House of Dioxin

Yesterday we drove out to the Raleigh farmer's market. It was herb days weekend and the place was frikkin' mobbed. Can't find a place to park mobbed. Crowds so thick you can't walk down the aisles mobbed. Clearly it's getting on to the time of year when we can't laze around the house for a couple of hours and then head out any more. I was hoping the heirloom tomato folks would be there but they weren't. Still we got some good stuff. Altho I remembered when I was cooking tonight that one of the plants I forgot to buy was an herb, marjoram. But that's pretty common so we can just pick some up next time. Stopped for lunch at the Hot Point in Cary. I had the reuben which, while good, was not as good as the pizzas I usually get when we go there. It's also not as good as the reuben at Nosh. Also had to stop at my office on the way back, which is always a whoop-de-crap way to spend a half hour of yr day off. Sarah got a bunch of planting done in the afternoon. I got a bunch of nothing done. Well, I did switch over my closet from the winter to the summer collection. Came to the conclusion that I have too many short-sleeved shirts. Over the next few months I need to pay attention to the ones that are getting worn out, don't fit well or aren't as comfortable and de-accession them. Today we had brunch with D & S at Rue Cler, which was quite nice. Good coffee, which is the basic building block of a good breakfast/brunch. My omelet, while it didn't re-define eggs for me, was tasty, with nice, fresh spinach and yummy goat cheese. Could've used more bacon. But, what couldn't? I think I slightly prefer Piedmont for brunch but haven't been to either enough to make a final call. More research is definitely called for.

hope your weekend was good too...