April showers brought May flowers! ... to the Charlottesville City Farmer's Market, that is! Each Saturday morning April through October, the parking lot across from the Downtown Mall is packed with tents and vans from local vendors that look like they get a lot of business. From fresh produce and "forest fed meats" to jewelry crafts and baked delights, the market is a smorgasboard of sensory stimulation.
Kimberly and I took a break from studying for our final final exams and grabbed a trolley downtown to experience this wonderful event which I regret not previously being a part of. The market is open from 7am-12pm, and the marketeers are a wide range of Eco-hippies, clinging sorority sisters, and even celebrity professors like Fordham <3. We decided to mill about the site several times to soak it all in and make sure we hit the vendors that were perhaps lower on the locational hierarchy.
The first thing I noticed when we entered the lot was the "Orchid Station", complete with entrancing orchids and an equally eyecatching owner. It made me think of poor Pansy and poor Joe who was stuck taking an exam at the time! Then, Kimberly wandered over to the Baker's Palette and got a delicious looking cinnamon bun which we took for a stroll through the maze of vendors.
Kimberly and I took a break from studying for our final final exams and grabbed a trolley downtown to experience this wonderful event which I regret not previously being a part of. The market is open from 7am-12pm, and the marketeers are a wide range of Eco-hippies, clinging sorority sisters, and even celebrity professors like Fordham <3. We decided to mill about the site several times to soak it all in and make sure we hit the vendors that were perhaps lower on the locational hierarchy.
The first thing I noticed when we entered the lot was the "Orchid Station", complete with entrancing orchids and an equally eyecatching owner. It made me think of poor Pansy and poor Joe who was stuck taking an exam at the time! Then, Kimberly wandered over to the Baker's Palette and got a delicious looking cinnamon bun which we took for a stroll through the maze of vendors.
Please enjoy the pictures and get down to the Market one weekend if you can!
Oh, and if you do, try the fresh baked bagels. They're diviiiine!
"Farmers markets are green shoots coming out of the gun. They represent hope and they need to be cultivated. But we have a juggernaut coming at us." -- Jerry Brown
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