Festivus
by Darlene Wolnik Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 at 6:40 AM
ecoinst@loyno.edu 504-861-5898

New Local Market during December is unveiled.

Holiday shopping got you down? Does the idea of fighting crowds in shopping malls bring you to fits of rage? There is another way:
Grab your kids or stagger down alone to embrace homeland serenity at the Crescent City Farmers Market’s first ever holiday market Saturday, December
6, 13, and 20, 8 a.m. until 12 noon, rain or shine at 700 Magazine Street.

Guided by its mission to initiate and promote local ecologically sound economic development, the eight-year-old farmers’ market is reaching out to non-food cottage industries to compliment the roster of farmers, fishers and bakers at its Saturday Market. During the month of December, enjoy dining al fresco
in an outdoor café set up in the middle of Girod Street (which will be blocked off during Saturday mornings) with breakfasts prepared by Greg Surrey of Surrey’s Café.
After breakfast, visit the “office of homeland serenity” center where massage therapists will provide chair and table massages (for modest fees). Therapists will also sell gift certificates.

With belly full and muscles soothed, ready to graze past the tables of engaging, original, affordable holiday gifts for purchase?

Girod Street will be closed to automobiles; open to pedestrians grazing in search of affordable, hand-crafted, ecological goods and handy services for
holiday gifts. A juried selection of vendors will showcase everything from fair trade crafts to antique clothes, jewelry to toys and books, local
musicians’ recordings to glass-blowers. Wishing to avoid products “sealed beyond your protection,” get your presents wrapped with artistic, recycled
packaging. And to remove the final layer of stress to the holidays, ship the presents directly from the Market.

If holiday stress still has your number, then crawl over to the Festivus pole where shoppers will be encouraged to participate in the “airing of
grievances” pole (free of tinsel – “too distracting”) ready for shoppers to write doand affix scraps of paper with hand-written “grievances”
from the year 2003.

www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org

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