Sunday, November 30, 2014

The Rillito Farmer's Market

We rode up to the Rillito Farmer's Market this morning.  First we had a nosh at a Starbucks on River.  It was a very pleasant nosh.  There is outdoor seating on fake grass.  We were able to get a table with enough chairs so it was good.
Then it was on to the farmer's market.


It was somewhat underwhelming.  There were three sustainable growers of meat there but the vegetable selection was not great.  Jamie reports that the Thursday market in south Tucson is way better for vegetables.
However, there was Emu oil, for your squeaking emus.


Sprouts of many sorts.


I love Christmas cacti.



We did encounter Sven the knife sharpener.  He was sort of a pain in the butt to talk to, what with his ear plugs in and the fact that he wouldn't stop reading his book.  We were trying to determine where he would be next Saturday and it was like pulling teeth to get the information out of him.  Some people maybe should not deal with the public.


It was a beautiful, albeit windy, day in the Old Pueblo.

3 comments:

  1. Coming over from Toni's blog. You are supposed to love those crusty characters. I find them challenging, too. Anyway I was interested to see that you can get locally produced olive oil. I'll bet it's good.

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    1. I don't even want to know how they produce emu oil. Emu press?

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