One of my very favorite things about (finally) having a decent household income is being able to stay outa the boxes. If I need vacuum cleaner bags, I can go buy them from the strange guy who owns the vacuum cleaner store. I no longer have to CARE that apples cost twice as much at the farmer's market - I can vote for the kind of community I want with my spending power.
(I still need a sound effect for "you just landed in my QotD queue".)
That reminds me that I really need to a) buy produce from an Arabber (http://www.baltimoremd.com/arabber/) sometime when I see one and am not in a big hurry to get someplace else, and b) try to get to the tiny grocery stores a couple of blocks away sometime when they're open.
Unfortunately I usually see Arabbers a lot further up Fulton or over on North Ave. when I'm on my way to or from Charles Village and usually when there's no convenient place to pull over and park, and the tiny neighbourhood grocery stores close up around 17:00 while the big chain stores stay open until 22:00 or so, but I'm going to have to find time to give some of my business to such institutions if I'm going to have my voice count when I complain about their disappearance.
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That reminds me that I really need to a) buy produce from an Arabber (http://www.baltimoremd.com/arabber/) sometime when I see one and am not in a big hurry to get someplace else, and b) try to get to the tiny grocery stores a couple of blocks away sometime when they're open.
Unfortunately I usually see Arabbers a lot further up Fulton or over on North Ave. when I'm on my way to or from Charles Village and usually when there's no convenient place to pull over and park, and the tiny neighbourhood grocery stores close up around 17:00 while the big chain stores stay open until 22:00 or so, but I'm going to have to find time to give some of my business to such institutions if I'm going to have my voice count when I complain about their disappearance.
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