get your stocking stuffed....

Like a phoenix, (or a vampire?) MERCADO is rising from the dead for a special 2 day blowout sale!
That's right folks, come get crazy sweet deals on the merchandise you had wished your bought when we were open!!

The only way to get our friends to help was to lure them with booze, so complimentary mimosa's will be served.
Sadly we will not be able to gift wrap....... (although for the right price it may be possible to bribe me.) There will be no amazing holiday displays, or Santa Claus..... (but after a few drinks you might see some elves)

And oddly enough, the sale is being held 3 doors down from our former location, at Foresight Studios.

3501 W. Sunset Blvd. Between Maltman & Goldengate. In Silver Lake

get info HERE

Soul Candy

Since I a own "store", some might expect me to post info on the latest "it" thing...complete with a great photo essay and why I "heart" it.....

But I figure thats what EVERY other blog does, and so do I really need to?

Do you really need to see one more picture of an Alexander Wang T-Shirt? Or Harry Allen Pig Bank?

(besides we don't carry those anyway)

Here are some inspiring soul candy I found recently, proving that there are still smart creative people out there, who are not interested in doing a line for Target.

Sarah Williams, a graduate student from London College of Fashion, makes these fashion artefacts....or luggage.

Yazuka Lou 

Meticulously hand-made light sculptures by Eddy Sykes. Each limited edition chandelier is signed, numbered and requires up to 4 months to complete.

.........thats all I got  for you today.

in memory

So, it's Memorial Day Weekend. Did you know that the holiday was actually started in the south, by newly emancipated slaves, who felt that the fallen Union Soldiers, who had been buried in mass graves at a temporary Confederate prison camp, deserved a proper burial.

"In 1865, immediately after the cessation of hostilities, formerly enslaved people exhumed the bodies from the mass grave and reentered them properly with individual graves. They built a fence around the graveyard with an entry arch and declared it a Union graveyard. The work was completed in only ten days. On May 1, 1865, the Charleston newspaper reported that a crowd of up to ten thousand, mainly black residents, including 2800 children, proceeded to the location for included sermons, singing, and a picnic on the grounds, thereby creating the first Decoration Day."
Later Watreloo N.Y was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson, in 1966."

I either completely forgot this interesting piece of history, or was never taught it, I'd bet cash it's the later.....




2 years ago this week end we officially opened our doors, Which has nothing to do with Memorial Day.......
Happy Berfday to us!!

can't afford a vacation?

me either.......

but I can stare at Francis J. Spitta's fabulous pillows and remind myself of the great big beautiful world thats out there......

Mercado LOVE"S FJS pillows beacuse.....

a. Each side of the pillows bears an original statement print. It's like getting two pillows in one.

b. they are all lovingly sewn and hand printed in Los Angeles

c. they are machine washable

d. Francis is a real nice guy.

All pillows are 22" x 22" and come with a feather/down insert and are machine washable for easy care.

$120.00 retail price