so that was dumb

[bedlamsbard]

Note to self: FOOD. IT IS A GOOD THING. Also, one packet of instant oatmeal and a cup of tea are not adequate sustenance for four hours walking all over Uptown in the hot sun. *facepalm* As aella_irene would say, headweasels, so I took off, made it to Borders, looped back to find the Freret Street Market, which was a bad idea, omg; it seemed like a perfectly decent market (though, dude, I'm from Washington, nothing can top Pike Place Market), but there were far too many fucking human beings in one very small space and I ran into the Newcomb Student Programs person, C., who interrogated me on why we didn't have dates for the NSAGA faculty speaker series yet. I looped through the market again, in an attempt to, I don't know, do something reasonable, then gave up and fled back to St. Charles, and then on to Whole Foods for raspberries. (And anything else; I also ended up getting more tea (guys...I do not need more tea, I think I just get stressed and buy tea), chicken thighs, two giant Honeycrisps (Washington apples are coming into season!), cheddar and parmesan cheese (I don't eat cheese except on things, but...sometimes I need to put it on things), bananas, and then panicked when I couldn't find ground cardamom and walked out without getting thyme, which I sort of needed.) And then came back to campus -- according to mapmyrun.com, this was a lovely eight mile walk in the sun, on a packet of oatmeal and a cup of tea. DUMB, BEDLAM.

Then I ate some edamame and made bread. *sighs* However! I did not burn myself while making bread this time. Now I am reading Plutarch. Perhaps later I shall attempt to catch up with the new fall television season. (And by catch up, I mean, the only thing I've watched this fall and am up to date on is Hell's Kitchen.)

Comments

[autumnia]

I was in Seattle a few years ago for a work conference and Pike Place Market was my favorite place to poke around in during off-hours. There were so many cool things in there that I wanted to bring back with me but probably wouldn't have lasted the flight. We've got markets here where I am (NYC) but nothing like that one; the only ones that are somewhat comparable are Chelsea Market (indoors) and the New Amsterdam Market (outdoors).

You seem to buy tea like I do; I've got tons, at home and at work, but I can't stop myself from buying more. These days, I'm an Earl Grey/Lady Grey addict. If I see a new one in a store (usually Whole Foods), I'll go grab a box and put it in my basket.

[bedlamsbard]

Pike Place Market is so cool. All other markets quail before it; the French Market in the Quarter definitely doesn't have anything on Pike Place. *sighs* I mean, it's still almost always full of people, but it's Pike Place! It's awesome! They throw fish!

I was better at not buying so much tea last year! Except this year I get distracted and stressed and then buy more tea. It helps I'm branching out from real tea to herbal teas on rare occasion, but I still have so much loose leaf I don't know why I bother buying some of the stuff bagged.

[autumnia]

Pike Place and Ferry Market in San Francisco are probably two of the best markets in the country. We really could use more of them everywhere. Why can't we be like the Europeans and have these splendid markets and food halls like they do?

I love herbal teas for those times when I really don't need the caffeine. I've been drowning myself in a lot of Lemon and Ginger tea these days as I'm trying to recover from a cold.

Loose leaf and teabags I've got equal amounts. Lots and lots of tins of loose leaf I brought back from trips abroad, and just as many tea bags of similar variety, even though I know I could just make teabags with the loose tea. It'll take me years to go through everything in my collection since I refuse to give away my prized tea!

[bedlamsbard]

*nods* Farmer's markets are great too -- we have a pretty nice, though very very small farmer's market back home; it's helped by the fact that, you know, we live in the country, therefore there's always a lot of fresh produce, plus homegrown beef, etc. -- but there aren't that many down here, or at least not ones that are close by.

Yeah, I'm trying some herbal teas for specific things -- I've got some of the sleepytime ones right now, for the evening, as I'm a lot more sensitive even to the very light caffeine load in green tea than I used to be right now.

I have so much loose leaf green tea. So much. My mother always brings back bags of it from Japan (she's from the premier tea-producing prefecture, so they know tea), and I prefer to buy loose leaf because I know it's cheaper than buying it in bags, but occasionally I buy bags for whatever reason -- herbals are mostly in bags, and I have some black tea, and today I picked up some jasmine green, because my loose leaf jasmine hasn't been working for me and maybe this one will! Although they don't sell the brand of bagged jasmine I like.