While I was in Seattle (more on that later) this week, the ads reminded me that it's berry season, and it isn't berry season for very long.
So, today was off to Webb Ranch, to grab some flats and get some berries into the freezer. I decided that as long as I was in the "neighbourhood", so to speak, I'd also wander by Kepler's and grab a copy of the Sunday Seattle Times/PI.
My first hint that this was not going to be a Vanilla trip was the coyote trotting next to the 280. Yeah, I know coyotes are everywhere--I just don't expect them at 10AM on a Sunday, taking a walk next to SLAC .
Onward...
You know, I *know* that Menlo Park has a Sunday farmers market, and Santa Cruz Ave can get a little insane. What I didn't know was that there was a full blown event going on, and I'd have to seriously detour around to get to Kepler's.
I get to Kepler's and head to the out of town newspaper rack. What would have cranked me was to find that the newspaper hadn't arrived. Nope, it was there....
all $5.50 of it.
Yoiks
I hadn't bought an out of area PI in about five years, but this was a bit of a shock, since the last time I did so, it was $2.00 for the late Sat edition with the Sunday stuffers (or the "Advance Edition", they proudly proclaimed on the front page). I'd seen the paper at the local B&N for $5.00, and let's face it, when most of the paper is available on-line, you have to wonder if it's worth it.
However, I'd driven 20 miles, and I wasn't going to leave paperless.
My early afternoon reading assured, it was off to the produce stand. Yup, we had berries! I bought a flat of blueberries and a half-flat of blackberries. If there had been black raspberries or marionberries, those would have gone into the cart as well. Some Rainier cherries and apricots finished the load.
You know, you'd think I hadn't been able to get to fruit last week (and WCD guys, if you're reading, there's about a pint of cherries in the dept fridge--please to eat!)
The drive home was uneventful.
And now I have lots of lovely frozen berries, and a couple of pints set aside for noshing this week.
Posted by lsefton at July 18, 2004 08:40 PM