For five years now I've been wanting to go to the Wadsworth Open Air Market and this year we finally were able to go.
Lots of good eats. Free face painting, music, samples of local honey, cheese, veggies, hand spun wool yarn, artwork and all that good stuff! Jesse was even able to do a bit of networking with all the art guilds present.
Ana and I thought about how much we miss European markets and I wish we had something like this on a weekly basis. The more I thought of it, the more I realized there are a ton of festivals and markets in CT but I think they are so poorly advertised that no one really finds out about them unless you know people who have grown up in the area. You also have to drive at least 20 minutes to get to farmer's markets or festivals. Realistically life in America seems much too fast to be able to integrate something like this into your weekly routine. Or maybe it is possible and I need to force myself to live slower? After all CT living IS much slower than Jersey. Maybe it's the city girl in me? In any case, the Wadsworth is great because it's literally 5 minutes down the road from our house. I need to keep a running list of all these happenings...
It was cold and coffee was sold out by early afternoon. We found a tent selling mulled cider, which Millie treated us to. ;) I know; very sweet. The entire time I raved about buying kettle corn but Ana beat me to it right before we went to leave. Why do I have such generous and thoughtful friends?
We watched Into the Wild once we got home, ate kettle corn, and drank beer the rest of the afternoon.
Honestly.
How much better could it get?
