LA Fabric District

My mom has a little side business where she makes hand bags out of apholstery fabric. They are very cute. She is always on the hunt for more fabric - for a great price. So when she decided to come out to visit - the fabric district in LA was an absolute!

It's not in the "safest" part of town... which means - leave the kids, jewelry, and nice clothes at home. Thankfully Scott didn't have school on Friday, so it was no problem leaving the kids with him, and honestly he was thrilled to have a day with the kids all to himself.

It was awesome. So many fabrics to choose from! And for the most part - great prices! We walked up and down the streets, went in and out of stores, looked at lots of fabric, notions, beads, buttons, shoes, socks, suitcases, mens suits, clothing, kids clothes, womens clothes, hair accessories, toys, and much more.

I didn't take too many pictures. But here is one of the fabric section....This is inside one of the stores. This is a shot of one of the streets. Although it's kindof an empty one. Most of the streets had sidewalk vendors, and hot dog stands on every corner.

After the shopping - we went to The Pantry. It's a classic from LA. Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They don't even have locks on their doors - because they never lock the doors. The waiters and waitresses that work there have been there forever, the man that waited on us had worked there for 40 years.

We both look miserable in this picture. Exhausted with no makeup. Not the best combination.

I am so glad we took the time to do this. It was awesome. I could have stayed all day and gone back again the next day. I will do this again and again and again.