Sunday Shopping

We did not go to the Hollywood Farmers Market on Sunday because we were in Portland, OR to watch the eclipse. On the plane our seat mate had told us of stories in the Seattle newspapers predicting Armageddon — so many cars that people would be stuck on the freeways for hours if not days. They were recommending everyone carry 3 days of food, water and toilet paper.

We planned to drive south on Monday to get into the totality. In preparation we headed to Whole Foods (conveniently located near Powell's Books) to stock up for a picnic — and lots of snacking. We also found an independent store called World Market (not Cost Plus) that had a great selection of organic food.

Surprisingly, most of the organic produce at Whole Foods came from California. Fortunately they had local cheese. World Market had local cherries and McVittie's chocolate digestive biscuits.

Here's what we loaded up with:
bread from Pearl bakery, 2 nectarines, 1 tomato, cherries, McVitties chocolate digestive biscuits, cashews, almonds, 2 pink lady apples, 1 banana, peanut butter cookies, 1 St. Benoit plain yogurt, green grapes, Sleeping Beauty organic cheese from Cascadia, Hannah Bridge cheese from Heritage Dairy, plantain chips, 2 Theo chocolate bars - ginger and salted almond.

We were ready for anything.