So today I went to the new indoor farmer’s market here in Lee’s Summit. I was going to go last weekend when it first opened but it was just too crowded. It was still crowded today, but not unreasonably so. It was nice. I’m really impressed with what Lee’s Summit has done to revitalize its small downtown area. When I first moved here in 2008, downtown was pretty quiet. It wasn’t dead, but there wasn’t a lot going on, either. Now . . . wow. I also went down there last night. They have a thing called Fourth Fridays Art Walk. It’s basically a sidewalk art fair every 4th Friday through the summer. And it was crazy. People everywhere. Music. Food. Art. And lots and lots of people. It was pretty cool. It’s totally different from when I first lived here.
Oh, that’s nice! It’s cool that they hold an artist walk there on Fridays!
The local indoor farmer’s market go-to in ATL is the Dekalb Farmer’s market. They buy direct from farmers and other companies from all over the world. I think when they started they just bought local maybe? Also, since the refugee center is down the road in Clarkston, they hire people who from all over the world to work there. On everyone’s name tags, you can see what languages they speak. Some people speak at least 3 or 4 languages! Right now, there are staffed with lots of folks from Eritrea and/or Ethiopia, so lots of people speaking Amharic and Ormo…
It’s just outside the city of Decatur, in a fast gentrifying part of unincorporated Dekalb county… The rule of thumb is to generally speaking is avoid going there from Friday afternoon through the weekend, because it gets crazy crowded. I’ve gone before on like the day before Thanksgiving, and it’s literally wall-to-wall people… They don’t do anything like the art walk you went to. It’s just a straight up market. Of course, it’s near to Decatur, Avondale Estates, and Clarkston, so lots of stuff to do in all three of those communities.
That sounds like a very cool market!
It really is. It’s kind of one of the places when people ask about ATL and what I like about it, I point to it… it’s in a kind of weird location, it’s very diverse, and has something for everyone. It’s certainly should be on anyone’s list of places to visit when it town… the King Center, the High Museum, Little Five Points, Buford highway, Decatur, maybe take in a show at Dad’s Garage and take a stroll on the belt line, go see a movie at either the Plaza or Tara theaters (indie movie theaters that are currently run by the same guy)… Most people will say go to Ponce City market, but I’m kind of… meh, on that. The building is nice (it’s the old City Hall East), but it’s basically… just a fancy mall with an apartment building attached…
do they sell lime pies there?
Key Food! When I was a kid we did most of our shopping there, when we lived on Long Island. We had a Gristede’s closer than that - it was more expensive, but it was walking distance, just around the corner.
ETA: Everything in this video is true. Even its ability to block out the Empire State Building.
It’s a surprisingly honest analysis from the B1M, which usually cheers-on large engineering projects.
A few weeks ago I was at the intersection of Broadway and 23rd Street, looked up and wondered “Wait! Where is the ESB? Didn’t that used to be here?” It is perfectly hidden behind this building.
Philly edition.
There’s an NAN rally outside my building. Pictures later.
Here is the event.
I knew there was going to be some event outside the building, but I didn’t know what it would be.
I found out when I went out to get coffee. An older woman said I was dressed sharp.
I stopped for a few minutes because Al Sharpton was speaking. It was strange seeing this media figure in person for the first time. He was introduced by his daughter.
This is a portion of it. The pictures were taken here. It stretched up the street for a while.
It was a national gathering. There was a line of hired busses along State Street. Right-wing commentators, if they were so inclined, could use this as a justification to say “THEY’RE BUSSING-IN PROTESTORS!!!”
The positive energy brightened my day.
How inefficient are busses? Even aerial tramways do a better job.