I shop local and I shop fresh. At Tom Robinson's Seafood the other day, I met a mother and daughter who'd driven from another town 30 miles away, so they, too, could buy fish that you can actually taste! We made our choices from among those pictured below.
More images in a related post at Urban Sketchers!
Grand grab of character there, Laura. And I love the bright fishes.
Congrats on all the recent attention as well.
I'm visiting at the wrong end of the state from you but not coming east, alas. Need to but don't have time.
Posted by: marly | February 17, 2009 at 04:02 PM
The fishy one is wonderful!
Posted by: quirkyartist | February 17, 2009 at 01:53 AM
Thank you! These are the kind of sketches I most love to do! Linda, you must correct me if I'm wrong, but my experience is that a lot of the produce in Paris markets comes from Israel and other EU countries, so while you may (and assuredly are!) eating well in Paris, you may not be eating all that locally! The Raspail bio market is another matter ;D. Miss Kate, Missouri, California, and Florida ---the three citrus capitals of the US ;D.
Posted by: Laura | February 16, 2009 at 02:08 PM
What a wonderful glimpse into your life! I love that portrait.
Posted by: Casey | February 15, 2009 at 09:02 AM
We're trying to be more "locavores" too (love the term!) You've certainly made it inviting, and as beautiful as always...
Not much fresh stuff around at this time of year, siiigh...I'm guessing the organic blood oranges from my "CSA" didn't come from Missouri... ;-)
Posted by: Cathy (Kate) Johnson | February 14, 2009 at 10:09 AM
It's easy to eat locally in Paris with all of our markets. I'm so blessed to live here.
Posted by: linda | February 12, 2009 at 02:27 PM