Music and the Market

I think we're really lucky that we live within walking distance to the Concord Farmer's Market which is held Tuesdays throughout the year and Thursdays from April to October.

I usually like to go both times during the week. On Tuesdays mornings, it's a great excuse to get out, walk, and enjoy the sunshine. I love any excuse to be outdoors and the Farmer's Market at Todos Santos Square is full of people and awesome goodies. My favorites are the Ranier cherries, which are huge, yellow cherries that are super delicious. Too bad cherry season ended last week. Boo! But they got lots of other yummy fruits, peaches, nectarines, apples, blueberries, you name it. They also got an awesome array of vegetables, artichokes, beans, squash, anything and everything!

My first Tuesday out there, I actually saw a fresh oyster stand which hasn't been back since (to my husband's disappointment.) But I did come home with yummy Afghan squash bolani, garlic, cream cheese and mint dip, comb honey, and of course, cherries.

Gerard and I now have a standing Thursday afternoon/evening date wherein we take a picnic blanket and bottle of water and we walk to the square to have dinner there. There are so many food stands to choose from, we've decided we're going to try them all!

One time we had a an enormous Louisiana links sandwich and mini churros with chocolate sauce. Another time it was grilled rib-eye teriyaki with fried rice, a crabcake, and a grilled artichoke. There's lots more to choose from, like baked potatoes, more barbecue stuff, Indian food, oven baked pizza and there's even a Filipino stall that sells fresh lumpia, barbecue, and sago! (How awesome is that?) 

Aside from the food stalls, there are farmer's market goodies like plants and flowers, organic eggs, home made goodies, huge bags of kettle corn, and scented handmade soap too! 

Of course on the way home I like to make a quick stop at Half Price Books but I digress.

And on Thursdays, there are free concerts. I think the groups probably change weekly but we haven't stayed that long at the market to actually find out. 

I love that we have a weekly,  local, outdoors thing to do. We can sit on the grass, enjoy the sunshine, eat yummy food, and just relax. There's just something about the simplicity of it that keeps us in the moment that we thoroughly enjoy. Totally another reason why I like living in Concord.