This morning, I jostled with chefs for pheasant eggs at the Union Square Greenmarket. With my dozen carefully placed in a separate bag, I made my way toward the strawberries, gazed at sprays of elderberry flowers, admired the graceful lines of whole heads of baby lettuce, the excessive curlicues on a sign for beautiful cheese, [...]

I’m starting with the men and women in the mirrors; at the Brooklyn Flea this afternoon, my good friend Laura (who is in town for a few days, we always have adventures) and I ventured toward new treasures and reflective objects. Fresh from a walk through a rollicking street fair in Carroll Gardens where the [...]

Last week’s New York adventures began with drizzling rain and delicious cupcakes at Royale—chocolate with sea salt icing is worth a trip to the neighborhood. And clear orb-like containers protect the small cakes as you bring them with you into whatever weather outside (here, Alice and Jess smile at the cupcake box that did almost [...]

Like the first line in the Wilson Phillips’ classic “Eyes Like Twins,” I was smiling as I visited the Coral Gables market this morning. Two weeks without my CSA farm box (today’s box is heavy on the squash), and I was ready for Florida citrus, beans and tomatoes in season, and chard. Go early enough [...]

The narrator’s words in Mrs. Dalloway (“How fresh like frilled linen clean from a laundry laid in wicker trays the roses looked,”) fit perfectly at the Pinecrest market this weekend—my friend Jessica turned to these frilled orchids and grabbed my arm. Nearby, these alluring orchids looked as if sultry insects had tracked across the petals. [...]