Simplicity of Sundays

It's a beautiful Sunday morning and I feel it ought to be taken advantage of. I did my daily duty of checking for any auditions and sending out final headshots and resumes to NYC casting directors and feel I ought to reward myself with a leisure Sunday stroll.

Mandie informs me of a Farmer's Market that happens within our lil' community every Sunday, so I thought it opportune to make an appearance. I seize my Ipod for some background jams and my camera for capturing any interesting moments and make my way towards the centre.

Our community is actually huge. It's called Stuyvesant Town. This 'town' is occupied by a cluster of buildings that encompass about 8 blocks worth of land. However, within each cluster there are little parks, a basketball court, a fountain, lots of foliage, you name it. The MAIN cluster is called Oval. There they have the gymnasium and a giant fountain where everyone lays by- doing whatever they bid to do and a chic cafe. Here is where they host the Farmer's Market and rightfully so. Oval is much larger than the other clusters and seems to be the 'heart' of the town.

So I arrive to the path which shall lead me to my Sunday splurge and I am greeted by a large, cheery sign.



So I follow the dirt path which eventually turns to a paved path while the entire time I am emcompassed by a cool, enveloping umbrella of foliage. I see wanderers here and there and then I see it emerge between the trees and bodies. A tiny, mini market, which these locals call a GREEN market rather than a farmer's market. The shapely white tents poke holes through the trees in my sight and urge me to come forward. In the meanwhile I am jamming to Big Star and wondering perhaps this music isn't appropriate for this earthly event...naaah.



I must say, I expected it to be larger. I am so used to the markets back home in Phoenix and they are such an event to go to! Like First Friday's, there are aisles and aisles of tents; artists and paupers alike. However, I suppose there is an attractive quality to the petite and quaint ambiance of it all. Plus the giant fountain as a background was pretty sweet. People hanging around-old, young, hip, nerdy, student and transient-all living in harmony...er...well something like that.

I pass by the merchants, completely satisfied with my trip and the exposure to this event. I love the fact that you can buy fruit and vegetables that look so fresh and so healthy. I didn't engage in a barter with any of them, but it wasn't by choice. Hypothetically it WAS by choice because I CHOICE not to spend money that I so desperately need to salvage. However, I made a mental note; with my first paycheck I am purchasing fruit and veggies from these darn merchants the first chance I get!