So yesterday daughter and I hiked down the hill to the opening of the Wednesday Farmer’s Market in downtown Oregon City. The Saturday Farmer’s Market has been going for quite some time now, but I’ve only made it out there once or twice because it’s not really on my route and driving to a farmer’s market when I have one of the greatest produce markets in the whole world right downhill from me seems pretty silly.

I’m excited about the potentials for the Wednesday market, even though the selection was kinda sparse yesterday. A couple of farm stalls, one meat & egg stall (A dozen fresh eggs for six bucks?  JEEZ I gotta build me a chicken coop in my backyard), and then the usual — flowers, honey, gelato, etc. A lot of the stuff at most farmers’ markets is just too boutique-y and I have no use for it. But I did get some lovely fresh kale and radishes and spinach and strawberries.

And I got to rub elbows with Oregon City’s political luminaries, several of whom were on hand for the opening. Of course, I have no idea who they are, or their names, but I could tell they were luminaries by the fact that they wore suits and walked around talking about “community empowerment” and shit. I’m sure there was a city commissioner or two. Maybe I should have furthered my political ambitions by trying to chat someone up. Maybe I could have been appointed to a volunteer seat on Fire District 2 or something!

Anyway, after the market daughter and I hadn’t found everything we needed, so we hied ourselves down to the aforementioned Spicer Brother’s to round out our purchases. There, among many other things, we picked up apples that are literally GIANT apples. Like two-pound-each apples. And these aren’t freaky mutants or anything, they’re just regular Red Delicious apples, but HUMONGOUS.

We then poked our heads into Tony’s Fish Market (which is right across the street from Spicer Brother’s, and is one of the best fish markets in the whole world. I mean really, how lucky am I?) Unfortunately, though, Tony’s is usually a bit too rich for my budget so we just kind of eyeballed the marlin & razor clams & whole Chinook salmons on ice and moved on.

Now our fridge is stuffed to bursting with a bounty of early produce. This morning, daughter cooked up a homefry with mushrooms, broccoli & one of those damnfine farm eggs. So so good. Locavores for the win!