shhhhhh i've got a secret

I'm not really sure how this happened, but it seems I'm heading to Detroit tonight for another concert at the Majestic. Devendra Banhart is on the menu--a man I actually don't really like all that much, but it's who Peter wanted to see for his birthday so there it is. I like going into shows like this: zero to low expectations and a relatively open mind. Plus I get Jimmy Johns for supper so I'll be happy.

Market days are dwindling. I noticed today my egg/cheese people were not there which leads me to believe they're only coming on Saturdays for the rest of the season. It was a quick shopping trip so I'm not really sure what I ended up with: I think some kale, the last of the tomatoes, red, yellow, and orange peppers, bread, and some honeycrisps. I've been holding off on the squash as I suspect it will soon be featured prominently in my diet. Saturday I have to work all day so I'll hopefully make it down there during my morning break. I honestly can't tell you how sad it makes me that this summer is over and fall is beginning. I love fall (see previous post!) but eating this way has been a wonderful experience and I can't wait to start all over again in the spring. This winter I'm hoping to make some small changes: buying dried beans to cut down on packaging, making my own bread and pasta, making my own goat cheese (no, seriously, we found an organic co-op in Zeeland of all places that we can pay $50/year and get at least a gallon a week and we don't have to milk it ourselves!!), honestly thinking long and hard before buying some sort of fruit or vegetable that was obviously shipped thousands of miles...
But next year? Canning, preserving, and drying are all things I want to learn. Plus I'm hoping to have a small garden.

I have a new addiction: Good Reads!!! It's all folksonomied out. And like MySpace for literary geeks. I've noticed that alot of people go through and have catalogued past books but I'm really using it for current reads and as a place to find new books. It's easy to use-completely intuitive.

And because I like to save the best for last and this is buried here at the very end of a post you probably didn't even read because it's rather dull and repetitive: "Really, Erin? You liked shopping at the farmers market this summer? I had NO idea!" I thought I'd throw a little something out there to see if anyone's paying attention. We might be moving upstairs in the nearish future.