City Pioneer

The Little Corner Produce Store

One of the most wonderful things about city living are those little produce stores that pop up here and there. It is one of the places I love to walk to. I am a destination walker. I need somewhere to go. In the city I walk to the coffee shop and relax and read the paper, I walk to the library, I walk to a park and I often walk to a produce store.

I never buy my fruits and veg at the big shops, I cruise past a corner produce stall with my backpack ready and fill up on whatever is on sale this week. Today I got red and yellow peppers at 58 cents a pound, and squash for 39 cents. If I could have carried more I would also have stocked up on apples.

There is something special about the food there, the whole place today smells like apples. At other times it will smell more like oranges. I take time to look at the colours, the shapes and from time to time try something I never had before. Because we have a large Asian population here in Vancouver there is always something new to me.

So take 40 minutes this weekend. Walk to the produce store if you can. Have a coffee on the way home and bring home your treasures.

posted by Deb @ 11:54 AM