Welcome, Adams Avenue Farmers’ Market!
This is the moment I’ve been waiting for, all my localicious life.
Despite the anomaly that occurred this past weekend, I don’t get to Hillcrest on Sunday mornings very often, even though Hillcrest is widely thought to be the best farmers’ market in San Diego, and at such a convenient time. It’s always crowded, and parking is an issue unless we get our butts in gear (haha) and haul out the bikes, which is completely temperature- and weather-dependent.
So you can imagine how stoked I am to learn that Adams Avenue Market will be opening on Wednesday, September 9 to bring locally grown produce and foodstuffs to the park right on the corner of Adams and the 15! (This link is the best review I could find on the new market so far.)
It’ll be every Wednesday from 3-7 PM. How will I love it? Let me count the ways!
It’s easy walking distance – so easy, I’ll probably walk it together with Sami, sans-stroller, and happily carry back the spoils of a good marketing trip.
It’s got a playground – an asset of inestimable value, considering the blatant lack of children’s entertainment at Hillcrest. Yes, yes; the children can watch the band – but my three year old tires of that pretty quickly, heartily disapproves of set breaks, and also doesn’t come home from a half hour of erratic dancing as tired as she comes home from the same time spent on a play structure. Adams Avenue for the win!
It’s on Wednesday night! (This one is totally personal.) That’s my down night. What better way to tire my kid out than to pick her up from an exhausting day of play at school, to march her right up the street for a grubby farmers’ market street food dinner, let her lug around a few onions, and march her right back home? Bedtime made WAY easier.
My only quandary now is rethinking our CSA membership. I’m pretty sure I’ll leave things as they are, though, since I get all the veggies I need every week in a small box, including most of the staples. I still need to get things like onions and extra fruit to supplement what we receive. Basically, our CSA leaves us just enough wiggle room to have fun at a farmers’ market without needing to spend a whole lot more than we already do. Now I can do it at our own market instead of having to go to the supermarket every now and then. (Another win for the Wednesday 3-7 time slot – it’s at a time when I’m already out of bed and can, in fact, be bothered to drag myself over there.)
I am eagerly awaiting the grand opening – and Sami is, too, but she just doesn’t know it yet.
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