walking, and some shopping

[redbird]

cattitude and I took the bus to Harvard Square, where we got pizza for lunch at &pizza because it's convenient and has outdoor tables. The set-up there is that you can put as few or as many toppings on your pizza at a fixed price (rather than paying per topping). I saw that I could have a fig and balsamic vinegar drizzle added after cooking, so I tried from memory to recreate something I used to get at Mod Pizza when we lived in Bellevue. It wasn't bad, but I should have asked for more basil than the person put on at first, and maybe omitted the cooked onions instead of asking for extras of those. I think what I was getting at Mod was tomato, mozzarella, basil, and mushroom, and then the balsamic drizzle, but this really isn't a good summer for tomatoes.

From there, we went to Central Square, for the farmers market and H-Mart. I also wanted to go to Target and look at socks, but there was nothing there I really liked (it's a small Target, but I keep not getting to the one at Porter Square).

We bought some produce, along with conversation like "oh, I still have some plums from last week" and whether to buy a tiny orange or purple cauliflower: cattitude sensibly pointed out that we shouldn't get both that and the cabbage, and he has plans for the cabbage. Tasty plans. What we did get was a few yellow plums, a half-pint of raspberries, a cucumber, a cabbage, and two Puritan apples to see if we liked them. I couldn't get Evernote to show me my "apple list" note the note with my apple; now that I'm home, I see that we had tried it before and been unimpressed, but I am usually unimpressed by early-season apples. But we have them, and I will eat one, because maybe this year's crop is better.

We got another loaf of the Luce bread from Hi-Rise, and seeing their display reminded me that I hadn't finished the lemon curd cake I got last week. So I had that with my afternoon tea when I got home; in a zip-lock, it was still good after a week, though a little drier than when fresh. At H-mart, we bought cherries, pork-and-leek dumplings, and a quart of milk.

Thence, Cattitude went to Davis Square to pick up a prescription at the CVS there, and I went to Harvard Square to buy ice cream, and then home via the CVS nearest our house, to pick up my prescription. The timing worked out that Cattitude and I got to 73 the bus stop at the same time, so he came with me to the drugstore.

That was a lot of walking, possibly too much, even though I took a naproxen before we set out. But I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow, or Wednesday, hHaving postponed my dental appointment.