Party Lorong

Putting aside my Taiwan Travel blogpost, I would like to blog about something more recent. Last weekend, in the centre of Georgetown, there was a rather hidden part of town, Off Hutton Lane, an art market was held. The event called "Party Lorong" was organised by Chai Diam Ma & Soda Fountain. Of course, just as it's name suggested, this event was held, at the what we locals call, a "lorong kia" (small lane) amongst quaint houses (which honestly, I, as a Penangnite, never knew it existed).

As the organisers are very much artist themselves, we anticipated the event to be very artsy... True enough, the stalls participating in the event are by our talented local artists. From professional illustrators to craft makers, if you are looking for something unique, this is the place to be :)

I truly respect the patience of this "paper marche" artist. Mind you the tiny pieces of paper you see in the picture below, are hand cut by him... @.@ As you can see the horses were made by this tiny pieces of paper... 

The market had arts, hand sewn teddy bears, preloved items, used books, upcycled bags... 

Cute Owls by Elsie. We adopt one for Lucas.

Then, there was an arrow indicating us to enter one of the houses. (Sorry I forgot to take a picture of it as it was quite crowded). Anyways, it lead us to the backyard of the house, where there was a whole different Party going on... It's where the food is! A band was performing while we were there.

Mom's home cooked food seems to be selling like hot cakes.

It was a very hot day, so Alex had some "non acidic" coffee WITH ICE, by Organo.

Lucas holding his new pet... :)

My boys sweating all the way.

Flower Candy floss was a hit with children. There were also pastries, homemade ice-cream, hotdogs, pizza and more.

We hang out for a bit and left. What a hot hot day but we had great fun nonetheless. Hope there will be more art markets like this in the future ;)