the Farmers Market

This weekend marked the first Dada / Son day of my life.  My beloved wife (who we call the Mummum) decided finally to take the day off and relinquish control of the little one to the Dada.  She was long overdue for a break from the little one.  So on her day off she made her way to the public library to do some genealogy research in the Carolina Room.  Not exactly my idea of a relaxing day off, but when you are a professional research librarian I guess that is like your Mecca and “to each their own.”  It is kinda like me being in automation and robotics and wanting to go to a FIRST Robotics conference to watch a live form of “Rock’em Sock’em Robots.” (Which is oh so cool!!)

Anyway, back to the story.  Since I had the day with the little one, I decided to head off to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market to see what they had.  I have lived in the Charlotte area for the past decade, but never made it over to see what was there.  To which the Nana (my mother who accompanied us) told me that was “criminal.”  The first place you should go in a new city is the Farmers Market.  It turned out she was right.  We arrived pretty late in the day, but still found great deals on organic veggies and flowers.  We found out later that the best time to get to the FM was around 8-10am.  After that all of the good stuff would be picked by the chefs that use the produce in their restaurants uptown.

Even though there were slim pickings, we still had a great time and the little one was terrific the entire day.  When the Mummum returned after her library excursion, she was greeted by a smiling baby boy at the door which gave her kisses immediately and some gorgeous tulips (if I do say so myself) that we acquired. 

I am definitely going to make the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market a regular stop on our weekly grocery excursion.  If you have not gone, you definitely have to try it.  You will be amazed at what you find for such a good price. 

If anyone has any tips or tricks they would like to share about the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market, feel free to post them.  I am always up for an inside skinny for a great deal!