Palisades is a little different because of the clebrity thing; today Ronnie and I saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus leave on a bicycle, the front wicker basket loaded down with produce and various reusable bags hanging off the side. Ronnie said it first: he would have LOVED to have taken a photo of her, as I would have, but we don't-- she is a regular; she is a celeb who practices what she preaches and we are so in respect of her for that...so, no shots of her here on the blog....unwritten rule....cheers Julia....
Today I bought more produce for my Mom so we can juice this week; that's her "kick" lately. Here is my basket today of beets, chard, celery....there is a new addition this week, of fresh garlic. Now perhaps I have missed this one in previous years, or dismissed it as a small leek. but here it is: the farmers market answer to a tail feather, no?.....
The garlic was given to me by John, whom I usually call Bob, for some reason. Today I asked him to pronounce his last name, Svedesinksi or something uncommon like that....I have dubbed him Johnny Suede since that is what his name sounds like. And I will remember a little monicker that. Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? Johnny Suede is a real character: he is a lot of fun and really engages his clients; I said, hey, I want to give you a few produce bags etc etc. A few minutes later I dropped some off to him. Give them to your regulars and let me know the reaction. I got the carrots from his neighbor, but they are small baby carrots like my Mom loves.....
I had my colored net bags out today and sold well on those:
A minute later I gave both girls a pink produce bag, which ended up immediately on their heads as hats, then held their shoes, which were set aside from the crates out of view here;
I made the dinner for my parents. It was odd; over dinner we watched what I wanted: rerun of I Love Lucy. Over dessert of vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberry sauce, we watched what they wanted: Laguna the Real OC. Talk about a generation gap!!!
LOVE the basket full of carrots! I'm going to try and make it out to that market one of these days... I will let you know first!
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