Jetting to meet up with my wife who is on a preparatory trip in Europe to do a cross-cultural study of local food systems. I decided that with a nine hour layover in Newark it would be a perfect chance for a quick jaunt to see Manhattan again. Hearing so much about the prevalence of local food in the Big Apple I determined that my lunch should appropriately come from a farmer’s market in the city. As I found out online, in NYC you don’t just find out where the market is, you choose from several in each borough AND which day of the week you would like! I chose a small one open on Tuesdays called St. Mark’s Greenmarket at East 10th St & 2nd Ave. Google said it was 1.7 miles from Penn Station where my train deposited me from the airport, and I was feeling energetic, so subway shmubway, I’ll just walk!
While we’re walking, here’s the Empire State Building.
And in the distance the new World Trade Center; one building, instead of twins this time. 😦
I should mention that it is moderately warm and humid and as I perspire pretty easily, things are starting to become uncomfortable. Carrying a heavy non-roller bag isn’t helping either.
Realizing where spontineity has landed me, I wonder about my end game, will people around me on the flight to Oslo be grossed out since I’ve now sweated out my T-shirt? I duck into a Walgreen’s to absorb some air conditioning and buy a cold Gatorade. Helps! I continue on, not sure which neighborhoods I’m passing through and definitely not seeing many/any local food eateries. Finally passing through a charming side street of brownstones, I indeed see what must be St. Marks church with its adjacent micro-park open space and read this helpful sign.
Let’s read that more closely – it opens Tuesday June 3. Today is Tuesday May 27. Ahhhhhhhh!