A Magical Day in The City
Met up with Vanessa to visit SFMOMA and the Farmer's Market...food for the soul and the tummy, as it were. Turns out the first Tuesday of every month is FREE at this museum so we opted to give it a go on one of those days. Was quite surprised to see the long lines of people waiting to get in since it was way past the 10am opening hour. But there are 2 exhibits in particular which are likely to be drawing the crowds: "Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004" and "Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities." The Avedon exhibit goes to Nov 29th but O'Keefe's & Adams' works will only be there until Sept 7th. Get thee hence to SFMOMA and check them out!
With our objective now firmly focused on ingestion, we wended our way down to the foot of Market Street where the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market was in (semi) full swing. During the summer months, the Farmer's Market adds Thurs to their lineup; that means you can get the freshest and the best on Tues, Thurs and Sat. Hafta tell you that going on a weekday—even though its not as populated with vendors—is also not insanely overrun with marketgoers as on the weekend. It was veddy veddy civilized, in fact!
Being the foodies that we are, it was difficult to decide on the ONE lunch item we wanted to enjoy. So being smart girls, we split 2 sandwiches which were beyond dee-vine... Vanessa ordered a beef brisket that had obviously been relaxing for many an hour; it literally melted (in a good way) in the mouth. I ordered an egg salad sandwich so far beyond the ordinary: it rested on a piece of bread almost lighter than air, then was topped with a slice of cheese and sauteed arugula leaves. Perfection.
Oops! Forgot to mention the goodly variety of organic produce—amazing displays of perfect fruits and vegs fresh (so to speak) off the farm...
Its highly recommended that you leave the market just before closing (2pm) as bargains are to be had almost everywhere you look. Vanessa totally scored with bouquets of flowers—buy 2 and get the 3rd free!
Here's the Picasa album if you'd like to check out more of the Farmer's Market.
Oops! Forgot to mention the goodly variety of organic produce—amazing displays of perfect fruits and vegs fresh (so to speak) off the farm...
Its highly recommended that you leave the market just before closing (2pm) as bargains are to be had almost everywhere you look. Vanessa totally scored with bouquets of flowers—buy 2 and get the 3rd free!
Here's the Picasa album if you'd like to check out more of the Farmer's Market.
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