Grove

the upscale open-air mall 

in West Hollywood

- this is the entrance from the parking lot

 Some shops to mention:

Nordstrom, Apple Store, Ugg,

the West Coast's flagship Abercrombie&Fitch...

 And yes, that's right, you did see a tram there!

 On the other end of the mall

there's  Farmer Market

 Pumpkins everywhere, of course

 Farmers Market inside

- great place to buy meat, fish, fruit, 

vegetables, bakery...

Also small restaurants to eat snack or have lunch

 Barneys New York Co-Op

 Finnish Marimekko on display

at Crate&Barrel

Grove

189 The Grove Drive at W 3rd Street

Fairfax

www.thegrovela.com

Sunday Markets

 Visited some markets on Sunday

- organic and hand-made are so in!

 Farmers' Market at Seaport

 Delicious US organic apples

 Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms...

 Famous Finnish Ruis Bread

was represented by Kuusisto brothers

at New Amsterdam Market

- the ruis bread is also sold in Whole Foods,

- on Saturday a Finnish girl was given tasting bits

of the ruis bread with cheese and cucumber

at Whole Foods on E Houston Street at Bowery

(by the way much better Whole Foods than at Union Square!)

 New Amsterdam Market near the Brooklyn Bridge...

 ...next to the South Street Seaport

 Trinity Church looks so small

in between the massive buildings of Wall Street

Sunday Book Market on Crosby Street

 Live entertainment on Crosby Street

- they played very well kind of indie American rock

Tea break at Starbucks on Broadway