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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Spruill Green Market opens for the year
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Northsiders, rejoice.
The Spruill Green Market opens for the season Wednesday, May 7. Freezes in March and April have cut down on early harvests, so fresh produce won’t be as abundant as it would in a typical year.
But there will be salad mix, lettuce, radishes, pea shoots, Swiss chard, Lacinato (dinosaur) kale, arugula, herbs and braising mix. Vendors will also offer duck and chicken eggs, vegetable transplants, honey, granola bars and potted herbs. By the end of May, there should be more produce and more farmers at the market.
Market hours are 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at Spruill Center Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, between Perimeter Mall and downtown Dunwoody.
Have you shopped at farmers’ markets yet this season? What’s been your favorite find?
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Pink Drinks for Everyone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
THE FAB FOUR: Kristin Davis stars as “Charlotte York-Goldenblatt”, Sarah Jessica Parker stars as “Carrie Bradshaw”, Cynthia Nixon stars as “Miranda Hobbes” and Kim Cattrall stars as “Samantha Jones” in New Line Cinema’s upcoming release of SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE. Who’s buying the Cosmos?
Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/New Line Cinema
I was a huge fan of Sex and the City when it was still on HBO. It was the first time in television history that a show actually approached dealing with life for women the way life with women actually is, from sex, to shoes, to cocktails.
Cocktails were a big part of the show’s persona. The foursome of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte made the Cosmopolitan — a sweet, smooth mix of vodka, lime, cranberry and triple sec — a household term that had nothing to do with a magazine founded by Helen Gurlie Brown. And the sweet “martini” craze that ensued makes the drinks of the Roaring 20s seem like something Betty Boop would slurp.
Girls grow up, and after a few of these flirty pink drinks, I moved on just like the show: I drink dirty martinis with Hendrick’s gin these days.
But the opening of the film, set in theaters for May 30, has me waxing for the old days with my girlie pals Alexis and Pat from my Providence Journal days.
So I need to know: Who makes the best Cosmopolitan in Atlanta?
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