Cozy Ballard Farmers Market

So after our yummy coffee and croissant at Four Flour we were ready to start shopping at the Ballard Farmer’s Market! Color was everywhere from the incredible bunches of carrots in all hues of orange, gold and burgundy – I loved how these beets looked against the yellow lilies!

Of course not only were the fruits and vegetables incredible to look at but so were the people! Lots of cool vintage/Thrift Shop looks that I hadn’t seen for a while including this little girl who’s mom is out to make her a poster child for Urban Outfitter! Her outfit was adorable but this parrot didn’t seem to care what she had on, I suspect it just wanted to show off it brilliant green feathers against her flaming red hair!

There were a couple of toe tapping musical acts and this band was the first – love the name! They were great and really set the ambience for this laid back, old fashioned kind of market!

What I love about this market is that you get the combination of the market itself as well as all the cool shops and restaurants that Ballard has to offer. I spotted this guy whose name is Brooks, hanging outside Cafe Bastille, an amazing French restaurant I will tell you all about soon I promise!. All he needed was to be smoking a Gauloises and he would have been straight out of the Left Bank (of course I’m actually glad he wasn’t smoking…!) Bonjour Brooks!

On that note I’ll say au revoir, I’ve got some my farmer’s market goodies – little potatoes, tomatoes, blueberries, romaine to turn into something delicious!

the band