America

My attempt to pack all my clothes

Finally, the internet has been hooked up at my new place in Rochester and I am back in business! I moved here exactly a week ago and have been living without the internet and without much else to do other then set up my new place, read and go for walks. America is a weird and wonderful place. I expected Rochester to be a small town with a small town mentality but everyone here is really friendly and there are a lot of college students so there is lots to do and see. Granted, not as much fun and exciting stuff as a city like Toronto but I'm here for school, not to spend money and go out for fancy dinners. One of the best things I've discovered so far about Rochester is their Sunday farmer's market. I got a whole bunch of stuff there this weekend for next to nothing.

- 4 organic heirloom tomatoes for $1
- a few bunches of locally grown green concord grapes for $1
- a whole bunch of patty pans for $1
- 2 vanilla beans for $3
- boqueorones in oil for $6 (not a great deal, I will admit)
- 2 pints of figs for $1
- 8 cobs of corn for $1

I was overwhelmed by how cheap it all was and now I don't know what to do with it all. I'm thinking of making a patty pan and fennel soup and possibly some sort of fig compote or tart so nothing goes to waste.

My roomate and I are living in this nice little coach house that has lots of windows, beautiful hardwood floors and so much space we don't know what to do with it all. I brought some leftover paint from my Toronto apartment with intentions of painting my bedroom but when I got here it turns out my bedroom is the exact same colour I have in my paint can! Strange. I'm hoping to make it home to Toronto this weekend so I can pick up a few things to decorate my room with, it's a little bare right now. I also need some more grey wool from Romni so I can finish up my granny square blanket and grab some delicious coffee beans from The Common.

Living in Rochester has it's perks (i.e. saving some money on groceries and beer) but I miss the variety of things to do in Toronto (i.e. good coffee and amazing yarn shops).