Saturday, August 1, 2009

Shopping Outing Turned Cultural Outing by Erin Ferucci, Designs 4 Living

By Erin Ferucci
Celebrity Lifestyle Design
I am working on a project in the British West Indies...
While shopping for "fun" pillow fabric...I got the idea of going to a Hari Krishna Temple in Culver City... I was in SARI HEAVEN!!!The prices were incredible and the shop was full of exciting sari's and wraps, and shirts and jewelry!Everyone was so friendly...there was also a celebration going on there that day...food and flowers were offered to their "god", Hari Krishna... At the Temple they were also preparing for their upcoming event, The Festival of Chariots where they sing and dance and feed 20,000 people!!
Who would of thought simply shopping for some fun fabric would become a cultural experience???
They even have a small cafe where I ate lunch...basmati rice, organic vegetables, tofu in a lemon. coconut sauce! All for $3.80!!!!!!! Yes, $3.80! That included a bottle of water!

2 comments:

Profile said...

My friends and I used to go there to pick up Sari to make curtains out off.... and they had a great vegetarian lunch!

sealaura said...

how lovely! do you get to go to the bvis? i was just there and it is abolutely gorgeous. i love the deals you can get in LA for fabric and just about everything. happy shopping.