Well, today was Tanner's first day of Summer I, and of course as all first days go, it was a little chaotic. With only about 8 hours of sleep between the two of us, we had to get up early, dress the girls, load them in the car and drop Tanner off at school. Oh, and stop for coffee.
I will digress for a moment. When I got up, I opened the back door to see what the weather was like, and decided to where pants and a t-shirt because it was overcast and felt just a little cool to me. As we drove up Texas, we passed a CVS Pharmacy with a reader board that displayed the time and temperature. I started to laugh. It was 78.
We managed to drop Daddy off by 9:00, and then the girls and I started our search for a vegetable market.
I have to admit, I am more than disappointed with the local farmers market. The only thing that draws me back to it is the local coffee roaster, but aside from that there are only a few tables with produce, two or three vendors selling eggs, and one or two stands with plants. Very small venue, and not much variety. I did discover online that there was something called The Farm Patch located somewhere on S. College Ave. So, I thought the girls and I would see if we could find it.
After about 20 minutes of driving all over Bryan looking for College Ave (my garmin wouldn't charge AND it was out of battery), I pulled over to the side of the road, and debated what we should do. I could give and go to the Children's Museum or...I could jiggle the chord and see if a few magic words would get the gps working. It did. Garmin turned on and glibly showed us the way to College Ave. So, I chose to go to the right rather than the left and we sped down the road looking for the Farm Patch. I was concerned that we might miss it, but true to Texan form this "little" Farm Patch was a sprawling store, two blocks long. So, I found my veggie store. Lots of produce from local farms, some of it organic, some of it not. Reagan picked out a white, star shaped squash to try, and Kate picked out the corn. Mission accomplished.
Time to pick up Daddy.
Lunch was awesome. I used the grill again. This time I tried something less ambitious. I grilled onions, sprinkled with a little sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, and a couple of kosher beef sausages. Tonight...I'm going to try chicken again, but I'll subsidize it with a healthy helping of grilled corn (thank you Joanelle for the marinade recipe), more onions and some squash.
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