WALKING IN CARYTOWN

my sister pointed out that it's been almost a week since i posted, which i didn't even realize, that's how fast time is flying by.! i'll more than make it up with this post though, which will also have a lot of instagram photos. excited? this is a post about how long walks are the best thing for a slightly cabin-fevered body and how i made the best of some really beautiful afternoons. 

on saturday, me, baby sloane and her carriage - because yes her stroller is now a formidable entity in our lives - went out to carytown to check out some shops and walk it out. we went first to the new fresh market that opened and it was kind of glorious in there. everything was shiny and new and everyone was super friendly, i was like, what is this place?! 

i had all these lovely interactions with other shoppers there - i was trying some free samples of coffee and there was this other lady who was there as well, and we looked at each other and realized we both had the same stroller and carseat combo and it made me feel kind of eery, kind of the same feeling that i had when i looked out the window one day and saw this girl walking her dog and her baby in a stroller around the neighborhood and i had this feeling of, 'we are the same person!' anyways, we started chatting it up and talked about our babies and she shared some nuggets of wisdom that she's been learning about getting her son to sleep and i thought, how nice to commiserate with a stranger about this! another girl, God bless her soul, asked about sloane and then remarked that i looked quite well for a recent mother and i wanted to take her home with me. that's how nice it is sometimes to have strangers be encouraging and sympathetic to your plight. you feel fondly to your human race and i'll cherish those moments cause they don't come to often. 

all the employees there were in terrific moods and i kid you not, it felt like i was at a party at a friend's house. probably also because they had free samples of coffee, wine, ice cream, salmon and other such goodies, i did several laps around that grocery store just looking at all the shiny things and feeling happy for everyone. i got some giant honeycrisp apples recommended to me by the apple stocker person, who was all, 'HAVE you tried the honeycrisps?? they are sooo good.. do it!' and they were. i also discovered these vegetable chips that they have in bins that you can scoop up and they are really delicious. i've already been back once already just to get some more of these. 

then with a pep in my step, i proceeded to walk throughout the rest of carytown to explore and people watch.  especially on days like these, and especially now with a stroller, i wish even more that i lived in a place like nyc - a walking city where people watching, sidewalks and shops abound. i would be an extremely happy gal and i would walk/talk/instagramphoto the heck out of such a place. my sister was in town this weekend and we did another walk through carytown; here some photos from both trips:

snow cone! 

i love sleepy chub babies..especially when they're mine!

ashby: i'm so into the decor of this place.

i want that piano!

ashby is one of many consignment stores in carytown and they donate their profits to various organizations around town.

seester!

such great details

i love the look of these white jars. i'm thinking about trying to make these myself with some white spray paint... 

sigh.

...then comes a baby in a baby carriage...

hoorah for fall weather and long walks!