I love a good outdoor market. A closure brought me through the Sumner Tunnel the other day, and I found myself at Haymarket, where the senses are delighted.

$17 later, I was carrying four bags of produce with amazing bargains:

• 3 avocados for $2
• 2 pints of blueberries for $5
• a head of lettuce for $.50
• 2 giant leeks for $2
• a giant head of cauliflower for $2
• a giant bag of grapes for $1.50
• an eggplant for $.75
• a cucumber for $.50
• Three scallion bunches for $1.00
• a GIANT bag of mesclun salad mix for $2.00
• a big bag of fingerling potatoes

All I could think of was the savings of $25 or more vs.… Read the rest