Toledo area shopping - Sat, Mar 15, 2014

We left home around 9:00 a.m. and returned home around 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Another fine day visiting and shopping at local businesses.

• Toledo Farmers Market
  • bread
  • coffee beans
  • apples
  • salad greens
  • and maybe one or two other items
• Black Kite Coffee
  • we shared two dishes: french toast with cherries and real whipped cream and a polenta dish that also contained a fried egg, grilled portabella, tomato, spinach, fresh basil, mozzarella, and tasty balsamic reduction
• Titgemeier's
  • bought a 50-pound bag of white millet
  • we surveyed the beer-making supplies
• Yarn Envy
  • nice yarn shop
  • our first visit
  • at least a dozen people hanging out knitting with a couple possibly taking a class
  • large yarn selection
  • located in Ottawa Lake, Michigan
  • north on Secor Rd
  • left or west on Stearns Rd a mile or two
  • we bought some yarn
• Yarn Company
  • small yarn shop
  • located on Secor Rd between Sylvania and Laskey
  • browsed and spoke with the owner who provides free lessons on Saturdays until June. She's closed on Saturdays in the summer.
  • I went back and bought yarn on Mon, Mar 17.

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