enough, this was the inaugural market of this year--and it was swarming with serious shoppers and incredible smells. I was able to try boiled peanuts {or as they say in South Carolina boyleddd peanuts}--and they were quite tasty!

Here are just a few photos from our walk around the Marion Square Farmers Market...

I was so glad to be able to spend a few hours with these fabulous bloggers--a big thank you to each of the ladies who made the trip into town to spend a few hours with little ol' me :) It definitely proved just how hospitable {and wonderful} the South can be! Not only that, I'm rather certain that the blogosphere is one of the friendliest and most wonderful places to be. I only wish I lived in Charleston to enjoy them on a regular basis!

Are you a farmers market regular?
If so, what is your favorite thing to pick up when you're there?

Much love to my Charleston blogger ladies--and to all of you!  Have a fantastic Monday! xoxo {av}


psst: here's some happy news for this Monday...my lovely giveaway sponsor, LilyGene Prints, is having a spring break sale! Now through Sunday, April 24th, you can get 20% off all items in her etsy shop! 
Just use the code: SPRINGBREAK20 at checkout! 




So, what does that mean? You can make your own dreams come true and buy a few of your favorite prints if you can't wait to find out who wins the {ode to france} giveaway on Monday, April 25th!

37 comments:

  1. What fun!! I love Charleston - love finding Sweetgrass Baskets. :-) xoxo

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  2. Wonderful post. It looks like tons of fun!

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  3. How fun you got to meet up with all those girls!! And the Farmer's Market looks great! :)

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  4. i love your blog! so inspiring :)

    galmeetsglam.com

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  5. Love your blog! I just passed on the Lovely Blog Award. I hope you'll pass on the award to 15 awesome blogs that you read and list seven facts about yourself. Thanks for giving us great blogs to read!
    Bhrett
    http://www.theogdenblog.com/2011/04/sharing-blog-love.html

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  6. Looks like a lot of fun!
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    Monique xx

    misszuman.blogspot.com

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  7. I love farmers markets - they feel like a little bit of Europe in the middle of the city, don't you think?

    Andrea x
    andreareh.blogspot.com

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  8. Great post...looks like a lot of fun! Farmers markets are always the best :) x

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  9. I've been to that farmers market before, and had the crepes and deeeelicious! Were the kiwi farmers there?

    I love that farmers market and Charleston so much!

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  10. I love Farmer's Markets and street fairs...I can't wait until summer so I can hit the street fairs in NYC!

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  11. I so wish I had known about this! I'm a Charleston blogger so please let me know if you do this again!

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  12. still super sad I miss that.. Must. do. it. again. soon! Your pictures are amazing. and they make me actually want to eat vegetables. Which is funny since I'm a vegetarian who doesn't realllly like veggies :-)

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  13. Wish I could have met up with you all, hopefully we can all meet up again! Looks like you guys had a really good time && I LOve the farmer's market :)

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  14. How sweet! Looks like you all had a great time!


    <3
    aj

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  15. Fun post! I LOVE farmer's markets and go to Eastern Market in DC weekly!

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  16. Awww that's great that you all got together!

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  17. It was so fun! Thanks for getting all of us together! My green tomato made the most delicious fried green tomato BLT! :)

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  18. looks like so much fun! i love farmer's markets...we'll have to find some to go to around here!

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  19. Fun! I wonder if we have a blogger meet up here in Orlando...I need to look into that!

    Charleston looks beautiful!

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  20. ahhh! so jealous of your meeet-up!! and pretty much your whole charleston trip ;) i LOVE farmers markets, we have a few in the city and i plan on making quite a few visits this summer. happy monday lady! xoxo jcd :: cornflake dreams

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  21. Looks like a perfect weekend and meetup! If you are ever back in DC visiting Georgetown, we should definitely do a meetup!

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  22. Sounds like such a fun trip! I love farmer's markets and can't wait for our favorite to open soon (with a city the size of St. Louis there are several farmer's markets here but we have one that we go back to week after week for local produce) :)

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  23. How fun! Our Chicago blogger meet up is happening soon, and I can't wait! I love going to the farmer's markets. I wish the outdoor one was able to start up sooner but alas, the weather does not cooperate for it. I love buying jams, cheeses, herbs and flowers when I go!

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  24. Wow so colorful! That's awesome that you met up with other bloggers. I try to hit up the farmer's market every saturday in Eugene. I usually get my fruits and vegetables for the week and maybe splurge on some fresh bread or jam.

    xo
    Maddie

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  25. Charleston looks like a great town! I'll definitely have to plan a trip down some day.
    You ladies are dressed so spring-like, too; I love it!

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  26. awww how fun!! glad you had a good time!

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  27. How fun! I think the whole blogger meet up thing is so cute! Hoping to someday partake if there is one in Cleveland

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  28. awww that looks like so much fun! I didn't get to make it to the Houston blogger meet up a few weeks ago but I'm really hoping we do another one so I can go and meet all the girls!

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  29. how fun! it was funny to see so many of the blogs i read popping up in one picture. i just visited my first farmer's market last weekend and then went again this past weekend because I loved it so much! I hope you got to taste a few other fun treats!

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  30. Sounds like so much fun! I adore Charleston. One of my fave cities! I am so jealous you all got to meet up!! :)

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  31. I love your blog it's so incredible! Charleston looks like a great town...i love farmers market!

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  32. Love farmers markets! My favorite thing is to pick up fresh flowers - whatever is bright and in season, and fresh cheeses. YUM!

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  33. I had a blogger meet-up this past Saturday as well but, it was only 3 of us! I will say it was really great to meet the "virtual" friend in-person.

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  34. Aww...this made me so happy to read! I loved meeting you and hope that I get to meet the other girls soon! You took some GREAT pictures. Hugs to you:)

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  35. this looks so fun! can't wait to do it in nyc! xox

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