every weekend, without fail, returning home with a week's groceries in a backpack and a couple of canvas bags. Moving it indoors will make it a bit less miserable in soggy weather. I just hope the space rents aren't prohibitive. I know they're higher, it'll take people 5 days instead of 2 to make their money.

is surplus stuff, not always the "cream of the crop," so to speak. However, it's fine, if you use the stuff relatively quickly. Though the vendors sometime include less than desirable pieces of fruit and veg in the bag with the good stuff, the prices are still good, even after you discard the undesirable bits. I love buying things there that are relatively pricey in supermarkets, like fresh figs.

and I knew the veg were from the wholesale place, all the stuff that the supermarkets had turned down. I didn't care, it was cheaper than dirt and plentiful and a short walk to the North End to stock up on olive oil and still warm Italian breads.

Living in the city meant getting shafted on rent, but everything else could be cheaper if you spent the time to look for it.

Boston is not as cheap as NYC, but also very live-able, again, if you don't pay rent (or real estate taxes!).

You know those figs I mentioned in my prior post? My next stop after the Haymarket would be a North End shops for prosciutto, bufalo mozzarella and some great bread. Grill or broil the figs and wrap in them in the cold prosciutto and eat with the great bread. Have a caprese salad and an ear of corn and some great bread.

And now I'm hungry.