give us this day
Eli and I finally made it to the Corpus Christi Southside Farmer's Market. (The market in Houston hung around was called Eastside .) It was overcast and rainy, which makes for a good day at the market: You may get a little soggy, but it's not so crowded, and the vendors don't mind you squeezing under their covering to chat for a bit. We bought some lettuce from Terra Madre Mini-farm (grown pesticide free, just around the corner from the market), and a beautiful hand made Valentine's day card . Oh, and the little girls in the background of this picture were selling hand-painted rocks; Eli picked out the blue one with a red crab on it. On our way home, I listened to "Whad ya know," and heard part of an interview with Eddie Huang about his book, "Fresh off the Boat." This guy's pretty interesting, for lot's of reasons. The thing he said that I tried to remember and write down was that, "Slow/local food should be an American standard, n...