They call it a "Saturday Market"
First off, let's give credit where credit is due: to the Michigan Wolverines for a fantastic game on Saturday. Three out of our four years at Michigan Notre Dame beat us - including in the Big House - and Saturday was at least a partial redemption. A crushing defeat of the number 2 ranked team. It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine!
Second, this weekend was great on top of the game. Aaron and I headed down to the farmer's market (aka Saturday Market) and got a bunch of stuff for pretty cheap - 11 apples for a dollar, almost a pound of green beans for 75 cents, 3 jalapenos for a dime - as well as actually running into a few people that we knew. Aaron then went home to get ready to watch the game and I checked out a few shoe stores (seeing if there's something besides the great but pricey Earth shoes I've been eyeing. There wasn't.)
Here are some shots of the farmers' market:
A shot of the street view.
Some of the members of the Corvallis spinning and wool club, or something.
The cute river front walk. It extends all along the downtown.
At one end there's this awesome fountain that is flush with the ground. When it's hot out, there are a zillion kids playing in the fountain.
A longer view of about half of the market. I was standing on the riverwalk facing the downtown.
One of the booths at the market.
After the game Aaron and I went mountain biking. On Friday night we took a walk and discovered a mountain bike trail just a few hundred feet from our apartment, so we went out and got ourselves pummeled. We are out of shape and I'm a scaredy cat, but we're going out for more next week. Mountain biking is addictive! I'll let Aaron share his impressions of the mountain biking later...
Today we went and played bridge in Eugene with a couple we found via Craig's list. It was really fun and we plan to go down some other time for dinner and bridge. A nice discovery.
Also of note: our spending habits have been quite thrifty. We're well on our way to keeping our grocery spending under $200 a month (our first budget goal) and our trips to Mary's Peak and the coast cost us $15 out of pocket (for the camping food and campground fee, which also got us into Cape Perpetua for free the next day). Gas will actually be covered because we will get reimbursed for mileage from our trip to Edgefield for training (at a nice rate, so we gain in the short run). So, we are doing well on our poverty wages. Cheap is good!
Tomorrow is another work day, so I should hit the sack. Peace out dudes!
~Allison
Second, this weekend was great on top of the game. Aaron and I headed down to the farmer's market (aka Saturday Market) and got a bunch of stuff for pretty cheap - 11 apples for a dollar, almost a pound of green beans for 75 cents, 3 jalapenos for a dime - as well as actually running into a few people that we knew. Aaron then went home to get ready to watch the game and I checked out a few shoe stores (seeing if there's something besides the great but pricey Earth shoes I've been eyeing. There wasn't.)
Here are some shots of the farmers' market:
A shot of the street view.
Some of the members of the Corvallis spinning and wool club, or something.
The cute river front walk. It extends all along the downtown.
At one end there's this awesome fountain that is flush with the ground. When it's hot out, there are a zillion kids playing in the fountain.
A longer view of about half of the market. I was standing on the riverwalk facing the downtown.
One of the booths at the market.
After the game Aaron and I went mountain biking. On Friday night we took a walk and discovered a mountain bike trail just a few hundred feet from our apartment, so we went out and got ourselves pummeled. We are out of shape and I'm a scaredy cat, but we're going out for more next week. Mountain biking is addictive! I'll let Aaron share his impressions of the mountain biking later...
Today we went and played bridge in Eugene with a couple we found via Craig's list. It was really fun and we plan to go down some other time for dinner and bridge. A nice discovery.
Also of note: our spending habits have been quite thrifty. We're well on our way to keeping our grocery spending under $200 a month (our first budget goal) and our trips to Mary's Peak and the coast cost us $15 out of pocket (for the camping food and campground fee, which also got us into Cape Perpetua for free the next day). Gas will actually be covered because we will get reimbursed for mileage from our trip to Edgefield for training (at a nice rate, so we gain in the short run). So, we are doing well on our poverty wages. Cheap is good!
Tomorrow is another work day, so I should hit the sack. Peace out dudes!
~Allison
posted by Allison at 11:43 PM
2 Comments:
Cool cool!
ooh, the market looks awesome! we have yet to find the local farmer's market here, though i've heard there's a pretty good one closer to trenton.
i wanna come visit!
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