LEGAZPI market June 21

Sizzling bbq foods, turkish sandwiches, organic veggies, pasta, crafts. you name it, for sure you'll be filled.
This is the Sunday Legazpi market, located along the Legazpi Street corner Salcedo St., near Union church of Manila, the parking lot here is transformed to a chic flea market, whose sellers are quite the upper crust and its patrons are the same.
A plethora of dessert choices abound, organic, non transfat sugar free cookies, cakes and sweet fruit juices, paired with delicious wheat breads, paella, pasta, grilled or fried rice meals are great. Then after a sumptuous meal, take leisurely browsing stops at the collectibles, art prints, photo magnets, bamboo and wood crafts, Southern Philippine sun dresses and accessories and health foods.
YES health foods! They abound in number, from Himalayan sea salts, lamps, to organic vegetables, fresh wheatgrass ready to be taken home, to be ground with your very own juicer, various health drinks and nectars to sip from complement some beauty facial and body care products. At intervals during the day, a percussion combo playing Brazilian tunes fill this market with upbeat, delightful sounds.
there was much foods and treats to purchase to explore and to taste, but the earlymorning hour when i visited and the lunch hour was simply not enough. not to mention the money i all spent paying for the bamboo stand. My sister bought lengua and paella, at around 150 each. quite pricey if I may say. Well this sunday I can always explore more of the food stalls selling yummy complete meals, and me would wear something lighter and less formal.
I am particularly interested in the sea salt and the yogurt. But, i realized, just across the church, market market sells much of the same stuff, albeit in a more comfortable setting.
I then had this insight, that, sometimes, I have to just be more open and flexible, that there's always the possibility, same items can be had at different prices and names, but they all are the same, they are foods, they give health, what differentiates them? It's the venue, the ambience and the enjoyment while browsing, and even the neighboring stalls add to the charm.
That is what marketing is all about then, once your heart is set on getting an item at a particular place, the item gets sold due to the seller's and the venue's charm. And unless the other place where you may get similar items can surpass your expectations, that's where you would go, and would be willing to spend extra time and expend extra effort to acquire such.
So, my point is, i think i will again make another friendly visit to this market next weekend.