Farmer's Market and much more...

Yesterday was an adventure to say the least. We had the first great day of the year with temperatures rising into the 70s and not a cloud in the sky. Although I had a soccer kickaround scheduled, I blew it off and Courtney and I decided to take on our first new activity of the year - the Dallas Farmer's Market in Downtown Big D.

Farmer's Market entrance

11:00 a.m.

This is something we'd been wanting to try for a while and although the most desirable fresh produce isn't available in the winter, we figured it would be fun to check out the market. When we got there, we weren't sure of the parking situation so we just drove around until we ended up in Shed 1. After confirming that we were, indeed, allowed to park there we were on our way. Who knew parking would be so easy?!

After checking out the 20 or so vendors in Shed 1, we decided to venture on over to the indoor shed. Apparently they are in the process of renovating, but the appearance was very nice (at least much nicer than I expected). After tasting some locally produced olive oil and blueberry vinaigrette, we wandered over to the tamale stand. We chatted it up for a bit with the guy running the cash register and ending up buying a plate to share. Three tamales, rice, beans and chips for $5. Not a bad deal (plus the tamales were delicious).