Saturday, July 01, 2006

I went to the Outskirts farmer’s market this morning. My reasoning was something that bear had stated on how he missed scarlet wood’s farmers market. He said he would totally eat more veggies and fruit if he could get it from a market.

One of our favorite things when we lived in SW was that every weekend they had a small town farmer’s market. The whole down town would be closed off to motorcars and the whole place would be hopping with fresh fair from all the local farms. There was everything, including live music and jugglers. The whole town converged on the square every weekend for this event. You just have to go to understand how the hippies would mingle with the yuppies. The college kids would chat with their professors. The police would hang out and chat with the local homeless. Teenagers would sit with older folks and eat ice cream. It was a really cool scene and in all honesty, I miss that hometown feeling as well. I think Nut would love to go.

So I went to Outskirt’s Farmers Market. Wow… so not the same. They made a good effort to bring small town charm to this Yuppie city. It was an effort to say the least. They had a burned out hippie strumming her guitar and singing songs off key about the government. They had the fresh cut flowers for sale. They had fruit and veggies. But that’s all they had.

There was no feeling of community. The people who had babies stayed with their families. Teenagers sulked by on their skateboards. The elder folks cussed under their breathe at the teens to which the teens shot a look of distain back at them for. The adults stayed glued to their blue tooth’s and sidekicks. There was something missing.

I guess you never realize what you have until it’s gone. In SW it’s friendly and everyone knows everyone. Here, it’s cold and calculating. It’s a “who’s who” type of mentality. You know, the type where people come to see who is there and of course only the coolest people are there. In SW, everyone is friendly and themselves. Here it is a place to show off your latest Prada bag (Yes! At the FARMER’S MARKET!!). There it’s someone who is running barefoot around the square. Here? Stilettos while pushing prams.

I miss my SW. I think that if we move home to SW Nut will be very happy in his diaper instead of having to wear the designer baby crap.

Sigh…

posted by Nut's mom at 1:43 PM

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