Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Theme Day: Open Air Market

Fruit and vegetable market, piazza Cavallotti, Livorno“Piazza Cavallotti” is our chaotic fruit and vegetable market.Fruit and vegetable market, piazza Cavallotti, LivornoThe stalls are brought here every morning and taken away at 2pm.Fruit and vegetable market, piazza Cavallotti, LivornoThanks to my colleague Daniela, for the use of her sister's balcony.


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38 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:16 AM

    Colourful as butterfly wings, looks peaceful to me.


    daily athens

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  2. LowellSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:19 AM

    What a beautiful and colorful chaotic scene...I can smell the smells, too! Yum, yum. You are fortunate to have such a market!

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  3. LowellSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:23 AM

    @ Trillian - Re your question about the pizza...actually, this pizza is not very good in my opinion...the crust is bland and tasteless and the pizza itself has no zing. It's OK if you're really hungry, but otherwise, nah...

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  4. JimSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:47 AM

    Beautiful and vibrant colours at the market.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  5. HalcyonSeptember 1, 2010 at 3:03 AM

    Such beautiful produce! I love the colors.

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  6. Luis GomezSeptember 1, 2010 at 3:30 AM

    Love them! Great pictures. I love that they are taken from above.

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  7. tapirgalSeptember 1, 2010 at 3:44 AM

    Looks inviting. I wish our open-air market were every day, not just on Sunday.

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  8. KateSeptember 1, 2010 at 4:29 AM

    A great medley of fruits and vegetables. Don't you just love all the colours?

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  9. VirginiaSeptember 1, 2010 at 4:37 AM

    FIll my market basket with one of EVERYTHING! :)
    V

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  10. RandySeptember 1, 2010 at 4:56 AM

    I would need alot of bags for this market. Wonderful photos.

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  11. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comSeptember 1, 2010 at 5:00 AM

    The first photo is my favorite. very inviting and makes me smile

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  12. HildaSeptember 1, 2010 at 6:07 AM

    All the fresh fruit and vegetables here are making me hungry!

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  13. DinaSeptember 1, 2010 at 6:24 AM

    Beautiful colors. Your shuk looks a lot less chaotic than Mahane Yehuda.

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  14. Small City ScenesSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:07 AM

    So nice!! Looks like the big open market in Seattle. Such great colors. MB

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  15. cieldequimperSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:31 AM

    A market should be chaotic!! It's the only way to be.

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  16. svenske floydSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    Yummy! We have such a place in Stockholm, Sweden, called Hötorget, "Piazza Fieno".

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  17. GunnSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:55 AM

    We have a market, but not like this.
    I nearly "envy" you....

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  18. lewi14@gmail.comSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Looks like a colourful and lively market.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    You made excellent use of a well-positioned balcony. Love the colours.

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  20. Cezar and LéiaSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    I love the colours in the market there, great captures!It reminds me Brazil!
    Léia

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  21. BirdmanSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    Color, color, color!

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  22. EG CameraGirlSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:07 PM

    I love all the colour! I'd shop here.

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  23. brattcatSeptember 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    These are gorgeous shots, VP. Of course you may post the photo of the benches. Thank you so much for asking. I'm honored.

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  24. B SQUAREDSeptember 1, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Daniela doesn't have far to go to shop. Must be noisy when they set up in the morning.

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  25. JillySeptember 1, 2010 at 3:58 PM

    All the wonders of an Italian food market. Superb! I only recently discovered those small tomatoes, not round but oval - you show them in the top photo - fr left. Slightly oval and small and delicious. I just love the flavour of these - even better than the usual beef tomatoes which I buy. Do you happen to know the name? A friend wants me to buy her some seed.

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  26. KaoriSeptember 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    The colors are fantastic! You have so many choices in vegetables! It must be wonderful to have this everyday :D

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  27. Rob SiemannSeptember 1, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    I like chaotic places. Superb!

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  28. CopenhagenSeptember 1, 2010 at 7:38 PM

    Lovely colours of the vegetables.

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  29. VPSeptember 1, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    @ Jilly - Not an expert, sorry, but I'll check tomorrow morning! Are you sure these aren't San Marzano?

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  30. FranciscaSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:46 PM

    Most markets I see are chaotic. I rather like to rummage around to see the different things they sell... it's really the only place where you see local produce, not what you get in the globalized supermarket. Yours is lusciously colorful.

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  31. UnknownSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:46 PM

    The top shot is fantastic and I really love the view from above! Great entry on the theme (that I forgot! Lol!).

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  32. jooSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    Vegetarian paradise!!!!

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  33. VPSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    @ Francisca - I won't be so sure about local veggies. This is not a farmers market and most of this produce comes from faraway places or from abroad.

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  34. KimSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:34 PM

    Oh, this makes me want to COOK! I love it that you took advantage of the great view from above. I like having the overview. This is the way people have done markets from the dawn of time I imagine, but oh the work of setting up and tearing down each day!
    -Kim

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  35. Babzy.BSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    i can see that your vegetables are cheaper than here , lucky you ;)

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  36. FranciscaSeptember 1, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    VP, drats! Not really the same then, is it? But no red bananas?? :-D

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  37. FotoMargSeptember 3, 2010 at 3:12 AM

    Wonderful colours

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  38. TinsieSeptember 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    Awww what glorious-looking food! I love open air food markets, they're a feast for the senses :-)

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