A post in which is is another flea market day!

The glorious view from our balcony this morning, the sun beginning to come through the haze

The day started off kind of hazy, but it looked as if it would clear off. It did. Mom slept much better last night, and arose bright-eyed and bushy-tailed today. We both love to eat breakfast out, and always do so at least once while we're gone. We got up and went to a place called Uncle John's this morning. Mom really likes it and has been eating there for years. They use canned mushrooms in the omelets, but otherwise it's pretty good. I opted for the breakfast bar this morning because it's so cheap. After eggs, fried potatoes, watermelon, cheese danish, french toast sticks, and a pancake all washed down with tomato juice, I felt fortified enough to continue to the flea market in North Myrtle. We hadn't been this far north yet, and enjoyed seeing the new places, and the old places we've come to look for through the years. They have a conspicuously marked '4:20' store that I find amusing. They have toned down the paint job a bit since we were here last.

The north Myrtle flea market is my favorite in the area. The other ones all have vendors who are there every day. North Myrtle is the only one where some actual yard sale people show up. There are still a lot of vendors, but at least there are some chances for a real bargain. There was a new booth set up by a local artist with some really pretty things. We looked, but didn't end up buying anything, despite impressive prices.

I have scored here before, and I've been ripped off here before. Today was a pretty good day for glass, although I didn't get any really outstanding bargains. I first found an Old Cafe olive dish for a bit over $3. I wasn't 100% sure what it was, and couldn't find the seller, so I decided to look around and come back. Next I found a saucer in my pattern so I picked that up, mainly because I found it. It was $6, which is full book value, but I don't see tons of those, an some have cup rings and some don't. This one did.

Florentine #1 saucer in green by Hazel-Atlas, circa 1932 - 1935

We walked around for a while, and Mom told me she needed something to drink. While she rested at the table for a bit, I visited the wind chime man, who was surprisingly selling Aria wind chimes. I wanted some new ones for my porch, so I bought a set from him. He was a very nice man, but very talkative. He wanted to tell me the whole history of the company, what they were made out of, and on and on and on. Meanwhile he's holding my chimes (for which I have already paid) so I couldn't just beat a retreat. Eventually I got away. I visited another little shop that didn't pan out, then went back and got the olive dish, which is quite pretty:

Old Cafe 7 1/8" olive dish in pink by Anchor Hocking, circa 1936 - 1940

I went back and got Mom, and we did the last building together before we left. In the past that had been the most fertile building for glass finds (being more of a yard sale section), but no dice today. That was fine, though. By the time we left the NMB flea market, it was about lunch time. Mom had seen a Greek place on the way up and marked the location, so we went back to the Grecian Delight Deli for a delicious Greek salad and grilled pita bread. That really hit the spot!

After lunch I wanted to go back to a big antique place we always go through when we're at the beach. Sadly, it seems to be going downhill. Every time we go there seem to be more spaces being let to people to sell tourist-y crap (fake little boats, pictures of sunsets, taffy, etc). There are still some antique vendors towards the back of the store, including a booth with lots of depression glass, but the prices would make even an aggressive pricer blush - they were ridiculous. I did eventually find one bowl I wanted at another booth. I paid $10 for it, mainly because it was one of the best prices I found, and because I have a companion bowl to go with it, but I later found out that was full book value for it.

Diamond Quilted 6 5/8" round bowl in pink by Imperial Glass - Ohio, circa 1930

By the time we left the antique store, Mom was flagging. We went on back to the room for a nap and I took a dip in the pool. There were a bunch of kids down there today, but it was fine. I wasn't down there for that long.

Dinner tonight was Thai. I love Thai food, but after last year's food poisoning debacle in Atlanta I figured Mom would be sworn off of it for all time. I really couldn't have blamed her either. But again, she's a trooper, and said she didn't mind going. I guess it didn't hurt that we had been there two years ago and she was fine afterwards. So off we went to Bangkok House. The Thai tea was really great. I had Phad Thai, and although it was quite serviceable, it wasn't up to the level of fabulousness that I remembered. Still, I adore Thai food.

Mom adores Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I mean who doesn't right? But Mom really loves them. Whenever she comes to see me, we make a night run to the doughnut shop, and we always do when we're at the beach. Tonight was the doughnut run night. The 'Hot Doughnuts' sign was on, and they were of course transcendentally delicious, in the way unique to hot Krispy Kremes. We strolled through a couple of beach shops on the way back to the room, but didn't see anything we couldn't live without.