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26 Ocak 2014 Pazar

BOMONTI FLEA MARKET








After having weeks without rain, enjoying the sun with a temperature around 15-16 °C in Istanbul, today we have a dark and freezing winter day.  We woke up little bit early and headed to Bomonti Flea Market near the old Bomonti Beer Factory.

The flea market is settled on sundays at the same market place where Istanbul’s only organic market takes place on saturdays. Bomonti Flea Market has a character between flea market and antiques market. There are enough stalls to spend at least one hour looking to oldies. The dealers are kind but as a couple who spend lot of time in antiques markets and shops, when we compared some prices with our previous purchases from other markets and shops,  we can easy say that at least half of them are talking about unrealistic prices (sometimes ten times more). As in all antiques markets, here also to bargain is welcome.

Despite the cold wind and the high prices, we spent couple of hours there and came back home with two trophies: an old green glass bottle and a traditional Turkish hard candy jar. Happy? Yep!

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Haftalardır İstanbul’da yağmursuz, 15-16 derece civarında seyreden güneşli havanın tadını çıkardıktan sonra, sonunda karanlık ve buz gibi bir hava var dışarıda. Bugün biraz erken kalktık ve eski Bomonti Bira Fabrikası’nın yakınında kurulan Bomonti Bit Pazarı’na yollandık.

Bit pazarı pazar günleri, cumartesi günleri kurulan İstanbul’un tek organik pazarının kurulduğu pazar yerinde kuruluyor. Bomonti Bit Pazarı, bit pazarıyla antika pazarı karışımı bir yapıya sahip. Eskilere bakarak en az bir saat dolanabileceğiniz kadar tezgâh var pazarda. Satıcılar kibar ama antika pazarlarında ve dükkânlarında çokça vakit geçiren bir çift olarak çok rahat söyleyebiliriz ki, en azından yarısı uçuk (zaman zaman on kata kadar varan) fiyatlardan söz ediyorlar. Bütün antika pazarlarında olduğu gibi burada da pazarlığa açıklar.

Soğuk soğuk üfüren rüzgâra ve yüksek fiyatlara rağmen, birkaç saat dolandık pazarda ve eve iki ganimetle döndük: Yeşil eski bir şişe ve bir şekerlemeci akide şekeri kavanozu. Mutlu muyuz? Olma mı! 

18 Ekim 2013 Cuma

MUSEUM OF BRANDS


Yesterday we enjoyed the sunny and warm weather and went to Notting Hill to visit The Museum of Brands. Since three years we were delaying this visit and at the end: hallelujah!

With its full name The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is smallish, compact but beautiful museum and a very kind crew welcomes you. (The only bad thing is that taking photos is not allowed inside of the museum). In the museum you can see packages, advertisements of lots of British and some foreign products since the Victorian era through today.

If you are vintage lover and around Notting Hill, do not miss visiting The Museum of Brands in 2 Colville Mews, Lonsdale Road.

Happy 50th year Museum of Brands!

12 Ekim 2013 Cumartesi

CLASSIC CAR BOOT SALE







Today was a  perfect, sunny day in our little kingdom. After a nice breakfast at home we walked to Southbank for a special car boot sale: Classic Car Boot Sale.

It was a very special car boot sale because all sellers came there with their vintage cars and motorcycles, even the food vans were vintage style. It was a real heaven for vintage lovers, classic car and motorcycle fans and there was also some little treats for foodies. We tried lobster rolls of Bob’s Lobster which they were serving from a vintage VW van and it was just “delicious”.

After the car boot sale we walked through Gerrard Street and filled our stomacs with chinese food. Then a little grocery shopping in our favorite Turkish supermarket and finally washing down the chinese food we ate, in our pub with few pints.

Now it’s time for some cups of good tea with homemade peanut butter cookies and enjoy British crime dramas!
 

26 Eylül 2013 Perşembe

6 Temmuz 2013 Cumartesi