…one of those dreamy days. Parrish and I moved a week ago today, and the excitement is still buzzing around our new house. (In addition to the cardboard boxes and crumpled newspaper)
This morning we woke up and took a short drive to Durham. We met one of Parrish’s brothers, his wife, and their children around 9:30 at the Durham Farmer’s Market.
This market was packed! Our new home in Chapel Hill is in the center of literally 11 Farmer’s Markets’; I had been researching locations and vendors all week, and still couldn’t decide where to go! So I was relieved when they asked us to join them!
We had such a fun time! The weather was perfect and each vendor was brimming with their local goods. We ended up with a bunch of spring onions, four green tomatoes, cheese, asparagus, and plants. I was SUPER excited about the asparagus. Local asparagus is truly special…but more on that tomorrow.
For now, I want to tell you about the cheese. Artisan, gourmet cheeses are usually worth the price. But, when you know where the cows live and drive past their pasture on the way to work, it becomes priceless. Not to mention totally delicious.
Please let me introduce you to my new favorite cheese: Chapel Hill Creamery Farmer’s Cheese. My best friend Alex has bought this cheese before and loved it! I couldn’t resist! I could hardly stand waiting until we got home to taste a wedge. It’s creamy, salty, and tart…plus, how cute is that logo?! (Yes, I am easily wooed by gorgeous packaging)
It’s great alone or spread onto a warm strawberry!
After the farmer’s market, Parrish and I prepared a quick lunch and then took Max for a long walk on a local trail.
He was so excited he had his “puppy ears” on. (that’s when Max has his ears straight forward)
It was a great trail! Lots of hills and greenery.
It evens runs parallel to a creek! (yeah I’m geekin’ a little over our new town)
I hope that someday soon I’ll be able to afford a heart rate monitor. I’m not really sure how many calories I burned today, but I did reward myself with a small bowl of dark chocolate ice cream before I started this post! I really want the Garmin…I know, I know, laughable but a girl can dream!
Want a really good laugh?
As some of you may remember, before I moved I worked at a food Co-op in Wilmington called Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market. Tidal Creek is a member of the NCGA (National Cooperative Grocers Association). The NCGA is a group of 100s of co-ops across the country, and last month they sponsored a contest. Each co-op could submit videos on why their co-op “rocks”. The winner won’t be announced until May, but I thought you guys might get a kick out of our entry:
http://www.mycooprocks.coop/play.php?vid=1127
I hope you’re having a good weekend!
…one of those dreamy days. Parrish and I moved a week ago today, and the excitement is still buzzing around our new house. (In addition to the cardboard boxes and crumpled newspaper)
This morning we woke up and took a short drive to Durham. We met one of Parrish’s brothers, his wife, and their children around 9:30 at the Durham Farmer’s Market.
This market was packed! Our new home in Chapel Hill is in the center of literally 11 Farmer’s Markets’; I had been researching locations and vendors all week, and still couldn’t decide where to go! So I was relieved when they asked us to join them!
We had such a fun time! The weather was perfect and each vendor was brimming with their local goods. We ended up with a bunch of spring onions, four green tomatoes, cheese, asparagus, and plants. I was SUPER excited about the asparagus. Local asparagus is truly special…but more on that tomorrow.
For now, I want to tell you about the cheese. Artisan, gourmet cheeses are usually worth the price. But, when you know where the cows live and drive past their pasture on the way to work, it becomes priceless. Not to mention totally delicious.
Please let me introduce you to my new favorite cheese: Chapel Hill Creamery Farmer’s Cheese. My best friend Alex has bought this cheese before and loved it! I couldn’t resist! I could hardly stand waiting until we got home to taste a wedge. It’s creamy, salty, and tart…plus, how cute is that logo?! (Yes, I am easily wooed by gorgeous packaging)
It’s great alone or spread onto a warm strawberry!
After the farmer’s market, Parrish and I prepared a quick lunch and then took Max for a long walk on a local trail.
He was so excited he had his “puppy ears” on. (that’s when Max has his ears straight forward)
It was a great trail! Lots of hills and greenery.
It evens runs parallel to a creek! (yeah I’m geekin’ a little over our new town)
I hope that someday soon I’ll be able to afford a heart rate monitor. I’m not really sure how many calories I burned today, but I did reward myself with a small bowl of dark chocolate ice cream before I started this post! I really want the Garmin…I know, I know, laughable but a girl can dream!
Want a really good laugh?
As some of you may remember, before I moved I worked at a food Co-op in Wilmington called Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market. Tidal Creek is a member of the NCGA (National Cooperative Grocers Association). The NCGA is a group of 100s of co-ops across the country, and last month they sponsored a contest. Each co-op could submit videos on why their co-op “rocks”. The winner won’t be announced until May, but I thought you guys might get a kick out of our entry:
http://www.mycooprocks.coop/play.php?vid=1127
I hope you’re having a good weekend!