Parking Garage

by | Nov 18, 2008 | Valley Locavore

Drove home from the Y, last night, get out of car in parking garage and a woman with few teeth comes over and apologizing, "i'm not bad," she says. i look at her, i lock the car, i say hello, she says "i'm not bad," and she takes her hat...

100-Mile Diet Day 30

by | Nov 21, 2008 | Valley Locavore

RehabOk, i've fallen off the wagon a bit. First it was beautiful in the land of the 100-mile diet. I lost weight, I felt euphoric, the farmers were my people, I was pulling it off and had bragging rights. But after coming up with exceptions to the rule out of duty...

100-Mile Diet Day 33: Get Me Sylvia

by | Nov 25, 2008 | Valley Locavore

Had to go back to Table & Vine since local blueberry wine doesn't go with anything.Tried to score some Sylvia but every time I asked somebody about it they just lookedat me strangely. Even up in BRATTLEBORO where everyone is strange, no dice on the Sylvia.So...

Day 10: Snack Time

by | Nov 2, 2008 | Valley Locavore

Farmer talked me into buying, many, many corn on the cob ears. The colored kind that people usually put on their doors. I'm a huge popcorn fan and when this guy told me that, “sure, that'll pop” I figured I was set for a locavore snack. Party time!...

Day 13: Damn you, Elinor Lipman

by | Nov 3, 2008 | Valley Locavore

Got Elinor Lipman's signature on the book, Then She Found Me this weekend. Things were going fine at the writers conference where she was presenting at a panel discussion. "Make your reader fall in love on the first page," she said with the cute glasses...