March 30, 2006
Whole Foods
One of the members of one of my book clubs recently had a son who was diagnosed with a fairly rare condition (a pulmonary artery sling) and had to have semi-urgent surgery last week. Fortunately, the baby is doing just fine. The women of my book club, upon hearing about this surgery, decided to help out by providing dinners for our friend and her husband for one week so they wouldn't have to cook. Mind you, no one wants to eat what I would cook. I can sometimes throw things together, but it takes a lot of planning and patience, and even then good results are not guaranteed.
So I went to Whole Foods Market. I figured (correctly, it turns out) that I could pick up some pre-cooked entrees for them and spare them the ordeal of trying to figure out what it was I had concocted. I haven't been to Whole Foods in ages, and am glad to say that the location I went to is fully stocked and operational post-K.
I've always liked shopping there but probably for the wrong reasons. I know that they are socially conscious and try to promote organic foods and that's all to the good. I have no problem with eating beef that comes from cows that were raised in feng-shui'ed pens with classical music piped in while they were only fed by Democrats. That's fine. But that's not why I shop there. I shop there because their food looks, smells and tastes so good! Basically, I'm just a pig.
I was wandering the aisles, picking up stuff for Archi-Sapper and I along the way and as I was checking out I was thinking, "Man, why don't I shop here more?" When the person at the register rang up my total, I discovered I bought one meal for my friends, some chicken salad, a dessert for us and a couple of snacks and it was $85. That's why I don't shop there more often.
Posted by Kitty at March 30, 2006 06:26 PM
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Befor K I shopped at Dorignac's but since the storm, I believe my $$ belongs in Orleans Parish. So I shop at WFM. I can trust that what they sell me isn't ****. Sure I wish it cost less, but I figure Ray and I are worth it. I do shop at Prytania Liquor store and Langenstein's also.
Posted by: Suzanne at April 2, 2006 01:07 PM
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Definately a love/hate relationship. Here in Austin we have the Whole Foods headquarters and their flagship store. They moved from their original location about two years ago and built the new mega Whole Foods. This place is something like 80K sq ft and has a two level parking garage underneath it with escalator access to the inside of the store. You're lucky if you can make it past the chocolate case and the cheese section without hitting $50. Unfortunately, I still love the place.
Posted by: Big Daddy at March 31, 2006 07:24 AM