Festivals and Farmers' Markets

I had a pretty relaxing weekend! Aside from making sure all my dress pants and shirts were ironed, and dropping a few things off at the cleaners, I did a lot of wandering at the Danville Wine and Art Festival and the Jack London Square Farmer's Market. Kimberly and her husband, Jason, let me tag along on Saturday when they went to Danville for the art fair. It's a really cute town about 15 minutes south of where they live in Walnut Creek. We wandered around the art fair for awhile until they got what they had come for - buying a new patio set! They ordered two unfinished wooden Adirondack chairs, a bench, and a coffee table. We headed back to Walnut Creek and spent the night watching movies!

Some cool sidewalk chalk artists at the art fair

On Sunday morning I headed over to Jack London Square to check out the farmer's market. It was impressive! I wasn't really prepared to buy a lot but next week I will definitely do the bulk of my grocery "shopping" there. They had everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to homemade pasta, meat, jams, breads and pastries, and beautiful flowers. Not to mention the food tents they had that made me wish I hadn't eaten such a big breakfast. It was fun to wander around for awhile and get free samples! I also stopped in the California Canoe and Kayak store and found out that they're offering one of their Kayak Basics classes next weekend, so I'm thinking about signing up for that.

I spent the rest of the day figuring out all the logistics for work this week and making sure I had everything in order. Orientation & training are this week, but I'll update more on that later. Too bad I can't be a bum all summer!