I’ve been wanting to get down to the Saturday Morning Market for weeks, but each weekend, there has been something getting in my way. This past weekend, I finally made it down there, and what a treat it was! Beautiful blue skies and sunshine, temperatures right around the low seventies, live music, lots of fresh produce, incredible aromas of baked goods, fresh roasted coffee, fresh cut flowers, fresh sliced pineapple, and more – the scents blended, at times, into a potpourri that was just luscious! In addition to all of that, there were lots of craft booths of all types with great handcrafted works for sale.
The atmosphere was almost like a festival – I think that, even though it’s only mid-March, the weather was just so great that people couldn’t help but smile. If you haven’t made it down to the Market, make it a point some Saturday morning. It’s there each week, in the parking lot next to Al Lang Stadium, and there’s no charge to get in. But do bring money, ’cause you’re going to want to be bringing some things home! (Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention the huge, warm, sticky, delicious cinnamon-raisin bun that my wife and I split as a mid-morning treat. Yum!)
For details on the market, check out their web site. This weekly event is just one more of the reasons that it’s so nice to live in St. Petersburg…
